Samsung Galaxy S4

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Samsung on Thursday announced the Galaxy S4 and we’ll tell you everything there is to know about the device, leaving the theatrics at the door – that’s right, Samsung, that Galaxy S4 introduction was definitely strange.

What’s important is that the Galaxy S4 is here, and ready to launch in 155 countries at the end of April. In what follows we’re going to tell you everything there is to know about the device, from specs to new software features to launch details and pricing.

From the get-go it’s important to notice that while the Galaxy S4 has some interesting hardware under the hood, Samsung actually focused more on the new software features that will be found on top of the Google’s Jelly Bean – and yes, we can say that this time around we had a pretty good idea of what the Galaxy S4 would offer both in terms of specs but also new features.

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Hardware

We’ll certainly get to review the screen performance, the battery life, the processor’s efficiency in great detail in the future. Meanwhile we’re just going to list the full specs for the handset, reminding you once again that the leaks were almost right on the money:

Specification	Samsung Galaxy S4
Operating System	Android 4.2 Jelly Bean TouchWiz Nature UI
Size	136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9mm
Weight	130g
Display type	Super AMOLED
Display size	4.99-inch (12.67cm)
Display resolution	1920 x 1080 Full HD
Display density	441ppi
CPU	International version Samsung Exynos 5 Octa Quad-core A15 (1.6GHz) + Quad-core A7 (1.2GHz) US version Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T Quad-core Krait 300 1.9Ghz
GPU	International version PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU 3-core, 533Mhz US Version Adreno 320
RAM	2GB
Internal Storage	16GB/32GB/64GB
MicroSD card slot	microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB
Main camera	13MP
Front camera	2MP
Battery	9.88Wh
Networks	GSM, HSPA, LTEMicro-SIM
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-bandWi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
Connectivity	microUSB, MHL 2, USB host, DLNAInfrared blaster
Bluetooth	4.0 with A2DP
GPS	A-GPS, GLONASS

Software

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Yes, the Galaxy S4 will run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean right out of the box with TouchWiz on top, but Samsung is packing a lot of other features of its own inside the phone. Here’s they are, briefly explained:

Dual Camera: the person taking the picture or recording a video can also be placed in either of them. It also works during video calls.
Sound & Shot: record audio while taking pictures and pair the resulting files
Drama Shot: take 100 shots in a few seconds and automatically create a collage of images
Eraser: take multiple shots to erase background elements that shouldn't appear in the final photo
Air View: preview an image just by hovering a finger on top of it, without actually touching the screen
Story Album: create photo albums on the phone, and even send them in physical form ($10-30 for 10-page album)
Adapt Display: the screen automatically adapts based on viewing conditions and the actual content to offer a better performance
Air Gesture: control the phone without actually touching it
Smart Scroll: slightly tilt the device to scroll through pages
Smart Pause: pause playback when looking away from the screen
S Translator: translate between nine supported languages (English US, English UK, French, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian). The feature includes voice-to-text and text-to-voice support, and it’s able to perform translations of image contents. It works both offline and online.
S Health: manage your fitness exercises by pairing the smartphone with additional accessories including the S band, Body Scale or a heart-rate monitor.
Samsung Knox: use the smartphone as an enterprise solution and balance work and personal features in a two-phones-in-one style. The feature will be available on other Samsung smartphones.
Samsung HomeSync: automatically sync files between devices
S Voice Drive: interact with the phone via Bluetooth while driving
Smart Switch: backup Galaxy S4 data on computers. Support for moving between any smartphone to the Galaxy S4 is included.
Samsung Hub: magazine interface for buying content
Group Play: simultaneously play the same track on up to eight devices, and even create a 5.1 surround system. Support for multiplayer games is also included
ChatON: new app version supports video chat with up to three people and can be combined with Dual Camera
IR Sensor: control your TV with the smartphone
Temperature and humidity sensors

Accessories

In addition to the S band S Health accessory we mentioned earlier you should know that the Galaxy S4 will have a variety of other accessories including cases and covers. You can expect Flip Covers in a variety of colors, but also a new S View Cover that has an opening which will let you see the screen and control the phone even while it's mostly covered by the rest of the case.

Also worth mentioning is that the Galaxy S4 will work with gloves on, without requiring any special gloves to let you control the display in winter.

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Availability

As we have already told you, the Galaxy S4 should hit a variety of markets in late April. The handset will ship in 155 countries, from 327 carriers, but Samsung was not willing to actually reveal any exact launch dates.

Furthermore, the phone doesn’t have an official price yet, but we can tell you it will ship in three capacity versions (16GB/32GB/64GB) and two color options (black and white) initially.

