All about Samsung Galaxy S4

[miadavies]

Now let's collect all info about Samsung Galaxy S4. OK, Let me start with this:

[FONT=&quot]It is said that Samsung will announce its Galaxy S4 smartphone in New York on March 14.[/FONT]

 

[Bateluer]

4.99in full HD screen. Exynos 5 Octa for International, Snapdragon 600 for US. Plastic casing.

 

[badb0y]

4.99 inches? Wouldn't that put it in the Note territory?

 

[Insomniator]

Its front camera tracks your eyes and automatically scrolls text for you.

 

[Bateluer]

4.99 inches? Wouldn't that put it in the Note territory?

Not really, if the bezel is slimmed, it'd be no bigger than an S3.

Rumor mill says the Note 3 will be a 5.9in screen, btw.

 

[badb0y]

Not really, if the bezel is slimmed, it'd be no bigger than an S3.

Rumor mill says the Note 3 will be a 5.9in screen, btw.

 

[poofyhairguy]

13MP camera

 

[WelshBloke]

1080 pentile?
Wireless charging?
802.11ac?
Sdcard support.
Form factor similar to the s3.
Removable battery.
Same hardware keys as the S3.

 

[lopri]

Well, at this point, everything seems to be known except for the software-oriented features such as eye tracking or hovering gestures, etc.

Another set of leaked Samsung Galaxy S IV screenshots confirm 13 MP camera and 1.8 GHz quad-core processor

Samsung Galaxy S IV Antutu benchmark results leaked, confirm many specifications

Edit: Eye tracking looks confirmed from this screenshot.

 

[Sephire]

$199?

 

[lopri]

And this screenshot is allegedly taken from S4.

Does anyone read Chinese? What are 210 and 1300 for?

And these performance numbers (v. S3), if true, are scary good.

That's International version of S3. U.S. version of S3 fares much worse:

http://www.droid-life.com/2013/03/06/galaxy-s4-antutu-benchmarks-crush-galaxy-s3-show-more-specs/

 

[lopri]

I'm still curious to see how Samsung managed power consumption of 4 x A15 (w/ 4 x A7). I didn't seriously think Exynos 5 Octa would make into a phone considering Exynos 5 dual on Nexus 10, but they're really doing it.. At 1.8 GHz no less.

 

[luiswhite]

It's said that the next Samsung generation will be Galaxy GS4.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

And this screenshot is allegedly taken from S4.


Does anyone read Chinese? What are 210 and 1300 for?

Those represent the resolution of the camera. The word after them is ten thousand, so it's 210 * 10000, or 2.1 MP front camera, 13 MP rear camera.

 

[lopri]

Ah. I see. Thank you. That sounds just right.

 

[StrangerGuy]

I'm still curious to see how Samsung managed power consumption of 4 x A15 (w/ 4 x A7). I didn't seriously think Exynos 5 Octa would make into a phone considering Exynos 5 dual on Nexus 10, but they're really doing it.. At 1.8 GHz no less.

An extra ~8 mm^2 for 4 A7 cores that handle ~99.9% of a normal phone workload with far less power consumption is a no-brainer for a high end chip. Heck, IMO the A15 cores are only there to look pretty on bar charts.

 

[djgandy]

And this screenshot is allegedly taken from S4.

ARM PowerVR SGX 544???

 

[ponyo]

I hope the screen is still S-AMOLED. It better be. I am very much looking forward to this phone.

 

[Red Storm]

Funny enough what I am most interested in is seeing what the phone physically looks like.

 

[WelshBloke]

Funny enough what I am most interested in is seeing what the phone physically looks like.

I reckon it'll be closer to the S3 than the S2. Although they may go back to the squarer S2 side design to fit a larger screen in a similar sized body. Either way I hope they keep the more rounded top and bottom of the S3.

Also I hope they start out with at least the option of a larger battery rather than waiting an age to offer it like the S2 and S3.

Samsung really need to raise their game with respect to accessories.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

theyre improving cell phones way faster than they have to, my gs3 still feels new. im hoping gs4 still has a replaceable battery, samsung is the only company with that feature, and their phone are jsut as thin as motorola/htc/....

 

[dawheat]

Beyond the phone itself, I hope it has an improved smart dock similar to the Note II. I'd love to plop my phone into the dock and have it automatically set my browser to 'desktop' and maybe switch to a desktop style email client.

 

[Oyeve]

13MP camera

This is all I care about.

 

[poofyhairguy]

im hoping gs4 still has a replaceable battery, samsung is the only company with that feature, and their phone are jsut as thin as motorola/htc/....

Me too. I can live without a MicroSD slot (I wouldn't like to) if the device is 32GB. But I am hooked on swapping batteries instead of nightly charging.

 

[krumme]

An extra ~8 mm^2 for 4 A7 cores that handle ~99.9% of a normal phone workload with far less power consumption is a no-brainer for a high end chip. Heck, IMO the A15 cores are only there to look pretty on bar charts.

+1

When i bought the S3 i was happy about the quad A9 because they were powergated, and had fine granularity. I knew i was never going to use more than 2 cores, so that meant that for my light usage, batterylive would be nice. And it was excactly like that.

For me the S4 is even better. I know i hardly ever use my A9 100%, so 2 A7 cores will do the job with very little use. Perfect - if the little-big concept is going to work for saving battery...

Btw, what is it about the 8 mm2 number? As i understand it by Hans de Vries numbers an A7 is only 0.45 mm2 with L1?
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