The new device could run on some of the world's fastest networks, which remain overseas for the time being. June 25, 2013 11:09 AM PDT Get ready for speeds up to 3 Gbps, if you're in Korea. (Credit: Naver.com) Get ready to drool, folks. A version of Samsung's Galaxy S4 has been spotted that reportedly supports LTE-Advanced, which is a mobile broadband standard that could finally deliver on the true promise of 4G networks. LTE-Advanced is designed to deliver higher capacity and peak data rates as high as 3 Gbps for downloading and 1.5 Gbps for uploads. While carriers here in America are still working on blanketing our significantly more vast landscape with regular old LTE coverage, South Korea's SK Telecom claims to already be hard at work on its first LTE-Advanced network. Such a hot, fast network deserves an equally sought-after and nimble phone, it would seem. Enter these shots of a Galaxy S4 that's apparently ready to run on an LTE-Advanced network. The unboxing snaps have been leaking out all over Korean and Samsung-obsessed sites worldwide. Ready to run on the world's fastest networks? (Credit: Naver.com) There's no way to verify what we're looking at here at the moment -- which leaked out with a list of purported specs including a 2.3 quad-core GHz processor, 2 GB RAM and a 1920 x 1080 HD display -- but it does line up with recent reports. So there's a good chance we're looking at the future here. Unfortunately for those of us in the United States, it's not exactly the near future.
The new device could run on some of the world's fastest networks, which remain overseas for the time being.
Get ready for speeds up to 3 Gbps, if you're in Korea.
(Credit: Naver.com)
Get ready to drool, folks. A version of Samsung's Galaxy S4 has been spotted that reportedly supports LTE-Advanced, which is a mobile broadband standard that could finally deliver on the true promise of 4G networks.
LTE-Advanced is designed to deliver higher capacity and peak data rates as high as 3 Gbps for downloading and 1.5 Gbps for uploads. While carriers here in America are still working on blanketing our significantly more vast landscape with regular old LTE coverage, South Korea's SK Telecom claims to already be hard at work on its first LTE-Advanced network.
Such a hot, fast network deserves an equally sought-after and nimble phone, it would seem. Enter these shots of a Galaxy S4 that's apparently ready to run on an LTE-Advanced network. The unboxing snaps have been leaking out all over Korean and Samsung-obsessed sites worldwide.
Ready to run on the world's fastest networks?
(Credit: Naver.com)
There's no way to verify what we're looking at here at the moment -- which leaked out with a list of purported specs including a 2.3 quad-core GHz processor, 2 GB RAM and a 1920 x 1080 HD display -- but it does line up with recent reports.
So there's a good chance we're looking at the future here. Unfortunately for those of us in the United States, it's not exactly the near future.
