Review of Samsung Galaxy S4

Yet another Galaxy S series phone enter into the android market, Samsung S4 the big daddy of all the Smart phones as this is the first phone with Octa-Core CPU; While the chip does have eight processing cores, the heavy lifting is to be done by four of the Cortex A15 type chips clocked at 1.6 GHz. Meanwhile the remaining four Cortex A7 chips running at 1.2 GHz will assist during less intensive tasks. Octa-Core CPU architecture is designed in such a manner that the two CPU’s will switch between A7 & A15 core depending on intensity of the task involved. This configuration helps handset to use battery in the most power efficient manner and it is expected to deliver exceptional battery life.

Enough to talk about CPU and it’s architecture, let’s see what’s more Samsung S4 have to offer in terms of Features.

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; quad-band 3G with HSPA; LTE
• 5″ 16M-color 1080p Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass 3
• Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI
• Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU; Exynos 5410 chipset
• 2GB of RAM
• 13 MP autofocus camera with LED flash,1080p video recording @ 30fps, continuous autofocus and stereo sound
• 2 MP front-facing camera, 1080p video recording
• Dual shot and dual video recording, Drama shot, Shot and sound
• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
• 16GB/32/64GB of built-in storage
• microSD card slot
• microUSB port with USB host and MHL 2.0
• Bluetooth v4.0
• NFC
• IR port for remote control functionality
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Barometer, thermometer, hygroscope
• IR gesture sensor for Air gestures
• Smart gestures: Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• Ample 2600 mAh battery with great endurance
• 7.9mm thickness
• Smart volume and Adapt Sound features for the music player
• For full Specification of the phone please refer below table.

Advanced Features:

• Air View
• Air Guesture
  • Air Jump
  • Air Browse
  • Air Call-Accept
  • Smart Scroll
  • Smart Pause

The package contents are fairly standard but the package is made of 100% recycled material and features a wood like finish. Looks much better than the plain white box which the previous Galaxy phones came in.

• Samsung Galaxy S4
• 2600mAh battery
• Earphones with ear buds
• AC Charger
• microUSB cable
• User manuals

Colour Options:

• White Frost
• Black Mist

Main Advantage:

• Great battery life
• Good Camera
• Unique Features like, air gesture, smart scroll & smart pause
• Latest Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean
• Good Pricing

Main Disadvantage:

• Boring design which almost the same as all Galaxy devices
• All plastic casing
• No Radio