In a global launch event here in Radio Music Hall, New York City, Samsung finally revealed their latest Galaxy smartphone – the Samsung Galaxy S4.
Samsung polished the design of the S3 and bumped up the hardware configuration to come up with the Galaxy S4. The body is still made of polycarbonate material but gives you an impression that it looks and feels a bit metallic.
The handset manufacturer also put a lot of focus on the OS layer by adding a huge set of customizations from entertainment, education, health and media fronts (will discuss more about that in a separate article).
The Galaxy S4 will basically have two major configurations –- one running an Exynos 5 Octa processor and another with a Snapdragon 600 quad-core. This chip (and LTE) will depend per region but it’s more likely the Philippines will get the Exynos 5 model.
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 specs:
4.99-inch display full HD Super AMOLED @ 1920x1080p, 441ppi
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 1.6GHz 4+4 core
Quad-core 1.6GHz Cortex-A15, quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7
PowerVR SGX544MP3 tri-core GPU
2GB RAM
16, 32GB, 64GB
Up to 64GB microSD
HSPA+
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band WiFi Direct
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS w/ aGPS support
NFC
IR Blaster
13MP autofocus, rear camera with LED flash
1080p video recording @ 30fps
2MP front-facing camera
1080p video recording @ 30fps
7.9mm
Li-Ion Battery 2600mAh
Android 4.2.2 Jellybean
The other model is has an SKU number of GT-i9505 and runs on Quacomm Snapdragon 600.
Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 specs:
4.99-inch display full HD Super AMOLED @ 1920x1080p, 441ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 1.9GHz quad-core
Adreno 320 Graphics
2GB LP-DDR3 RAM
16, 32GB, 64GB
Up to 64GB microSD
HSPA+, LTE 100Mbps (6 bands)
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual-band WiFi Direct
Bluetooth 4.0
GPS w/ aGPS support
NFC
IR Blaster
13MP autofocus, rear camera with LED flash
1080p video recording @ 30fps
2MP front-facing camera
1080p video recording @ 30fps
7.9mm
Li-Ion Battery 2600mAh
Android 4.2.2 Jellybean
The 4G LTE frequencies supported are 700MHz, 800MHz, 1700MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz, 2600MHz.
Samsung put a lot of effort with the 13MP camera by including a number of fancy effects and post-shot compositions. Technically, it’s just a super-charged native camera app but it does a lot pretty neat tricks that will look impressive to a regular consumer.
The handset will be available in White Frost and Black Mist colors. Samsung is set to have a worldwide release of the Galaxy S4 some time in May 2013.
You can read more about our hands-on first impressions here. You can also see the Quadrant Benchmarks here.
Hey, y’all! HTC One is NOT 5″. 4.7″ lang sya.
Lahat ng mobile manufacturer ay mabusisi sa design dahil sa dami ng patent. kaya dinadaan na lang sa spec and feature.
Samsung did an Apple this time. They should have named this the Galaxy S3s.
Samsung should have learned from Apple’s mistake.. Focusing more on the software upgrades, rather than going for a new look design-wise won’t entice new users..
They should have come up with a totally new design, while incorporating the OS’ new features..
A bump to 5.0 inches is just not enough..
design wise, HTC One. specs wise, S4.
Lenovo/Cherry mobile/myPhone etc. – make a super smart phone with an HTC One design packed with S4 specs. haha
Olats!!! Booo!!!
Yung mga nagrereklamo halatang walang pambili at umaasa na hindi pa magiging obsolete mga phones nila pag labas ng S4. Good luck.
Tama lang naman ang mga sinasabi ng karamihan tungkol sa plastic design. Mukhang boring naman talaga ang design ng Samsung S4. Sana binago naman ang design. I think there is a reason why Samsung retained the plastic material. The NFC chip on the phone will not work if the back of the phone is made of metal. (This is probably why all the Iphones don’t have NFC) My Google Nexus4 is also made from plastic but its looks better than the Samsung S phones. Just my opinion and my 2 cents worth..
