Guest PaulOBrien Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 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: Adapt display and adapt soundAir view / Air gesture (using an IR sensor)Group playKnox business / personal segregation softwareOptical reader (business card scanner)S health (think fitness tracking, built into your phone with accessories such as a wristband)S translateSmart pause / smart scrollWatchon (remote app, see below!) Intriguingly, the S4 includes an IR remote like the HTC One. One unique feature is a temperature / humidity sensor... weather station anyone? 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. :) Click here to view the item Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Zarch1972 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm not feeling the love for it.... not sure why. Size perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abcdefg100 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Not too many upgrades from S3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZTR Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 I'm not feeling the love for it.... not sure why. Size perhaps? Or due the fact that they have used the same kind of (cheap) plastic again :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 As an S2 user, the S4 looks more appealing than the S3 due to the further minor upgrades to the phone. Not a million miles away from the S2, but nice new features. No idea when I might buy one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Soup Thief Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Evolution... 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 .... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andybarker Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 I genuinely don't understand the use of different CPUs in different regions. Is it support for different bands, or some patent issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 To do with LTE I think? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sere83 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 More samsung bloatware, another bland hardware design with the usual bland materials used, and of course bland touchwiz, comical/ridiculous presentation. 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rovex Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Im really not seeing how this is a minor upgrade over the S3. It looks similar sure, but its basically double the device in every way, yet thinner and lighter. What some call bloatware, others call features. If you want bland and featureless buy a Nexus 4. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Haha! Thick and heavy? Not really! Sense 5 is a real improvement, BlinkFeed isn't for everyone but is easily disabled and the speakers are amazing! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZTR Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 To do with LTE I think? P Both versions will have LTE ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sere83 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Im really not seeing how this is a minor upgrade over the S3. It looks similar sure, but its basically double the device in every way, yet thinner and lighter. What some call bloatware, others call features. If you want bland and featureless buy a Nexus 4. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Did you check out my Sense 5 item? :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sere83 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Did you check out my Sense 5 item? :) P Yeah commented, still looks like crap imo. Have u seen MIUI V5 Paul? http://en.miui.com/thread-2251-1-1.html Big step up from the abominations that are touch wiz and sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Each to his own, I think Sense 5 looks good. I think MIUI v5 is ugly! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 (edited) Both versions will have LTE ;) It must be dependant on the band? Edited March 16, 2013 by razzmataz1478 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZTR Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 So it turns out that like always LTE version will be the Snapdragon version and the global one the Exynos Octa version... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ZTR Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 List of which countries getting which version. Some are getting both :| m.gsmarena.com/heres_a_list_of_which_country_gets_which_samsung_galaxy_s4_model-news-5739.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jaisan888 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 Spamming dickhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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