We’ll be back with more details about the Galaxy S4’s launch once we have release dates for various markets.

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Comments

http://www.facebook.com/saiprabhu30697 Saiprasad Prabhu

Can You Post The BenchMarks Of hTC One,Samsung Galaxy s4 And Xperia Z
- MasterMuffin
  
  All scores in AnTuTu’s top ten are sgs4′s. Nuff said? :)
jg

For me it’s looks like a SII and an SIII combined with upgraded stats
naurizofficial

lol what a surprise. looks the same.
- William
  
  So what! Iphones haven’t changed hardly a bit, and wouldn’t change at all, if it wasn’t for Android.
  - http://twitter.com/piyushr21 Piyush
    
    but have you seen samsung ad that forked apple for having same design , and look now they are doing the same thing.
    - Mikesphoneandtab
      
      I wouldn’t compare how similar this is to the S3 is to how similar the 4S is to the 5. This is actually a lot more different it’s just that Samsung and Android fans have come to expect drastic changes so when they keep the basic gist of the design style we start screaming “It’s exactly the same.” Apple fans have come to expect the same thing year after year so when the tiniest change happens it is revolutionary.
- brady
  
  the industry isn’t like that anymore. the galaxy s4 mentality is software over hardware. the phone looks like the galaxy s3 that was a huge success. .. and always somebody comes along “it looks the exact same *pushes glasses up on nose* “
http://www.facebook.com/jawahar01 Jawahar Reddy

Does it have photo sphere
Jun

WHY ARE THE US VERSIONS ALWAYS WORSE than the rest of the world’s? They had to change the GPU on this one too. And this time it isn’t like the S III THe US version had a extra gig of ram. Now there are no more advantages with the US. It just sucks. (yes I know “apparently” Samsung CPU’s “don’t” work well with LTE)
- joe barkho
  
  Pretty sure the 600 will out bench mark the “octa”
  - Aziz Farhi
    
    I guess current benchmark tests are not able to properly test the new Octacore CPU.. its a combination of 2 different CPUs which is completely new. In real life and everyday usage the new Octa CPU will out perform the 600 easily..
  - SiskoNetwork
    
    It will.
    the quad core for performance is an A15, it will easily out perform the 600.
- sunny
  
  Because asians pay more than what US pays….simple….
  - MasterMuffin
    
    You know that there are these things called Europe and Australia? Don’t know if it will sell well in Africa and if the Snapdragon is also in Latin America…
    - Aziz Farhi
      
      I live in Algeria which is in north Africa for those who don’t know, Samsung products sell very well here especially the Galaxy series.. The SIII was a very successful hit here and i can only imagine that S4 will be no difference.
      - MasterMuffin
        
        I know where Algeria is, it’s pretty big country (I’m not that stupid :)
        Good to know that there aren’t any iSheep in Africa
      - SiskoNetwork
        
        Galaxy S smartphones sell like hot cakes in the middle east (Qatar) too.
- http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
  
  The Exynos 5 only uses 4 cores at a time. It is the bigSMALL system using the 1.2 GHz cores for power efficiency and 1.6 GHz cores for high performance. The Snapdragon 600 will likely out perform with it’s 1.9 GHz clock speed.
  - http://www.facebook.com/BJ.van.Beethoven Ben Edwards
    
    Not necessarily. The Octa is a true A15 architecture so should offer some improvements over the Snapdragon. Plus with the better GPU benchmarks should be better all round.
    
    In saying that, who gives a sh*t about benchmarks?!
    - http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
      
      I don’t care about benchmarks either. I was simply pointing out that the Octa isn’t necessarily faster than the Snapdragon. I do love my Nexus 10 sporting A15 architecture.
- CyBrix_21
  
  It is not worse… They have almost the same performance, and of course the US versions have LTE…
- CpuKnight
  
  Yes its cos of that.I think its cos Qualcomm doesnt sell the individual modem by itself until later on so the companies have to use the chipset if they want LTE.This can easily be fixed by doing your own chipset with LTE like Nvidia with their Icera Modems.Damn you Samsung :(
- http://www.facebook.com/randy.khoo Randy Ashar Khoo
  
  It just like you say – LTE is based on different tech all over the globe.
  In fact, very few telcos here have LTE.
  The reason for two CPUs help Samsung meet demands better.
http://www.facebook.com/Grgman Sandesh Gurung

wht a surprise it is it look like the s3 haha but still…its the next big thing looking forward to get hands on this
Magnetic1

Since samsung didn’t provide us the ability swap out soc, maybe the Apple’s A7 will.
I mean come on soc means system on a chip.
Why can’t we just swap it out for something else?
- http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
  
