With the Galaxy Note 4 scheduled for a September launch and the Galaxy S6 tipped for an early Q1 debut, is there really any room left at Samsung’s table for the Galaxy F? Whether expectations were impossibly high or things were rushed forward far too quickly doesn’t matter – for one reason or another the […]
With the Galaxy Note 4 scheduled for a September launch and the Galaxy S6 tipped for an early Q1 debut, is there really any room left at Samsung’s table for the Galaxy F?
Whether expectations were impossibly high or things were rushed forward far too quickly doesn’t matter – for one reason or another the Samsung Galaxy S5 fell short of the mark. Execs with the South Korean company insisted that the core focus of the S5 was to deliver the most important features and functionalities needed by Smartphone users, but in the end the device just didn’t live up to expectations.
Since the S5’s downfall began, rumors have been doing the rounds that a successor could be on the cards in the form of the Samsung Galaxy F. With a QHD touchscreen, Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon CPU and (finally!) an all-metallic casing, it looked like a device that could deliver everything we’d once expected from the S5 itself.
However, conflicting reports have now begun circulating which suggest that the Galaxy F…assuming it ever existed in the first place…may never see the light of day after all. The reason being that all efforts are supposedly being diverted to the Galaxy Note 4 for the time being, after which the first major Smartphone to launch will be the Galaxy S6.
It sounds somewhat far-fetched and far-flung on the surface, but in reality is neither. Should Samsung have gone ahead with the rollout of the Galaxy F in August as reported, it’s inevitable that it would to some extent affect the initial success of the fourth-generation Note, which is scheduled to launch in the first days of September. The vast majority of reports to date outline a pair of devices that are nigh-on identical apart from the Note 4 having a slightly larger screen, meaning that should millions of Galaxy F units ship in May, the knock-on effect on Note sales the next month could be severe.
And should Samsung wait until after the launch of the new Note to introduce the F, the same effect would be triggered in reverse. Coupled with the continued tip-off of a Q1 debut for the Galaxy S6, it’s entirely plausible that the Galaxy F cooked up by the rumor mill will in fact remain nothing more than another fable to add to the pile.
