The long-awaited Samsung Galaxy S4 with revolutionary eye tracking has been unveiled in a blitz of media flashbulbs in New York, as pictures were streamed around the world.
JK Shin introduced the Samsung Galaxy S4 to a packed Radio City Music Hall, saying Samsung had listened to users to find out what they wanted from a smartphone.
It’s expected to launch at the end of April with 3G and LTE 4G, FDLTE and TLTD, all frequencies and standards worldwide.
Featuring a slimline case in black or white polycarbonate, it weighs in at 130g and 7.9mm thick. It has 2GB RAM and a hefty 16GB ROM storage as well as a micro SD expansion slot and 2,600 MAh battery.
New software Features:
Touchwiz interface improvements will better integrate indicators like the battery. There’s a new rendering engine to bring it all to life.
Hardware features
- 5 Inch AMOLED 441dpi display, full 1080p HD
- Two different CPUs depending on region Exynos 5 Octa 1.6GHz or 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon
- 130 grams
- 13 megapixel camera and 2 megapixel front facing camera.
- 100/50Mbps hexa band LTE Cat 3
- 2GB DDR3, 16/32/64GB microSD upto 64GB
- a/b/g/n/ac WiFi
- MHL 2.0
- Bluetooth 4.0
- IIR blaster
- Black and White polycarbonate
- Galaxy S4 looks very similar to the Note 2 in aesthetics
This smartphone, which will run on Android 4.2.2, with it’s snazzy new hands-off features and 1080p HD display, will fly off the shelves and is a real game-changer. Korean electronics giant Samsung are expecting pre-orders to be massive, particularly as they’ve already spent a mega $4 billion on advertising.
Dual Camera
The Dual Camera allows the front and rear camera to record at the same time, overlaying one over the other allows everyone to be in the video. It allows you to add the extra camera at will. You can also add images to the captured image for a unique and cool finish.
You can add sound to your images, before or after taking the image, when you look at the image later you can hear the sound recorded. Erazer allows you to remove people or objects from an image.
You’ll be able to take really stunning pictures with the 13 mega-pixel camera on the back and 2 megapixel on the front. The 8-mega pixel shooter on the Galaxy S3 was one of the best features for day-to-day use and the S4 goes one better. It not only has a Micro SD slot but also infrared gesture and temperature and humidity controls.
The photographer can also be in the video or photo! You can shoot with both cameras at the same time. There are loads of options like fisheye or heartshape, or even cubism. It will take 100 shots in a few seconds.
Eye tracking, Smart Scroll and Smart Pause:
This is an expected development from the Samsung Galaxy S3 where the display stays on as long as the user is looking at it, no matter what time had been set for the screen to turn off.
The Smart Scroll means that you’ll never have to touch the screen again to scroll down, a touchless hover when you’ve reached the bottom of an internet page or email will move you to the next page automatically.
It’s joined by Smart Pause, a clever tweak, which means that the Galaxy S4 will stop playing a video if it senses you have looked away from the screen.
S Translator:
You’ll be able to communicate in different languages. You can ask the phone a question and it will translate it into another language, ideal for tourists needing directions abroad. The response from the person you’re asking will also be translated back into the language of your choice.
You can also use it if you don’t have a network connection as it comes pre-loaded with useful phrases.
Adapt display
The screen automatically adjusts to your surroundings.
This takes over from the previous setting-based functionality and automates the process to create the best viewing experience in any situation.
Story Album
You can create an album with pictures so you can record where you’ve been. The system is smart. It knows if you are on a trip or an event and it will ask if you want to create a Story Album. You can add text like notes about the weather.
You can send a copy of the album to people at home so they can enjoy your pictures as you are taking them, along with sound.
Home Sync
This fab development allows you to share pictures and video to your connected devices like the TV. Home Sync has a terabyte of storage capacity. You can have eight users with their own personal storage and you can connect your S4 via NFC to tap and connect to the Home Sync device. It works with any NFC device or smartphone. It’s a hub for all your content stored at home.
S Voice Drive
The simpler S drive interface has been designed for hands-free car use, with bigger text display with Bluetooth to provide an optimised experience. This will make the S4 safer and easier while on the move.
The Galaxy S4 responds to voice commands and allows you to reply to and respond with voice commands to your emails. The launch had a very impressive demonstration. S Voice Drive allows the S4 to act like a personal assistant, taking over many areas of your communication needs with voice commands..
It makes transferring your old content to your new Samsung Galaxy S4, simple fast and easy. All you need is the Smart Switch software, plug in in your old device and back it up then plug in your S4 and it will copy all your old personal data onto your new S4.
Glove touch
As a major feature, the S4 works with gloved hands so no more chilly days. Just glove-up and game on.
Samsung Knox
Knox is designed for business and enterprise users, built on top of government standard security. You can use it for business and home. Your personal space is private and your work space is secure.
Group Play
You can play music through as many as eight devices, turning the phone into surround sound. It also allows you to share pictures.
Chat On
Chat On Includes video calling for up to three people with you on the front facing camera and your friends on the back camera.
Air Gesture:
Samsung Galaxy S4 will be using Air Gesture, already in use to preview on the Galaxy Note 2. You just hover your hand over something like a date on the calendar so you don’t need to touch the screen with your finger.
Battery:
2,600 milliamp battery. We’ll have to see how that fares with the new CPU and display technology that the Galaxy S4 is packing.
S Health App
Also included on the S4 is Samsung’s Health App so that if you have a separate pad you can monitor blood pressure, heart rate, weight, BMI and blood sugar. It can tell you how many calories you’ve burned up and calculate your sleep pattern. You can print out the results..
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