Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Hardware of the Week :Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung has launched it 4th phone in its Galaxy S line recently exciting the mobile world. S4 is expected to be in market soon. The Korean giant has again put Apple in a hard time with this brand new trendsetter.

Primate Labs, makers of GeekBench, compared the Galaxy S4 result from Android Authority to other smartphones. The new Samsung flagship smartphone topped the charts with a score of 3163, thanks to the its quad-core Qualcomm processor.


Specs

GENERAL2G NetworkGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G NetworkHSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G NetworkLTE (market dependent)
SIMMicro-SIM
Announced2013, March
StatusComing soon. Exp. release 2013, April 26th
BODYDimensions136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight130 g (4.59 oz)
DISPLAYTypeSuper AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density)
MultitouchYes
ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass 3
 - TouchWiz UI
SOUNDAlert typesVibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
LoudspeakerYes
3.5mm jackYes
MEMORYCard slotmicroSD, up to 64 GB
Internal16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
DATAGPRSYes
EDGEYes
SpeedHSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
BluetoothYes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
NFCYes
Infrared portYes
USBYes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
CAMERAPrimary13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
FeaturesDual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR
VideoYes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
SecondaryYes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call
FEATURESOSAndroid OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
ChipsetExynos 5 Octa 5410
CPUQuad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPUPowerVR SGX 544MP3
SensorsAccelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture
MessagingSMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS
BrowserHTML5, Adobe Flash
RadioNo
GPSYes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
JavaYes, via Java MIDP emulator
ColorsWhite 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


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