My opinion is that Sammy is Bang On with this phone. HTCone has better design and Speakers but lacks micro SD and exchangeable battery. Sony XperiaZ is great but lacks in the Software department. Sammy’s design works, feels great in hand and the Software is the most feature rich of any OS for me. They are being creative Where it counts the most(on screen). Also how Many of you aren’t gong to put a protective case on any of these phones anyway. So plastic or Metal doesn’t really matter anyway. Just My 2 cents. Personally I will stick to my Note 2 as I enjoy its added functionality.
The momentum is on Samsung. They can respond to consumers more quickly, more Engineers, more manufacturing plants (can produce millions of phones wayyy faster than others), more patents, more innovations. Ads are all over so that everyone in this world knows that SGS4 is unveiled March 14, 2013. Everybody is talking about SGS4 now. 21st century marketing. South Korea your the best!!!!
more innovations??? lololololol!!
uy gising!!! hahaha!
Technological advancement shifted to Asia. Forget America & Europe.
wala na bang ibang magaling na designer ang samsung? kasi, halos identical lahat ng model nila, specs lang binabago.
Plastic again? zzzzzzz
meh
kapag yun note 3 same design wag nalang. di ba inisip ng samsung yun tao particular din sa design not only sa specs? s2 and note 1 has better than design. if note 3 has design ill stick to my note 1 until i get pantech vega 6
mukhang tae na naman yun design. galaxy s2 and galaxy note 1 is better than those rounded edge parang pang bakla
hahaha…. korak bro!
Pasabog na sana sa spec and features waley lang talaga sa design ng phone parang S3 lang nag update ng software!
Haha I love the fact that you can take a pic on the front and back camera at the same time, but still not gonna buy one though, let’s see what Apple will do with NFC technology.
Haaaay sayang ang momentum. I was so much hoping for at least a fresher appearance compared sa S3, dahil tama kayo from the first galaxy S nag-iiba ang design. Pero ngayon , wala lang. The hardware is a monster, pero looks and build quality is still important to consumers and FOR ME, yun na lang ang kulang ni Sammy, yung mas premium feel. I think I just lost my erection.
Hmm, so just like the name from S3 to S4, nothing new just an upgrade. Its just an expensive Camera phone? too bad…
Just incremental upgrades imo
They could have redesigned its look sana kahit papaano
Yun ang di gusto ng karamihan, now Xperia Z and HTC One will benefit from this….
Tama! plus yung new features eh malamang software based lang na pwedeng iport sa S3.
I have the Galaxy S3 and my only complain is its plastic body, puro cracks na yung sakin sa bezel, and less than a year pa lang. now again, plastic na naman ang material na ginamit nila…
Specs wise, hands down ako…
i think, the other 5 incher (i.e. Sony Xperia Z and HTC One) will definitely have the edge.
OPINION KO LANG PO.
ako den. xperia z na lang ang bibilin ko. mumura na yun kasi may s4 na.
woow how do you get the cracks on the bezel? My S3 is 7 months old na but really looks brand new pa din no scratches etc.. Nagpatak ba? I agree fragile talaga ang s3 kaya doble ingat ako. I even cut my own screen protector for the back.
By the way interested din ako sa Xperia Z kaso nakagamit na ako sa friend ko. Mejo laggy ang apps scrolling at may some lags sa browser.
My money belongs to HTC One. :))) This looks like a china phone.
s2 user here more than 1 year na pero looks brand new pa rin dahil sa hard case and screen protector. Nasa user lang kung pang maingat sa gamit.
opinion ko lang.
halos 1 year na s3 ko pero wala pang crack. ang paggamit ng phone kailangan din may konteng care. basa ka ng htc one review, dami rin flaw sa casing. case lang yan dude.. case.. mas importante ung nasa loob at ung features..
YUP!
guilty ako. im not really that careful with my gadgets.
pero may casing yung S3 ko… i dont know bakit may cracks…. :(