Samsung Galaxy IV Review

Samsung Galaxy S 4 finally became official during a pompous Radio City Music Hall unveiling ceremony, and most of the rumored specs and features turned out to be correct.Samsung has finally unveiled its flagship Android phone that has been the subject of much speculation and rumour since, well, the Samsung Galaxy S3 came out. The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been launched officially during the Samsung Unpacked event in New York City and it's a doozy.

To be honest, much of the speculation rather spoilt the surprise as, yes, it does have a 5-inch full HD Super AMOLED display. And yes, it also has that marketing-friendly 1.6GHz octo-core Exynos 5 processor and 2GB of RAM,

at least in the UK anyway (some regions will get a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor instead). Of course, much has been said that it won't actually really benefit speed that much, rather power consumption and usage, but that will be tested further down the line.

Samsung has gone all-out against the current flagships by Sony and LG with a 13 MP shooter of its own, placed on the back of the Galaxy S 4. So far it's been using Sony sensors, so if this is again the case this time around, we are inclined to believe an Exmor RS sensor is making a cameo in the handset, which would mean hardwired HDR video capture will be added, but since the lens and software processing count, too, we'd wait on judgment after the first samples trickle down, though you can see some trial ones below. There is no optical image stabilization, like in the Nokia Lumia 920 or HTC One, so it seems that if Samsung has hardware camera innovations in store for its flagships, they'll make way to future handsets, rather than the S IV.

Samsung has placed the now-standard for a flagship 2 GB of DDR3 RAM in the handset, and will out it starting at 16 GB of internal storage, with a 32 GB version available, too, but you also get a microSD card slot under the hood for storage expansion, so no complaints here either.

The rear camera is of the much-rumored 13-megapixels, while the front is a very welcome 2-megapixels. We're particularly pleased with this as it'll allow your family to see you over Skype without it looking like an 80s home video. Plus, there are some amazing camera-based features introduced for the first time.

Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) is on board from the off and Samsung's tried and trusted TouchWiz user interface is heavily plastered over the top. There are a few key apps pre-installed or intertwined through the system, with the keyboard looking particularly effective. Our first impression is that this probably has its foundations in SwiftKey, which was rumored before launch, and was the case for the Galaxy Note 2. 

All in all, Samsung has managed to produce a unique display, and nobody can take that away from the Galaxy S 4. Given that you spend the vast majority of interaction time with your phone staring at a screen, we'd wager to say that the S 4 is a pretty good upgrade to its predecessor. The specs, however, are only bringing it in line with the rest of the flagships from the likes of Sony and LG, so the ultimate judge whether Samsung has managed to slap together a compelling for 2013 package will be the exhaustive reviews, and then the sales numbers.

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