Samsung Galaxy S 5 with LTE-A headed to Korea in July

June 16, 2014

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Samsung is doing what Samsung does best and that is to offer more variants than anyone can keep track of. The latest is going to be an LTE-A (Advanced) version of the Galaxy S 5, which would be destined for only Korea.

Now, unlike the report we saw over the weekend that LG has a G3 variant with a Snapdragon 805, this variant will most likely sport the 801, which is in the current GS5. Since LTE-A speeds can hit 225Mbps, it was believed that this phone might get the 805 wince the 801 can't support anything higher than 150Mbps. However, SK Telecom has just confirmed that the device will be just like the present Galaxy S 5 in every way other than having LTE-A.

The phone will launch on July 19, but we don't have any pricing information just yet.

sources: Korea Times / yonhapnews
via: SamMobile

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