The New Samsung Galaxy S4 Android Smartphone

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 was unveiled on the 14th March 2013 and showed the way forward for other smart phones.

Imagine watching a movie on your new Samsung Galaxy S4 and your attention goes elsewhere, the video you were watching will automatically pause until your eyes are looking back at the video.

If you were to travel somewhere and take photos on the 13 megapixel camera and wanted to make an album from your travels, the S4 Android smartphone will show all the photos from that date or the place you took them which makes it very simple to make the desired album. This saves you from looking through hundreds of your old and new photos and choosing the ones you want.

Features

Dual Camera - Allows the user to take pictures and videos of their friends and family or place and at the same time put the user in the photo/video. Also allows the user be in the video call and people on the other side of the phone too.

Smart Pause - Video pauses when viewer moves eyes away from the screen.

Air View - When you hover your fingers over a photo/video, allows you to preview the file without having to open them.

Air Gesture - You don't have to touch the screen to move your screen up or down. A Brilliant feature foe especially when your hands are busy!

S Health - Imagine having your own doctor! Well, at least it includes a Calorie Counter, Heart Rate Monitor, and by using additional equipment it can also provide blood pressure and sugar levels.

S Translator - So you're in another country and can't speak the language, you can get your Galaxy S4 out and speak into it and then it speaks the language you want it to. When the other person replies in another language, the Samsung Galaxy S4 writes their answer on the phone.

Samsung Knox - This features allows you to separate business/work from your personal phone use. This was first implemented on Blackberry phones. So if the mobile phone is a company phone then the company will not be able to access your personal side of the phone.

S Voice Drive - A satnav and voice controls for messaging and phone calls means that you don't need an extra satnav to go from place to place. Includes other voice control functions.

Samsung Hub - Samsung have come up witht heir own digital content which includes music, videos, games etc.

5in Full HD Super AMOLED 1,920 x 1,080 display, 441 ppi
3G
(HSPA+ 42Mbits/sec downloads)
4G (LTE Cat 3 100Mbits/sec
download /50Mbits/sec upload)
16/32/64GB internal storage
microSD slot (up to 64GB)
1.6GHz Octa-Core
processor
2GB of RAM
Dual-band
802.11abgn/ac Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4
GPS
NFC
Infrared LED (for remote control
functions)
microUSB charger
13-megapixel
rear-facing camera/2-megapixel front-facing camera
Full HD
video recording at 30fps
Li-ion 2,600 mAh battery
Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
136.6 x 69.8 x
7.9mm
130g

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 is evolutionary rather revolutionary in the software department, but not in hardware. The design from it's predecessor hasn't changed except for it's size. The phone is now 5 inches on the Galaxy S4, whereas the Galaxy S3 was 4.3 inches.

What has changed visually however, is the back fo the phone which looks like an improvement on the quality and feel of the product.

At the moment the phone is available in white and black but the rear is changeable to your desired colour.

Samsung have stated that the phone will be available on 3G and 4G and also available on all major networks.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be available from the 26th of April 2013 in UK.

They have yet to release official pricing information, so we will have to wait and see.