Samsung Galaxy S4 Different Versions and Availability

What has become apparent from the announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is that not all the S4 handsets will feature the Exynos 5 Octa chipset inside the device.

Instead some countries will be getting the Snapdragon 600 chipset, something which was not mentioned during the announcement by Samsung.

Samsung plans to offer two versions of its flagship smartphone, the GT-19500 Model with Exynos 5 Octa eight-core chip which has four ARM-Cortex-A-15 cores running at 1.6ghz and four low power ARM Cortex-A-7 cores at 1.20ghz.

Whilst the other model GT-19505 model with Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is a quad-core Qualcomm Krait 300 microprocessor running at 1.90ghz. The FT-19505 model will feature the Adreno 320 graphics core.

The GT-19500 is the non-LTE model while the GT-19505 is the 4G enabled Snapdragon model.

As it currently appears markets such as the U.S. and the majority of the European countries, will not initially receive the version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 with the faster Exynos 5 Octa core processor.

There are reports confirming however that United Kingdom will receive both models and expected to be priced at launch £529 in April.

Samsung by releasing two models to the Galaxy S4 is effectively making customers choice between a fast processor and a fast network. It appears that customers while have to weigh up their options as to what they want from the handset, if it is indeed a blazing fast super smartphone they will need to check on the availability of that handset in their country. If you are in the U.S it would appear that the choice is already made for you in the form the GT-19505 model.

It is however worth noting however that the GT-19505 model with the Quad-core processor is more powerful than any other handset currently in the market.

Within the coming weeks we shall be going into further detail into each model and particularly the chipsets and we shall be in a position to see if this is a potential deal breaker.

Do let us have your thoughts on this matter. Is is a big deal or not?