Samsung Galaxy S4, Prints - MeriStation

Since its introduction last March, the new South Korean device maker raised high expectations among lovers of technology and gadgets in general, so much so that the new Samsung Galaxy S4 created with the aim of positioning itself as the new smartphone to rival the iPhone 5 . Samsung has achieved spectacular sales with its previous version, the Galaxy S3 , the most sold after Apple -, and now seek to break the market with a new smartphone of high quality. Let’s review the key of the new Samsung Galaxy S4, which enters directly compete with HTC One and Sony Xperia Z .

First Impressions
At first glance, the new premium smartphone of Samsung is very continuity with its previous version, the S3. His designs are practically modeled, although the new Galaxy S4 has c ertain distinguishing features making, as the metal frame surrounding the gadget, Home button or texture of the housing, among others. Its size increases slightly , enabling something bigger screen 5-inch 1920 X 1080 pixels Super AMOLED , together with a more squared corners and thickness more content , result in a mobile premium look than previous versions, which to the naked eye and can be seen. The processor is a quad-core 1.9Ghz Snapdragon 600 with Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM promise a performance, a priori, spectacular. The technical specifications are completed with internal memory 16, 42 or 64 GB, 13 MP rear camera and 2 MP front, 2,600 mAh battery, measures 136.6 X 69.8 X 7.9 mm and a weight of 130 g, as well as incorporating the Android operating system 4.2.2.

The back cover has a slippy taco and “stain” our fingerprints easily, something that does not leave a good feeling, so yes, unlike other devices, removable , with We will either replace your battery or extend its internal memory via micro SD cards. against aesthetic functionality , the decision of the user. The front is dominated by its large screen, occupying almost entirely, it is the best display manufactured by Samsung so far, thanks to its 441 pixels per inch, allows great sharpness and a bright colors. In this sense we note a slight improvement over the previous model. The physical buttons beneath the screen still show always features but do not light until you touch, enabling mistake until you are at all familiar with them.

Features
On this occasion, the speaker is located on the back, something that displease many users prefer to have them placed in front, especially to play or play videos without headphones, and to be in stereo sound. The handset comes with several features such as Air View , the Air Gestures , which allows us to switch tabs or moving pictures go hand-over, the Smart Scroll , the Smart Pause -to pause the video playback to get away-and Play Group , small additions which, though not decisive – some of them do not work as they should, yes are curious. Yes, always be disabled. The camera itself falls short and can get really sharp images with amazing quality with great depth of field and vivid colors and rich. The videos are also at a high level.

battery performance is one of the best smartphones generation, allowing longer use, thanks to its power and its economic AMOLED screen. In contrast, the Galaxy S4 terminal is not faster to navigate , open applications or games, even though on paper technical data are indisputable, the practice does not perform as expected , being slightly below the HTC One, for example. As discussed above, the sound is not all the good that is expected from a terminal of its kind, especially for its unique rear speaker , other smartphones come with dual speakers stereo in the front, much more powerful and better.

The new Samsung Galaxy S4 comes to market with a great future ahead , showing spectacular figures technical level but in practice not far from its current rivals, even the loser in certain factors such as processing speed that yields less than expected or an unattractive sound thanks to its unique rear speaker. Of course, we can not deny its attractive design, spectacular AMOLED screen or its technical capabilities. Samsung intends to continue closing the gap with Apple in the field of smartphones and the new Galaxy S4 has reasons for this. Yes, the competition is very capable terminals on Android, which will see a real war of devices in the coming months, with only one goal: to try to unseat the almighty iPhone 5.