It is a close race between Blackberry and Samsung as far as which company provided the most stilted and uncomfortable launch of a new smartphone but those who survived it managed to pass on details about the brand new phone. We have not seen it dissected yet, nor blended, but we know inside the phone you will find an Samsung Exynos 5 5410 Octa 8-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz, a PowerVR SGX 544 graphics chip, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of firmware flash and runs Android 4.2.1, similar to the S3. On the outside is a 5" Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED screen at 1920 x 1080 resolution, or 441ppi which is certainly higher than others but close enough to the limits of a perfect human eye as to make very little real difference.
Connectivity can come through WiFi, BlueTooth, HSPA+ 42Mbps, 4G LTE and even infrared transmitter for remote control functions. User interaction sees some new tricks however, eye tracking software will scroll webpages and documents as you read through them and those who despair over smudges on their screens will like the ability to control the phone with a finger hovering over the screen, not quite touching it. It bears two cameras, a 13MP on the back capable of recording at quite respectable resolutions as well as a 2MP front facing camera for video calls. On this translated page, the only connectivity seems to be a microUSB port, but there is is mention of MHL which can provide HDMI out, or you might be able to use the infrared transmitter to send your pictures and movies to another device. Charging can be done wirelessly via Qi in theory, though that did not work so well during the demonstration. You can follow the various links for a bit more detail but until a reviewer can get a Galaxy S4 in hand to benchmark it and perhaps tear it apart we don't know exactly how this phone will fare against the competition.
"Samsung Galaxy S4 will be available from the second quarter globally including the US market, partnering with telecom carriers such as AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, as well as US Cellular and Cricket, Samsung said. In Europe, Samsung Galaxy S4 is partnering with global mobile operators such as Deutsche Telecom, EE, H3G, Orange, Telenor, Telia Sonera, Telefonica, and Vodafone."
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Have they released any sample
Have they released any sample images from the camera?
has anyone stuck their own micro SD card into one of the display units and snapped a few photos?
Why cant they take cellphone cameras to the next level and add a changeable lens and a decent APS-C or full frame sensor?
… “and ruins Android 4.2.1,
… “and ruins Android 4.2.1, similar to the S3.”
It probably won’t be that bad. I think you mean ‘runs’.
That made me laugh. Fixed
That made me laugh. Fixed now.