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Galaxy S4: A Life Companion—Official specifications and video

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galaxy-s4-photoRumors after rumors. Finally Samsung Galaxy S4 officially comes.

It is proven again that the rumors are correct. Most of the specifications are posted in our previous post on the rumored specifications of Galaxy S4. To summarize, Galaxy S4 comes with Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 (the latest version), 5″  full HD AMOLED display, Samsung Exynos Octa CPU (or Qualcomm Snapdragon 600  for US market, here is the comparison of these two processors). 2GB RAM, 13MP/2MP camera, 2600mAH battery.

The design is similar to S3 and Note 2. The weight is 130g. Plastic as usual.

In addition to upgrade in hardware specifications, Galaxy S4 also provides some innovative features including:

  • Smart pause
  • Smart scroll
  • Air view and Air gesture
  • WatchON
  • HomeSync
  • Group play
  • Dual shot, dual recording, and dual video call
  • Shot with sound
  • Drama shot
  • Story album
  • S translator
  • New ChatON
  • S Health
  • Adapt display
  • Adapt sound

We will introduce some of these features in coming posts. Stay tuned!

Of course, Samsung also released an official introduction  video for  Galaxy S4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LHv1FPd1Ec

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Will Samsung Galaxy S4 Use Own Exynos Processor or Qualcomm Snapdragon 600? Which one is better? What are the differences?

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samsung-exynos-5-octa-vs-snapdragon600-smallWe have to wait for the official specifications until March 14 in the Samsung Unpack 2013 event in New York.

The rumored specifications of Galaxy S4 have two versions on processor  (chip). One version says Samsung ‘s own Exynos 5 Octa (5450) will be used; while other one says Samsung may use Qualcomm Snapdragon 600.

The logic question is which one is better, or what  the differences are.  In the Galaxy S4 rumored specifications, I told you guys my bet is on Exynos  5 Octa. I will tell you my reasoning later in this post.

So first let’s compare Exynos 5 Octa and Qualcomm Snapdragon 600.

Both Exynos 5 Octa and  Snapdragon 600 were announced this year. Most high-end smartphones and tablet will use one of them this year. Snapdragon 600 already got customers lining up: HTC (HTC One) , ASUS (Padafone Infinity), LG (Optimus G Pro) and ZTE (Grand Memo).

Both processors are based on ARM Cortex A-15, and share the identical instruction set (ARM v7). This is the latest version of ARM technology in the market.

Bother are fabricated with 28nm technology, which means more transistors in the same area compared with  the 32nm (for example, Exynos 4 Quad used in Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Note 10.1, and Exynos 5 Dual used in Google Nexus 10)  or 45nm ( for example, Exynos 4 Dual used in Galaxy S2, Galaxy Note; Snapdragon S4 Play) technology. For Samsung, it is a big leap because it is it’s first 28nm processor. While Qualcomm have used 28nm technology  since last year. Both Snapdragon S4  Plus (for example used in Nokia Lumia 520, 620, 720, BlackBerry Z10, HTC One X… Read the rest

Galaxy S4 specifications (rumored)

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GalaxyS4-photo-latestAlthough there are no any official words on Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, Galaxy S4 (or SIV), the specifications haven been rumored for quite long time. It is very likely Samsung will announce this product as early as in March, but more likely in April/May following S3’s launching cycle.

The specifications we have are:

  • OS: Android Jelly Bean 4.2
  • Display: 5 inch, edge-to-edge, 1920*1080 (full HD,441ppi ) Super AMOLED. There are some rumors saying SoLux Display will be used. This is unlikely.
  • CPU: Exynos Octa 5450 A-15 (8-core: 4 A15 cores; 4 A7 cores) with Mali-T678 GPU (8-core). There are rumoring saying Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 (1.9GHz,  APQ8064T, quad-core) will be used due to heating issues in Exynos Octa. This is possible. But as an Asian company, Samsung will probably still try to use own chips with more aggressive thermal management.
  • RAM: 2GB. This is standard for high-end Android handset.
  • Internal storage 16, 32 and 64GB
  • MicroSD slot: up top 64GB
  • Weight: 130-140g
  • thickness: 7.5-8mm
  • Battery: 2500-3000mAH, removable
  • Main camera: 13MP, possibly with a dedicated button, and some fancy features
  • Possibly with front speakers

Anyway, nothing is confirmed yet.

Essentially, this will direct lycompete against HTC One, and LG Optimus G Pro.  We will post some comparisons later.

 

Update 15/03/2013 : Here are the official specifications of Galaxy S4!!

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