Samsung Galaxy S5 release date rumors claims that the flagship smartphone may arrive during the 2^nd quarter of 2014.

The mobile industry has been very busy with all the new product launches from giant tech companies, and currently, one of the latest topics in the rumors mills is the Samsung Galaxy S5 release date. According to a report from CrossMap, Samsung Galaxy S5 release date may be set for Q4 2014.

Moreover, the report suggested a more particular Samsung Galaxy S5 release date, which is March of 2014. This speculation about the possible Samsung Galaxy S5 release date is based on the arrival of the Galaxy S4, which happened March of this year.

Furthermore, folks over the UK site, Phones Review, mentioned from one of their reports that they hear through gossips that the Samsung Galaxy S5 release date may happen during the Mobile World Congress or MWC 2014, which is scheduled to run from February 24 to 27. But as posted in the report, "...but we believe Samsung will hold its own event (Hopefully not so Broadway this time) around March or April and not any sooner."

Besides rumors about Samsung Galaxy S5 release date, tech fans are also interested to know about the specs of the upcoming mobile phone. One of the recent rumors about Samsung Galaxy S5 specs suggested that the smartphone may sport a metal case, unlike the previous devices which make use of the plastic cases. Accordingly, the Taiwan-based manufacturer, Catcher Technology, is most likely to get orders for the metal case to be used for the Samsung Galaxy S5, as reported by Taipei Times. The same report also claims that the production of the smartphone may commence during the 1^st quarter of 2014, supporting rumors about Samsung Galaxy release date set for any point during Q2 2014.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is expected to have a camera feature that is also found on the Galaxy Note 3 phablet, which is an optical image stabilization feature with 0-shutter lag. Furthermore, other feasible Samsung Galaxy S5 specs related to camera, as posted on the same report from CrossMap, citing International Business Times, are "higher megapixel, back-side illumination, low-light sensitivity, 4K video resolution, slow motion recording, better audio recording and more."