Samsung Galaxy S5: Now made of metal, from the producers of the HTC One and iPad ... - Giga.de

Once again there is a new rumor to the next flagship from Samsung, so the Galaxy S5. As long suspected, this should be equipped with a metal housing. This rumor hardens now, because recent information indicates that this is to be manufactured by the company that is responsible for the shells of the HTC One and the iPad mini 2.

the page EMSOne, one of the largest business publications Taiwan, reports the manufacturer “Catcher” seems to have been entrusted with the production of housing for the Samsung Galaxy S 5 . Back in September there was this first speculation.

According EMSOne is Samsung’s decision to form a metal housing fixed now, so the company from South Korea into a new design phase – design 3.0 – should come. Previously set exclusively on polycarbonate for your own devices, with the Galaxy S5 but this could now (finally) change. The production of housing is already off this month, so December 2013 start.

As you know it from Samsung now, it is quite possible that the Galaxy S5 is available in two different variants. These would differ primarily by the installed processor (64-bit Exynos or Snapdragon). If this is the case, there could be a premium version of the Galaxy S5, which would be equipped with just-mentioned metal housing.

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reported the Taiwanese side that beginning be made between 10 and 30 million housing of Catcher. The rest are to both the Chinese company BYF and dieJu-Teng companies from Taiwan take over.

Catcher will most likely not be a concept, but the company is nevertheless excellent behind such cases as that of the HTC one, the iPad mini 2 and the MacBook Air so the company knows what it is doing and Samsung probably so in very his good hands.

Many rumors, many conjectures. We can assume that seem more numerous rumors and leaks in the coming months. We of course you keep up to date.

Source: EMSOne (translated vie Google Translate) via phone arena

I’m curious if Samsung is now actually uses a metal housing. Similar rumors were already in the past to other devices (eg, the score 3) but it would really be surprised if Samsung would not embark on a new path with the Galaxy S5. What do you think of the matter?