With the Galaxy S4 still selling very well on the mobile market, some of the consumers have looked ahead to the next generation smartphone in the Galaxy line and that has sparked plenty of rumors to hit the web. Besides offering users a different design, the possibly of a fingerprint scanner and a much better resolution on the display, a new rumor surfaced that suggested that the phone could come in a little thinner than previous models. There is a new way to arrange some of the hardware inside of mobile devices and Samsung used that to get a slimmer design with the Galaxy Note 3.
Many are expecting the company to use this method to shave a few millimeters from the overall thickness from the Galaxy S5 as well. The Galaxy S5 is expected to arrive within the first quarter of next year and the antenna arrangement is not the only thing that the company has been working to improve. The new design is reportedly going to include an all metal body, which is much different from the all polycarbonate bodies that have arrived from Samsung in the past.
The Galaxy S4 was already a very good improvement over the third generation model, but it looks like the fifth generation is going to be taking things a little further. With the Galaxy S4, the overall thickness was about .5mm less than the Galaxy S3. The Galaxy Note 3 is almost 1mm thinner than the previous models, so consumers can expect to see the Galaxy S5 even thinner. The new technology allows for smartphone builders to put the antennas in the back side of the device covered by the plastic cover, rather than integrating them into the body of the phone.
The technology is known as LDX and at least one online source claims that Samsung will be using the LDS antenna technology on the Galaxy S5, which will also help reduce thickness and would also help in the overall reception of the antennas. Having the ability to change the antenna frequency for all of the countries and regions is a difficult operation, but with the new antenna technology the development of each antenna was reduced to no more than 3 to 4 days. With the antennas imbedded in the back case, the reception is better, but could break easier should the device be dropped.
