Samsung to release LTE Advanced high speed Galaxy S4

Samsung is to release a version of its Galaxy S4 flagship device that can handle LTE-Advanced, a variant of LTE that promises speeds twice the rate of standard 4G. It could be some time before anyone outside of South Korea can use it, however.

Samsung co-CEO JK Shin told Reuters on Monday that it will launch an S4 with a chip that supports LTE-Advanced, the 3GPP standard that offers theoretical maximum download speeds of 3Gbps and uploads speeds of 1.5Gbps.

The new higher-speed S4 will be available in South Korea as early as next month and the company is in talks with several overseas carriers to support the phone, according to the report.

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