Samsung confirms Galaxy S4 launch March 14

                                              Samsung confirms Galaxy S4 launch March 14

                                                 

Samsung has announced the Galaxy s4 On March 14. However, the rumor mill saying the Galaxy s4 smartphone will not live up to expectations.

But Samsung is backing off a key innovations that had seemed slated fpr the s4. It has been announced for New York city at the request of US carries. The s3 was unveiled in London.

It has been reported that the s4 will not have the super flexible screen technology.  On the plus side Techradar says it will come with a personal health monitor.

Over the past year Samsung has become a dominant force in smartphones but it look as though expectations for March 14th are now being downplayed. It could see the first reverse

for Samsung since it began ascending the smartphone ranks. By backing off key innovations it will hand the initiative back to Apple, which has had its own problems in innovating  the iPhone.

                                        

Samsung Galaxy S4 Review:

GENERAL

2G Network  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

4G Network  LTE

SIM         Micro-SIM

Announced   Exp. announcement 2013, March

Status      Rumored. Exp. release 2013, Q2

DISPLAY

Type        Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size        1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch  Yes

Protection  Corning Gorilla Glass 2

   - TouchWiz UI

SOUND

Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Loudspeaker Yes

3.5mm jack  Yes

MEMORY

Card slot   microSD, up to 64 GB

Internal    16 GB storage, 2 GB RAM

DATA

GPRS        Yes

EDGE        Yes

Speed       HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL

WLAN        Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth   Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR

NFC         Yes

USB         Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go

CAMERA

Primary     13 MP, autofocus, LED flash

Features    Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR

Video       Yes, 1080p@30fps

Secondary   Yes

FEATURES

OS          Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset     Exynos 5450 Quad

CPU         Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A15

Sensors     Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Messaging   SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser     HTML5, Adobe Flash

GPS         Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java        Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors      Titanium Gray, Sapphire Black

 - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation

          - Smart Stay eye tracking

          - Dropbox (50 GB storage)

          - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

          - TV-out (via MHL A/V link)

          - SNS integration

          - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

          - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player

          - Organizer

          - Image/video editor

          - Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

          - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

            YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa

          - Voice memo/dial/commands

          - Predictive text input (Swype)

BATTERY    Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery

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