As each annual Consumer Electronics Show passes, there seems to be fewer and fewer major phone announcements at the event. That’s likely due to hardware cycles and companies now wanting their own individual launch events. Samsung did have four new Android tablets to show off this year but no new Galaxy flagship. Look for that news in the coming months when the company is expected to introduce a revamped Galaxy S5 to replace last year’s S4.

Reported specs for the Galaxy S5 leaked online this past week, and if correct, they mark a bit of a departure for the flagship Galaxy: Less plastic and more metal, for starters. Sam Mobile says the phone will actually be available in two editions: One in plastic and a more expensive version in metal.

The device is expected to use a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chip in LTE markets a Samsung Exynos for HSPA+ devices have a 16 megapixel rear camera sensor, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see 3 GB of memory inside. Insider leaks peg the screen to be a showcase display: 5.25-inches with a 2560 x 1440 resolution. That works out to a whopping 561 pixels per inch. I’m looking forward to seeing this hardware if the leaks are accurate and figure we have around three months to wait and see.

The timing of the Galaxy S5 announcement could coincide with one from Nokia, which by then will officially be part of Microsoft. My expectation is that at the April BUILD developer conference we’ll find out what the Nokia Normandy is since so far we’ve only seen leaked images from @evleaks.

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Newest Nokia Normandy leaks show off body design, homescreen UI (androidandme.com)

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Windows Phone and Android to meet in 'Normandy'? (ZDNet)

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