Samsung Galaxy S5 Set For MWC 2014 Launch

Samsung is set to unveil the much anticipated Galaxy S5 smartphone later this month during Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona – the Korean manufacturer has already sent out press invites for an event in the Catalonian capital.

The company’s last two flagship smartphones have been launched away from MWC, with the Galaxy S4 announced in New York last year, but  Samsung’s invite revealed an event named ‘Unpacked5’ happening on Monday 24 February – the first day of MWC 2014 – making it likely the handset will make an appearance.

Samsung Galaxy S5

However, keeping with recent Samsung tradition, the Unpacked event will take place away from MWC itself, at another venue in the city.

There has been plenty of discussion and speculation regarding the Galaxy S5’s feature set, with recent reports suggesting that it could feature eye recognition technology, be housed in a metal casing and run Android 4.4 Kit Kat.

While the launch of the Galaxy S5 would be the most high profile launch of MWC, Samsung is also apparently readying the Tizen-powered ZEQ900 for the event, as it seeks to reduce its dependency on Android.

Samsung is also likely to be keen to show off its business offerings, given that it sees the enterprise market as a way of potentially offsetting declining growth in the smartphone market. The company told TechWeekEurope last year that it plans to make a major push in enterprise mobility services in 2014, including the Samsung Knox mobile device management (MDM) platform, which was shown off at MWC last year.

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