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Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800 and LTE-A now taking on Europe

posted by Chris P. / Oct 23, 2013, 1:45 AM

Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon 800 and LTE-A now taking on Europe

The long-awaited refresh of the nowaging Samsung Galaxy S4 is now a fact for those of you from Europe,and Sweden in particular, at least for the time being. Yes, we'retalking about the GT-i9506, or said in plain language: the Snapdragon800-touting Galaxy S4 that was first made available for the Sammy'slocal market in South Korea only all the way back in June. Andyes, that also means that it comes packing LTE-Advanced capabilities,so it actually does make sense that the upgraded Galaxy S4 was madeavailable for Sweden first, as it's one of very few countries in theworld that is doing some real progress on their LTE-A network.

There's currently no word as towhen we can expect the Snapdragon 800-equipped Samsung Galaxy S4 inthe rest of Europe, though it appears that Germany is a more or lessconfirmed destination for the refreshed phone. That's because SamsungGermany has already listed the device, though no pricing details haveprovided on this or any other European Samsung store.

It's also unclear whether thistells us anything at all about the rumor of aSnapdragon 800 version of the rugged Samsung Galaxy S4 Active,though you can rest assured that we'll keep you updated as we learnmore.

source: Samsung via SamMobile

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11 Comments

1. android_hitman unregistered

A refreshed version of SGS4 just a week before Nexus 5 launch? good one sammy

posted on Oct 23, 2013, 1:55 AM 5

2. woodshop20

Posts: 459; Member since: Sep 14, 2013

Lol, over here in New Zealand we've only started getting 4G a month ago. We still haven't got LTE, let alone LTE-A.

posted on Oct 23, 2013, 2:28 AM 1

3. vincelongman

Posts: 5748; Member since: Feb 10, 2013

Haha, a lot of my friend don't even get good/stable 3G where they live, and that's in Auckland, NZ's biggest city. Also I believe our 4G coverage in Auckland is just in the central city (not sure if its better now).

posted on Oct 23, 2013, 2:42 AM 0

4. woodshop20

Yeah, I don't even have a 3G plan, believe it or not, because the prices are so ridiculously high and the amount of data you get is minuscule. $15 USD for 500mb, anyone?

posted on Oct 23, 2013, 2:49 AM 0

5. SAYED-EJAZ

Posts: 225; Member since: Oct 10, 2013

15$ for 500MB ..? :o Are you serious ??

posted on Oct 23, 2013, 2:58 AM 1

6. woodshop20

Yep. Not kidding.

posted on Oct 23, 2013, 3:08 AM 1

7. SAYED-EJAZ

Thats realy pretty high,I would get 20GB 4G data for that amount ie.., 15$ . And true unlimited 4G available at 100$ though I never used unlimited plan , 20GB is enough for mobiles and for downloading true 50Mbps unlimited home broadband & wifi is there. Pretty good I suppose.