Samsung Galaxy S3 to be delayed.

Samsung have confirmed to Techradar that the next Galaxy S mobile phone won’t be shown at this months Mobile World Congress, as many had hoped. Instead, there will be a separate event slightly later to show off the much hyped device.

“Samsung is looking forward to introducing and demonstrating exciting new mobile products at Mobile World Congress 2012.

"The successor to the Galaxy S2 smartphone will be unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product.”

It’s unclear if the delay is due to a manufacturing hold up, or perhaps an attempt to release the phone around the same time as a rumoured iPhone 5 launch in July - the Galaxy S series phones have come to be seen by many as a direct competitor to Apple’s iPhone.