Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 phone in New York

Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 phone in New York

Samsung unveils Galaxy S4 phone in New York Last updated: 15 March 2013 Intensifying its battle with Apple, South Korean electronics giant launches new device with eye-tracking technology. Samsung has unveiled its latest and most- hyped Smartphone, the Galaxy S4, which allows users to control its 5in (12.5cm) screen using only their eyes. The phone, the first in the highly successful Galaxy S-series to make its global debut on US soil, was showcased in New York on Thursday, with the South Korean electronics giant challenging US rival Apple on its home turf. The S4 can stop and start videos depending on whether someone is looking at the screen, flip between songs and photos at the wave of a hand, and record sound to run alongside snapped still pictures.

SAMSUNG i9500 GALAXY S4 Specification

GENERAL   2G Network                    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

          3G                        Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

                   SIM                      Micro-SIM

                   Announced             2013, March

         Status                   Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, April 26th

BODY                    Dimensions            136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)

                             Weight                           130 g (4.59 oz)

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 3

                             - TouchWiz UI

SOUND       Alert types           Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

                    Loudspeaker          Yes

 3.5mm jack           Yes

MEMORY     Card slot               microSD, up to 64 GB

Internal                16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM

DATA          GPRS                     Yes

EDGE                              Yes   

Speed                    HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

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

 Bluetooth             Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE

NFC                      Yes

Infrared port        Yes

USB                      Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB
Host

CAMERA      Primary                 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

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

Video                     Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec., check quality Secondary                Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call

FEATURES OS                        Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset                 Exynos 5 Octa 5410

CPU                       Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2
GHz Cortex-A7

GPU                       PowerVR SGX 544MP3

Sensors                 Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture

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

 Browser               HTML5, Adobe Flash

Radio                     No

GPS                       Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS

Java                      Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors                    White Frost, Black Mist

- Wireless charging (market dependent)

- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation

- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll

- Air gestures

- Dropbox (50 GB storage)

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

- TV-out (via MHL 2 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

Stand-by

Talk time

MISC SAR US 0.85 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)

TESTS        Display                  Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.352:1(sunlight) Loudspeaker Voice 70dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 77dB

Audio quality Noise -82.5dB / Crosstalk -81.5dB

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The device will be rolled out to 327 carriers in155 countries, including US service providers Verizon Wireless , AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA. "Samsung has fulfilled the promise of their marketing that they are the tech innovators,"said Forrester analyst Charles Golvin. "It remains to be seen whether it's overload for customers, whether they can really take advantage of all these features." The S4 will use either Samsung's own applications processor or Qualcomm's Snapdragon central processing chip, depending on the country. But the exact dates and prices have yet to be released by the company.