Samsung Galaxy S4 / Samsung Galaxy S IV

performance, usability, portability, price, screen

reliability, reception

82% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

performance, usability, portability, screen, price

reliability, connectivity

82% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

price, performance, usability, screen

reliability, portability

70% of the reviews on Amazon.ca give this product a positive rating.

Samsung is living the dream. The Galaxy line of phones is becoming synonymous with Android for some people, thanks to quality being consistently delivered, but strong marketing too. LG's volumes are lower but it takes one hero device to act as an...

Stock Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 ; 5" 1080 x 1920 Super AMOLED with around 441 ppi, Gorilla Glass 3 ; Gorilla Glass 3 ; 16 GB built-in storage, microSD card slot ; 13 MP camera with autofocus, single LED flash, 1080p video recording ; 2 MP front-facing...

None of the TouchWiz software enhancements are present ; Camera app offers only basic settings ; No display modes as in TouchWiz ; Steeply priced at $649 with no subsidies and currently only available Stateside ; Not available in 32 GB and 64 GB...

What Google presented at its I/O 2013 conference was something few of us really expected to happen. Announcing a Galaxy S4 with stock Android is still a little baffling and goes against many of the principles of the Nexus lineup.

As evident from our head-to-head so far, for most practical purposes the two Galaxy S4 variants are almost identical - and that's especially true for their looks. You would be hard-pressed to find a visual difference between the two.

Contrary to our original expectations, the Octa-core GS4 isn't significantly faster or better than its Snapdragon sibling. Sure, it offers a small advantage in overall processor performance, but the difference isn't as obvious as we thought it would...

Superb 1080p Super AMOLED display ; Camera takes impressive daylight shots ; Snapdragon 600 delivers solid performance ; Battery life better than most flagships

Several new features are impractical and half-baked ; Boring overall design without premium look or feel

In drawing our conclusion of the Samsung Galaxy S 4, we find ourselves at an interesting junction: while our geek senses keep tingling at the thought of so many market-topping specs contained within the same chassis, we also aren't overjoyed , per se,...

En cuanto a la primero, durante la realización de este análisis, Samsung nos sorprendió con el lanzamiento de una actualización de software, destinada precisamente a una mejora de rendimiento y a corregir el lag que de vez en cuando el terminal...

So, we started with the inevitable, and end on the unexpected. The Sony Xperia Z and Samsung Galaxy S4 are the crown jewels of their respective lineup and on the (very short) shortlist of contenders for smartphone of the year, so the one-way traffic...

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; quad-band 3G with HSPA; LTE, 5" 16M-color 1080p Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass 3, Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI, Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 600...

Design is a bit played out by now, Hyperglaze finish doesn't feel as premium as aluminum on HTC One or glass on Xperia Z, No FM radio, Video recording is slightly worse than on the Galaxy S III; FOV in video is pretty narrow, Shared camera interface...

The Samsung Galaxy S line has produced some of the best smartphones over the years, and the Galaxy S4 lives up to its legacy. Some consider it an evolutionary step from the Galaxy S III, others would go ahead and call it a revolution, there's the third...