When Samsung lifted the lid on its new smart phone, it explained that the kind of processor lurking inside the phone would vary by country, with some nations getting a version with Samsung's own-brand 1.6GHz Exynos5 octa-core chip, and others getting a 1.9GHz Qualcomm quad-core chip.
A UK-centric press release from Samsung previous made mention of the octa-core chip, but sadly it seems that's not the case. In a statement sent to Omio Samsung confirmed the bad news -- I've since spoken to Samsung and received the same statement.
"In the UK," Samsung states, "the Galaxy S4 will be available as a 4G device with a 1.9GHz Quad Core Processor."
Cores for concern?
So what exactly are we missing out on? As my colleague Andrew Hoyle explains in this handy-dandy article, while the Exynos5 octa-core chip has eight cores, you wouldn't be using all of them at once -- instead there are two four-core chips that handle processing.
There are no apps or services out there so far that have really taxed the S3's quad-core processor to its limits, so I suspect the quad-core chip the UK gets stuck with will still prove very speedy.
It is galling not to get the exotic-sounding eight-core chip though, and it'll be very interesting to see which processor is better at handling battery life.
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