The long rumored Samsung Galaxy S IV has been finally announced by Samsung on the New York City’s Radio
City Music Hall. Just as reported, Samsung didn’t disappoint people by
introducing a Galaxy S 4 smartphone with a bigger screen, better camera and
faster processor than its predecessor Galaxy S phones. The new LTE smartphone has brought a vast
improvement over its predecessor, the Galaxy
S III. The Galaxy S 4 has a super AMOLED display with density of 441
pixels-per-inch, a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera. The
smartphone weighs 130 grams and is 7.9 millimeters thick. Depending on the
market, the smartphone will come with a 1.9GHz quad-core processor or a 1.6GHz
Samsung Exynos 5 eight-core processor. Other features include up to 64GB of
storage, 2GB of low-power DDR3 RAM and 802.11ac Wi-Fi.
The Galaxy S 4 is Samsung's shot at a number of competitors,
including the Apple iPhone 5 and the HTC One. But while those competitors make their bones on proclaiming premium
hardware, Samsung has tried to add more competence to Galaxy S 4 with bundle of
new software features. The below are all the new software features you can
experience on Galaxy S 4.
* Air Gestures:
Refers to hand movements made above the phone's display, without coming into
contact with the display that controls the phone. Common gestures include
waving your hand over the display to skip a track or waving left and right to
switch between open web pages in the browser. These gestures only work with
specific Samsung apps.
* Air View: Like
the stylus on the Galaxy Note 2, you can hover over the display with your
finger to view information about certain pieces of content. For example,
hovering your finger over an email shows you a longer preview without opening
the message; hovering your finger over a date on the calendar shows you a quick
view of what to expect on that day.
* Drama Shot:
Camera feature that shoots 12 photos at once and shows you a time-lapse of all
the action in those photos combined into one picture.
* Dual Camera:
Activates both the rear camera and the front camera, so that the photographer
can superimpose himself or herself into the subject of the photo. Samsung gave
as an example someone watching football superimposing himself or herself into
the game.
* Dual Video Call:
While video-chatting with someone, you can show them both your face and the
view from your rear camera while you chat.
* Group Play:
Allows multiple Galaxy S4 owners in close proximity to join a private network
in which they can, among other things, play a game.
* S Health: New
app that acts as a fitness tracker and food diary. The Galaxy S4 has a built-in
pedometer to count your steps, and you can take photos of your meals each day
to keep count of your calories and eating habits. Samsung will also sell a
fitness bracelet, a digital scale and fitness belt to measure blood pressure,
pulse, glucose levels and weight for those interested.
* S Translator:
An app in which you can input any of 10 languages and receive a translation,
either spoken or in text. Also works to translate text on your email, text
messages and a few other Samsung apps.
* S Voice Drive:
New hands-free function for drivers that allows the driver to operate the phone
with his or her voice.
* Samsung Adapt
Display: The Galaxy S4 "learns" what you are viewing and adjusts
the display's brightness accordingly. If the phone senses you are reading an
article, for example, it will illuminate from a more muted brightness.
* Samsung Adapt Sound:
Similar to Adapt Display, your audio can adapt to the content you're listening
to (video, music, etc.) and optimize itself to that content.
* Samsung Optical
Reader: Camera feature that can snap a photo of a business card and import
that information into a new contact in your phonebook. Was not working as of
demo time, but Samsung reps assured me it would be fixed by the time it shipped
to consumers.
* Samsung Smart Pause:
When watching a video, the front camera can sense when your eyes move away from
the screen and pause the video automatically if you aren't looking.
* Samsung Smart
Scroll: When you are reading an email or article on the web, you can scroll
up and down by tilting the device up and down rather than swiping with your
finger.
* Samsung WatchON:
A built-in IR sensor lets you control your television set with your smartphone.
Comes with a standard remote and a program guide depending on your cable
provider. Can also control certain cable boxes and DVD players.
* Share Music:
When linked with Group Play, multiple Galaxy S4s can work as surround sound
speakers, all playing the same song at once.
* Sound & Shot:
Allows you to record up to nine seconds of audio at the time of taking each
photo.
* Story Album: Templates that allow you to create a digital
photo journal or scrapbook from a certain event. You can also then order and
print out that story album for a fee.
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