New Samsung SM-G900S gets benchmarked: 2560x1440 display, Android KitKat and 2.5 GHz processor could define the Galaxy S5
Observant folks from The Droid Guy have noticed a brand new Samsung SM-G900S entrance in Kishonti's GFX cross-platform graphics benchmark database. The most interesting part here is the breathtaking 2560x1440 pixels screen resolution, which, if you remember, was tucked in a Samsung presentation as coming next year in the form of a 560ppi Super AMOLED smartphone display at a 5"+ diagonal.
Given that an alleged Samsung Galaxy S5 metal frame already leaked out, returning a roughly 5.3" screen diagonal when measured, the conclusion is that this device, coded G900S, could be an early Galaxy S5 prototype with 2K display, Android 4.4 KitKat and 2.5 GHz Qualcomm processor, judging from the specs table below.
The graphics benchmarks are pretty stellar, but it's the processor that raises some eyebrows - the MSM8974 listed below is Qualcomm's numbering for a Snapdragon 800 processor, and the Adreno 330 GPU only comes to confirm that. Not that Snapdragon 800 isn't a blazing fast processor, but given that Qualcomm already announced its faster Snapdragon 805 will be in devices by next summer, and ARM hinted it's putting the final touches for the production of 64-bit Exynos with Samsung, we were expecting one of those last two to end up in an eventual Galaxy S5.
A Snapdragon 800 won't really ensure that the S5 is futureproof, so this is either an early prototype version of the phone, outfitted with the 2K display for testing purposes, or some new gear, like a tablet, for instance. The resolution, however, is more fitting to the onslaught of 2K phones we are expecting next year, and of which it's speculated the Vivo Xplay 3S will be a first representative come next week, and this one sports 2560x1440 pixels display, too.
The "klteskt" product build tag hints that this is a device tested for Korea's SK Telecom, and with an LTE radio at that, so it might very well be an early Galaxy S5 engineering sample with a WQHD display, and the processor situation could change when the 64-bit Exynos and Snapdragon 805 hit the conveyor belts, or so we're hoping.
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