  Don’t count on seeing that anytime soon.
M.Beg

S4 the new king of plastic phones
- http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
  
  Did Samsung kick your dog?
  - M.Beg
    
    No, Samsung did put a $2 plastic cover on top of my dog and sold it for $1million….fanboys still bought it
    - le_lutin
      
      You seem like an angry person.
      - M.Beg
        
        Yes i am angry, how can a company get away with putting a $5 plastic cover made by little Chinese hands and sell it for $600
      - http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
        
        You really get hung up on this plastic. You do realize all phones are plastic on the inside right?
      - M.Beg
        
        All clowns wear makeup BUT some clowns are better than others. You are the worst clown because you are defending Samsung spending $5 on design and construction of their plastic phones and selling it for $600
    - http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
      
      Never owned a Samsung phone before my GS3 and am certainly no Samsung fanboy. Used HTC phones before and loved then (Incredible and Incredible 2). However my GS3 is the best phone I have had so far and my Nexus 10 beats my Xoom hands down. The plastic just doesn’t bother me.
      - M.Beg
        
        Trent my friend, you have become a Samsung plastic fanboy and you don’t know it yet. You have sold your soul to evil Korean company who’s workers all have small penis.
      - http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
        
        I am no friend of trolls.
      - M.Beg
        
        you are a friend of Samsung who make lil kids build a plastic toy phone for you.
      - http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
        
        I am a friend of Android. What phone and tablet do you use?
    - Henry Leon
      
      Have you heard a rich guy disguising his $1 million diamonds inside a $2 plastic bag? Anybody else who knows won’t care a bit about the bag
      - M.Beg
        
        The rich man you talk about is not really rich if he is hiding his stuff in plastic bag….a real rich man will make a 24 carats gold box for the diamond
      - http://twitter.com/TheBlackHand2 The Black Hand
        
        A real “smart” man doesn’t go around whining on websites about things he just doesn’t like and no one cares if he does or not. It’s a phone, get over it.
      - M.B
        
        If no one cares why are you replying:D
  - Will Williams
    
    I have a dog.
    - http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
      
      I have 2 :-)
http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Childress/1450482750 James Childress

I like the fact it is nearly the same size as the S3. Only about a half mm longer. This means aftermarket cases that fit the S3 likely will fit the S4.
- http://www.facebook.com/BJ.van.Beethoven Ben Edwards
  
  Apart from blocking the flash and speaker.
  - http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Childress/1450482750 James Childress
    
    So make a cutout….not hard with the right tools.
http://www.facebook.com/BJ.van.Beethoven Ben Edwards

So will the Exynos version have 4G capabilities, or is it only the US Snapdragon version that will?
Brian Hah

so many features it’s mind blowing.. starting to think Samsung REALLY knows what it’s doing.
Matty-Ice

It looks like the SII+SIII =SIV update or should i say the Galaxy SIIIs…….. all i’m trying to say is that all the new futures they come out with in this GS4 they could have just put them in the Keylime pie sofware update. Talking about apple 4s to five looking alike big whope!!!!!!!!!
- http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
  
  Software features sure. There are some good hardware improvements too though.
  
  Nice jump to quad core or octa core depending on your region.
  Same RAM.
  Higher quality screen.
  Higher quality camera.
  Larger screen.
http://twitter.com/findmyringsize FindMyRingSize

Can you add an actual size comparison?
I want to know how big is this phone…

Like this one:
http://yruler.com/SizeViewer/I9500-Galaxy-S-IV/10712
Aziz Farhi

No multiwindow .?
Miguel Pengson

Wow, if the temperature and humidity sensors are accurate, that would be amazing! Tricorder?
Rob

Wow, I would rather only have 3g and use the Octa, then have 4g and barely get a step up from my Galaxy 3S. They should off the international in the US for those of us who don’t mind only 3g but want performance. There are some new features I like but I’m not going to waste my money on a snapdragon 600. Which means I will have to wait until another company comes out with a US version 4g Lte model with true quad core Arm A15.
http://www.facebook.com/jose.villar.359 Jose Villar II

Thats why i go with iphone 5, samsung changes their phone way to much and makes us US buyers look like shiet….I went from s3 to iphone and it just feels exellent the iphone 5 pure materials no plastic the phone is worth 700$
- Henry Leon
  
  Oohhh.., it’s a poor setback. Going from Android to iOS is two steps backward.
- http://twitter.com/TheBlackHand2 The Black Hand
  
  No phone is worth 700$, they don’t cost a quarter of that to produce. The iPhone does have plastic in it also. It’s about as “pure” as Madonna.
Luis Fernando – Brazil

Air view is nit software!
Luis Fernando – Brazil

Air View is not software!