Samsung today announced the Galaxy S4. A 5-inch Android smartphone with LTE, 1.9 GHz quad-core CPU or 1.6 GHz octa-core processor.

We all knew that Samsung would unveil the Galaxy S 4 at the Unpacking event taking place this evening. We have read countless rumours, photo leaks and even video reviews of this new flagship model from Samsung.


Most of the specifications we published two weeks ago turned out to be the real thing. The Galaxy S4 will be available in at least two version. One with a quad-core processor clocked at 1.9 GHZ and one version with a octa-core processor clocked at 1.6 GHz. The display is 5-inch Super AMOLED and internal storage is 16, 32 or 64 GB. The Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean powered device has 2 GB of RAM. It will record Full HD 1080p videos. Still photos are captured with the 13 megapixel main camera, or the 2.1 megapixel front camera.



One interesting thing for the business and enterprise uses is the Knox security feature. Knox separates the phone in a personal space and a work space. A company can for example sync all data on the work space and at the same time have no access to the personal space. 

Some of the new features are: Smart pause - video pausing when eyes are move away from the screen. S health - calorie counter. New sensors: temperature and humidity in addition to the older Accelerometer, RGB  light, digital compass, proximity, gyro and barometer. S-translator text-to-speech and speech-to-text from and to over 6 languages. Camera has an eraser function which will remove unwanted objects from a photo. The dual shot will create pictures by adding a thumbnail photo captured by the front camera to the larger photo captured with the main camera.



Samsung Galaxy S 4 highlights

• Size: 136.6 x 69.8 7.9 mm
• Weight: 130 gram
• 5-inch Super AMOLED display with a 1920 x 1080 pixels resolution
• Networks
• GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• HSPA+ 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
• LTE: up to 6 different bands sets

• 13 megapixel camera, autofocus, flash, zero shutter lag. Dual shot
• 2 megapixel front camera
• 1080p video capture
• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac
• GPS and GLONASS
• NFC
• IR LED
• MHL
• Bluetooth 4.0
• 2 GB RAM
• 16, 32 or 64 GB internal storage. Expandable with microSD card
• Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
• 2600 mAh battery