Mar. 16, 2013 1:55 AM
I'm surprised no one opened a thread on this! Anyways, here's my review and thoughts.
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I was disappointed when I saw that the S4 looked like an S3. It upset me because I was under the impression that Samsung was gonna totally change how their phone looked, like from the S2 -> S3 and Note 1 -> Note 2. But they didn't, so I guess I gotta live with it. On the upside, it does have a 5" screen! It's longer than the 4.8" screen the S3 had. The display has a full 1920x1080 resolution, so yeah, it's high quality HD.
For all us tech geeks, specs include:
Depending on the market, the phone comes with either a Samsung Exynos 5 chipset, which has an octa-core 1.6GHz processor or a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core 1.9GHz processor. I hope the U.S. gets that Exynos 5 model. Boy will that be fast!
Android 4.2.2 Jellybean comes pre-installed on the S4, but with the specs that this phone holds, whatever OS Google brings next (rumored to be Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie) will be 99.99% likely to run on this phone.
Although Jellybean comes with the phone, we get a boatload of new TouchWiz features, many of which are improved upon from the S3 and Note 2. One of those features, Air View, comes from the Note 2, which originally used the S Pen to do this. By simply hovering your finger over things like image thumbnails or emails, you can preview typically a larger view of whatever your hovering over. Another cool features includes Smart Pause, which will pause your video when you look away.
The camera is actually really cool. Dual Shot (or something like that) allows you to record a video through the back camera and record yourself at the same time, so you can finally be in the video when you're shooting one of the Statue of Liberty or of the sort. The same applies to picture taking; you can take a picture of your family through the back camera and yourself through the front camera (you get put in a user-chosen picture frame which can sit anywhere on the picture.) Oh, and let's say you're at the New York International Auto Show (which is at the end of this month
) taking a picture of that hot Chevy Camaro, and someone walks through your photo. Well, you can erase that person through Eraser mode. I wish I would have an S4 just for that purpose at the Car Show!
The S4 really disappointed me with the look, but at least it makes up in specs and features. I wrote a lot of this based on an article from Engadget. But I did watch the Unveiling, and it was pretty good. I love how they showcased the features of it, instead of just blabbering on it. Well guys and girls, what are your thoughts and opinions?!
[Image: gs4dsc08066.jpg]
I was disappointed when I saw that the S4 looked like an S3. It upset me because I was under the impression that Samsung was gonna totally change how their phone looked, like from the S2 -> S3 and Note 1 -> Note 2. But they didn't, so I guess I gotta live with it. On the upside, it does have a 5" screen! It's longer than the 4.8" screen the S3 had. The display has a full 1920x1080 resolution, so yeah, it's high quality HD.
For all us tech geeks, specs include:
- Full HD Super AMOLED Display
- 441 ppi
- 2GB Ram
- 16/32/64 GB Internal Storage
- 13MP Rear Camera
- 2MP Front Camera
- 2600mAh battery
Depending on the market, the phone comes with either a Samsung Exynos 5 chipset, which has an octa-core 1.6GHz processor or a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core 1.9GHz processor. I hope the U.S. gets that Exynos 5 model. Boy will that be fast!
Android 4.2.2 Jellybean comes pre-installed on the S4, but with the specs that this phone holds, whatever OS Google brings next (rumored to be Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie) will be 99.99% likely to run on this phone.
Although Jellybean comes with the phone, we get a boatload of new TouchWiz features, many of which are improved upon from the S3 and Note 2. One of those features, Air View, comes from the Note 2, which originally used the S Pen to do this. By simply hovering your finger over things like image thumbnails or emails, you can preview typically a larger view of whatever your hovering over. Another cool features includes Smart Pause, which will pause your video when you look away.
The camera is actually really cool. Dual Shot (or something like that) allows you to record a video through the back camera and record yourself at the same time, so you can finally be in the video when you're shooting one of the Statue of Liberty or of the sort. The same applies to picture taking; you can take a picture of your family through the back camera and yourself through the front camera (you get put in a user-chosen picture frame which can sit anywhere on the picture.) Oh, and let's say you're at the New York International Auto Show (which is at the end of this month
) taking a picture of that hot Chevy Camaro, and someone walks through your photo. Well, you can erase that person through Eraser mode. I wish I would have an S4 just for that purpose at the Car Show!The S4 really disappointed me with the look, but at least it makes up in specs and features. I wrote a lot of this based on an article from Engadget. But I did watch the Unveiling, and it was pretty good. I love how they showcased the features of it, instead of just blabbering on it. Well guys and girls, what are your thoughts and opinions?!