SamMobile Recap: Galaxy Note 4 specs leak, Android Wear smartwatch, and more

There’s a lot of stuff that happens in the mobile industry, something that is especially true when it comes to giants like Samsung. If you missed out on some (or all) of what happened in the last 24 hours or so, well, here’s a recap of all the big things that went down.

The Galaxy Note 4 made a no-holds-barred appearance in benchmarks, with both the Exynos and Snapdragon variants strutting their stuff, and we also published exclusive information related to some of the phone's hardware. The Galaxy S5 LTE-A, the faster, more powerful variant of the Galaxy S5 that launched in South Korea recently was spotted with a unique new back cover, one that will likely remain extremely limited in availability.

In the smartwatch world, rumors arose that Samsung might unveil its Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O next week, a move that would see it go up directly against LG, which is also expected to show its first smartwatch at the event. We came across a new trademark that suggests Samsung is working on creating a dedicated app store for its Gear wearables.

Here’s the full rundown:

• • UPSM Manager lets you add more apps to Ultra Power Saving mode on Galaxy S5
• • Samsung Galaxy Note 4 appears in benchmark in Exynos (SM-N910C) and Snapdragon (SM-N910S) flavors
• • Samsung registers Gear Store trademark, could be an app store for its Gear wearables
• • Galaxy Note 4's UV sensor to have a 500 microsecond tracking speed?
• • Exclusive: More Galaxy Note 4 details leak as its benchmarks show up
• • Report: Samsung to unveil its Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O next week
• • Korea-bound Galaxy S5 LTE-A spotted with new back panel; benchmarks in tow

As usual, a lot of devices got general firmware updates as well, so here’s a list of all the updates that rolled to Samsung devices yesterday (as always, you can download all these firmware and more from our firmware section):