The Samsung Galaxy S4 release event kicks off tonight, the company’s chance to unveil what it hopes will be the latest and greatest smartphone on the market. For those looking to watch online, the Galaxy S4 live stream is included below. BostInno has covered the run-up to the Galaxy S4 event in depth, and so below the live stream you’ll find specs, rumors, and photos that should provide plenty of background on the new phone.

Watch the Samsung Galaxy S4 Event Live Stream

If you’re tuning in before things get started, leaked photos of the S4 are included below:

Background

Excerpted from our previous reporting…

Specs

There’s been no shortage of spec rumors, but the latest report comes from Engadget:

The new pictures show off what’s measured as a 1080p 4.99-inch display with an embossed home key and cross-hatch textured plastic back cover (already cracked on this unit). Engadget Chinese came through with a translation, and the specs listed on it168 claim its Exynos 5410 is a 1.8GHz 8-core CPU unit, with PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU. The i9502 weighs in at 138g and measures 7.7mm thick, packs 2GB of RAM and 16GB ROM storage with a microSD expansion slot and has a 2600mAh battery.

Bloomberg has reported that the U.S. version will include Qualcomm’s quad-core rather than an eight core processor.

Eye scrolling

Reports of eye scrolling have come from The New York Times and Engadget but been refuted by Bloomberg. On this one we’ll have to wait and see.

A faux stylus

Rather than an actual stylus pen, Engadget reports it’ll have similar functionality for your finger.

Matchup vs. Apple

Apple is already out trash talking Android in advance of tonight’s release. But as we’ve reported, analysts expect this to be a very real challenge to the iPhone.

Expect heavy marketing

That might sound obvious, but it’s noteworthy that Samsung outspent Apple on advertising in 2012.