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"There could be, again, a supply bottleneck due to tight supply of components ... but I think any such disruption will be very brief, as Samsung is making a bigger bet on the S4 than on its predecessor with a backup plan to avoid such disruption," he said. Others have warned that Samsung has risked overhyping the new phone if it does not offer enough new features in comparison to the bestselling S4. "It's got to be a blockbuster phone that beats its predecessor and competitors in nearly all aspects, otherwise Samsung could follow the footsteps of others and fail to manage expectations, which get only higher," according to David Choi, an analyst at SK Securities. Samsung yesterday published a teaser image of a new phone, showing only a shadowed view of the top of the handset. Samsung Mobile US published the picture on Twitter with an update that said: "The countdown for #TheNextBigThing has begun. Who's ready for the Global Unpacked Event on March 14?" The device looked similar to leaked images published on a Chinese forum the day before which had claimed to show the new Galaxy S4. The leaked pictures showed a device that looked very similar to the Galaxy S3, only slightly larger. Information published on the forum claimed that the phone has a 1080p display, runs Android 4.2.1, has a 1.8GHz Universal5410 processor and 2GB of RAM. The Verge, which first published the leaked photos, said the Universal5410 is "likely a codename for the Exynos Octa 5410, an eight-core processor with four A15 cores for power and four A7 cores for power efficiency". The most recent leaked images do not match pictures published by SamMobile in January, which showed a similar device but without a button on the front. Samsung's Global Unpacked Event takes place in New York at 7pm local time (midnight UK time) and though very little has been confirmed, lots of rumours have emerged about the new handset. A video posted on YouTube yesterday showed a similar device and the uploader claims that it is a "world first hands-on" with the Galaxy S4. Earlier this week it was suggested that the Galaxy S4 would have a "floating touch" display, which would allow people to control the phone without touching the screen. Hovering a finger over a photo album might bring up a preview of the pictures inside, for example. SamMobile reported yesterday that it had been told by "an insider" that the Galaxy S4 would have a PHOLED screen, which is more energy efficient than the standard OLED screen. Last week it was reported that the new handset would scroll the screen based on the movement of the user's eyes, which would be tracked by the front-facing camera. Other rumours have said the Galaxy S4 will have wireless charging capabilities, using the Qi standard supported by Google and Nokia, and a 5-inch, 1080x1920 pixel display with 480 pixel-per-inch density. via Technology - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGurPNVZgeOENVDPFM0NnLRH4e3JQ&url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/samsung/9926651/Samsungs-back-up-plan-to-ensure-Galaxy-S4-is-not-hit-by-supply-backlog-that-dogged-the-S3.html

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