Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S4 (L) and Apple's iPhone 5 are seen in this file picture illustration taken in Seoul. REUTERS / Kim Hong-Ji

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the flagship smartphone from Samsung that came out in 2013. It came out with Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean. SamMobile has revealed the owners of Galaxy S4 certainly have a reason to rejoice because the Android Lollipop update for the device is going to be available soon.

According to the Google Support page on Android updates, an Android device can be updated with the latest version of Android OS only if the update arrives within 18 months of its release date. SamMobile has revealed that the Galaxy S4 with the model number 19500 will receive the Android L update first. This device is powered by Exynos 5 octa 5410 chipset.

There are variants of Galaxy S4 such as the Galaxy S4 powered with Snapdragon 600 chipset (model number - I9505), the Galaxy S4 Active (model number - I9252), the Galaxy S4 LTE-A version that is driven by Snapdragon 800 chipset (model number - I9506) and the Galaxy S4 Active LTE-A also running on Snapdragon 800 chipset. However, it seems that these devices will also receive the Android Lollipop update but sometime after it comes to the Exynos edition.

The Android 5.0 Lollipop for Galaxy S4 is the third major Android software update for the handset. The first one was Android v4.3 Jelly Bean and then later it was updated with Android v4.4. KitKat and now it is in line to receive the most recent Android 5.0 Lollipop update.

SamMobile states the Exynos powered Samsung Galaxy S4 will receive the Android Lollipop update by early 2015. Apart from receiving the latest Android update, the Galaxy S4 will also be treated with the new version of TouchWiz that appears quite similar to the TouchWiz edition running on Android Lollipop on the Samsung Galaxy S5 which is the flagship smartphone of 2014. The Galaxy S5 is scheduled to receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in December.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with 5-inch Super AMOLED full HD display. It features 2 GB of RAM and comes with internal storage options like 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB. It has a 13 MP camera along with LED flash. It is housed with a 2600 mAh battery.

(Source: YouTube/SamMobiles Channel)