Samsung’s Galaxy S6 may launch March 2 without Snapdragon 810 or waterproofing

It’s the beginning of 2015, and time to get excited about this year’s new smartphones. News of the Samsung Galaxy S6 started to arrive at the end of 2014, and is sure to accelerate over the coming months. The bar is set high for Samsung in 2015, in light of lower than expected financial results last year, declining smartphone sales, and growing discontent among even its most loyal customers. Will the Galaxy S6 see Samsung return to former glories? Here’s what we think we know about the phone so far.

Samsung may launch two versions of the S6 at MWC

Although we didn’t hear a peep from Samsung at CES 2015, we will almost certainly hear a lot from the company at Mobile World Congress this March. Sources familiar with the company’s plans told Business Insider that Samsung will launch at least two variants of the Galaxy S6 at MWC 2015, alongside an unnamed round smartwatch. Reports from Korea hint that a March 2 launch date may be planned for MWC 2015.

Meanwhile, Korean site Seoulfn claims that Samsung is already producing the Galaxy S6 to prepare for a late March launch date. However, the phone could arrive in Korea as early as February, the site’s sources claim.

It might not be waterproof

Waterproof smartphones are typically seen as a great idea, even though most manufacturers don’t offer the option. Samsung’s Galaxy S5 was waterproof and its Active line is always good to go for a swim. However, a new report from Italy hints the Galaxy S6 won’t be waterproof at all, and neither will the double curved-edged variant of the device. It seems that Samsung may hold back on waterproofing its flagship, so as to differentiate the device further from the Active variant.

Faster processor, more internal storage memory, and 4GB RAM
The Galaxy S6 could come in two variants with different processors, depending on the markets in which the handsets launch. The Korean market and a few others will most likely get the Exynos 7420 octa-core 64-bit processor, while those in North America, Europe, and most of Asia will possibly get S6 handsets powered by Qualcomm’s zippy new Snapdragon 810 64-bit chip.


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