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Samsung Unveils the Galaxy S4
adeelarshad82 writes "It's been leaked, teased, accused of being a copy of its predecessor, and celebrated as the likely champion of the mobile ecosystem for 2013. Samsung has finally unveiled the next in their line of globally available smartphones, the Galaxy S4. The phone carries a 5-inch Super AMOLED display with 1080p resolution at 441ppi, weighs only 130 grams and is no more than 7.9mm thick. On the inside, the Exynos based Octo-Core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz and the Snapdragon based Quad-Core 1.9GHz processor power this machine. Galaxy S4 is also packing 2GB of RAM and a 2600mAh battery, and its microSD slot is accessible though the removable rear panel. The S4 will include several new features, such as Air Gesture, Smart Pause, and Smart Scroll. Samsung's vice president of portfolio planning said many of the software improvements in the Samsung Galaxy S4 could make their way into existing Samsung Galaxy S3 phones."
This is Samsung & Android.
If you want innovative, you'll have to go with Apple. /ohsnap
My experience with IR in PDA/Smart Phones has been limited range, power consumption and flaky angles meant that IR went the way of the dinosaur.
Also, these aren't the same LCDs that Apple used. Apple NEVER used those awful PenTile displays.
The best displays are by Sharp, not Samsung. So...
Non impediti ratione cogitationus.
Let's all face the truth - you're a bunch of whiny fanbitches who can't stand the idea that your opinions on things aren't held up as objective truth the world over, so you spend your time insulting each other on message boards like the useless pussies you are.
Not on Android. There was no way to turn on WiFi with a single click until Android 4.2.2, and even in Android 4.2.2 is it a press and hold, not a tap.
I agree with a lot of the other stuff you say, especially the widgets. I don't need an RSS reader, but many things like the weather app actually showing the weather on its icon instead of having to click it is big. Android does it well, Windows Phone 8 might even do it better. iOS doesn't do it at all except for the date icon on the Calendar.
I don't find Android's alphabetical list all that great because sometimes the app's name is not completely obvious. In particular some apps have Play in front (Play Books, Play Magazines) and others don't (Currents). Where is Contacts? Oh, it's under People. And if you want to play a video clip you just took, it's under Movies & TV. Oops, I mean Play Movies & TV.
And while you're totally right about letting you link you own mail app up to the infrastructure, I cannot share a picture (or video or anything) over Google Talk (helpfully called Messaging, not to be confused with Messenger or Talk), I can only share it over SMS (Messenger) or Google+. Google still has some work to do on this front too.
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/20/95
Do you really want to stand up and make the claim that people are buying iOS devices for any other reason than they enjoy the experience?
Oh, that one is very easy. I can confidently say that a lot of people are buying iOS devices as fashion accessories - because if it doesn't have an apple on the back, it's not considered one.
iOS still has a huge quality and power lead in apps.
I just love how Apple zombies never admit anything, they just grasp at the next straw.
When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
Isn't it rather more "graspy" to deny Apple is doing something right when they can beat out a field of Android phones?
Apple Haters - totally ignoring Apple successes for twenty years and counting.
Keep it real, Hater. I'll let you have the last response so you can dig up even more ludicrous points.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
The S4 will be a rectangular OLED device that allows you to waste some time between re-charge, due to the 2600mAh battery which runs dry fairly quickly
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !