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Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 is seen during its unveiling in this March 14, 2013 file photo at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Smartphones took a majority of mobile phone sales worldwide for the first time in the April-June quarter, a survey showed August 14, 2013. The report by the research firm Gartner found smartphone sales totaled 225 million in the second quarter, or 51.8 percent of all mobile phones sold in the period. The survey found Samsung remained the leading vendor of smartphones and all mobile phones. AFP PHOTO

PARIS: South Korea’s Samsung Electronics will unveil its new Galaxy Gear “smartwatch” early next month, ahead of Apple’s iWatch, Bloomberg news and a fan site said over the weekend.

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