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Were you excitedly waiting for Samsung’s Galaxy S IV launch event in New York ^[2]? Then get a load of this: Someone in possession of the device (reportedly a prototype), has leaked the device’s specifications 2 weeks ahead of the announcement.

If this is indeed a Galaxy S IV, and if Samsung doesn’t change its specs before launch, here’s what you can expect from the next big flagship phone: 4.99-inch screen at 1920 x 1080 resolution, 8-core Exynos 5410 chipset at 1.8GHz, PowerVR SGX 544 graphics processor, 2GB of RAM, 13-megapixel camera, GSM and LTE capabilities and Android 4.2.

Here’s the benchmark, showing off just how much faster Samsung’s next device will be:

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True or not, we don’t have to wait much longer for the official word on the Galaxy S IV. Samsung’s launch event for the device kicks off at 7pm on March 14.

Judging from almost every single comment on any article about the Galaxy S IV, Samsung only needs to one thing to guarantee that it exceeds sales of the previous Galaxy: use any material but plastic. There you go Samsung, check’s in the mail!

[via Sam Mobile ^[4], Gizmodo ^[5]]