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Samsung announces the Galaxy S 4
Mar 14 2013 11:00 PM |
PaulOBrien
in Android
Finally bringing to an end the speculation and leaks, Samsung have announced the Galaxy S 4 tonight at an event in New York.
It turns out that the leaks were largely right - on the hardware and design side, the S 4 is very, VERY much an evolution of it's predecessor. The screen has grown to a 5" 1080 resolution panel (still AMOLED and usable with gloves), the CPU is either an octa-core Exynos or a Snapdragon 600 depending on territory and 2GB RAM is onboard. While the device retains it's plastic back, it is framed by an metallic edge for a perceptible bump in build quality. Talking of bumps, a bump on the back houses the 13 Megapixel camera.
Software wise there's 4.2.2 right off the bat and a huge number of new features, including:
Power comes from a 2600mah removable battery, which nestles behind the removable back with the, yes, you guessed it, microSD slot!
Pricing is yet to be announced, the device will be available in white or black at the end of April - rest assure we'll be putting one through it's paces as soon as we can.
It turns out that the leaks were largely right - on the hardware and design side, the S 4 is very, VERY much an evolution of it's predecessor. The screen has grown to a 5" 1080 resolution panel (still AMOLED and usable with gloves), the CPU is either an octa-core Exynos or a Snapdragon 600 depending on territory and 2GB RAM is onboard. While the device retains it's plastic back, it is framed by an metallic edge for a perceptible bump in build quality. Talking of bumps, a bump on the back houses the 13 Megapixel camera.
Software wise there's 4.2.2 right off the bat and a huge number of new features, including:
- Adapt display and adapt sound
- Air view / Air gesture (using an IR sensor)
- Group play
- Knox business / personal segregation software
- Optical reader (business card scanner)
- S health (think fitness tracking, built into your phone with accessories such as a wristband)
- S translate
- Smart pause / smart scroll
- Watchon (remote app, see below!)
Power comes from a 2600mah removable battery, which nestles behind the removable back with the, yes, you guessed it, microSD slot!
Pricing is yet to be announced, the device will be available in white or black at the end of April - rest assure we'll be putting one through it's paces as soon as we can.
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Zarch1972
Mar 15 2013 07:22 AM
abcdefg100
Mar 15 2013 08:51 AM
ZTR
Mar 15 2013 09:20 AM
Or due the fact that they have used the same kind of (cheap) plastic again
andybarker
Mar 15 2013 09:35 AM
No idea when I might buy one though.
The Soup Thief
Mar 15 2013 09:40 AM
An S3 S?
Better battery, better screen, wireless charging, baked in SwiftKey. Plus they haven't announced the killer feature yet - the unlocked price! We all know it's gonna be £130 to nobble the opposition ....
andybarker
Mar 15 2013 12:16 PM
PaulOBrien
Mar 15 2013 12:36 PM
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Sere83
Mar 15 2013 12:53 PM
Decent Improvement over the S3 mind, Apple will use the A6X with SGX554 or even better GPU in the Iphone 5/6 and again obliterate the SGX544 used in this. Samsung still has the tech and still needs serious hardware and software design guidance, HTC still the best android hardware maker. Business as usual then...
rovex
Mar 15 2013 01:26 PM
While it might be only evolution rather than revolution (significant evolution to my mind), at least its not a bad revolution, like the One. The more i see of it the worse it gets. Thick, heavy, sense 5 is horrible, genuinely pointless features like Blinkfeed, stereo speakers that will mean teens playing music in the street on the damn thing, annoying everyone. Blaghh.
PaulOBrien
Mar 15 2013 01:51 PM
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ZTR
Mar 15 2013 03:22 PM
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Both versions will have LTE
Sere83
Mar 15 2013 04:30 PM
rovex, on 15 March 2013 - 01:26 PM, said:
While it might be only evolution rather than revolution (significant evolution to my mind), at least its not a bad revolution, like the One. The more i see of it the worse it gets. Thick, heavy, sense 5 is horrible, genuinely pointless features like Blinkfeed, stereo speakers that will mean teens playing music in the street on the damn thing, annoying everyone. Blaghh.
Haha how is the N4 bland and featureless? Stock android is visually in a different league to the graphic design disaster that is touch wiz, and at least the n4 doesn't come with 15 relatively useless samsung apps, most of which u can find better alternatives to in the play store anyway. Your on drugs if you think the One is thick, its not particularly heavy either. And your saying stereo speakers are a bad thing because kids might use them on a bus? lol. I agree with you that sense still looks like crap though.
PaulOBrien
Mar 15 2013 04:56 PM
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Sere83
Mar 15 2013 05:12 PM
PaulOBrien, on 15 March 2013 - 04:56 PM, said:
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Yeah commented, still looks like crap imo. Have u seen MIUI V5 Paul?
http://en.miui.com/t...d-2251-1-1.html
Big step up from the abominations that are touch wiz and sense
PaulOBrien
Mar 15 2013 05:24 PM
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razzmataz1478
Mar 16 2013 09:18 AM
Both versions will have LTE
It must be dependant on the band?
ZTR
Mar 20 2013 06:59 PM
ZTR
Mar 21 2013 02:47 PM
Some are getting both :|
m.gsmarena.com/heres_a_list_of_which_country_gets_which_samsung_galaxy_s4_model-news-5739.php
Jaisan888
Mar 24 2013 10:27 PM
SerkanMarasli, on 22 March 2013 - 11:26 PM, said: