Samsung has unleashed their latest flagship smartphone to the world yesterday. Here is a roundup of what the tech world has to say about the Samsung Galaxy S4.
Engadget
[quote] Overwhelmed yet? You should be. The Galaxy S 4 is a testament to Samsung’s ethos: an unabashed focus on features over design, and an immense desire to fork Android as best it can. Still, as much as its add-ons differentiate this handset from last year’s, we can’t shake the feeling that the GS 4 falls flat next to the competition. In fact, we get the sense Samsung could’ve called this device the GS III Plus — that certainly wouldn’t be out of step with its naming conventions in the past. Don’t mistake this preview for a final judgment — there’s still a full review to be written, and these are just our first impressions. As the next torchbearer to the Galaxy S throne, however, it levels the goodwill earned by the GS III.[/quote]
The Verge
[quote] At first blush, the Galaxy S4 doesn’t feel revolutionary, but given the continued success of its predecessor maybe a revolution wasn’t called for. It’s a faster phone with a better screen, a better camera, and some cool new software features, and for the company that’s nearly synonymous with the word “Android,” that may be enough to ensure another huge success.[/quote]
CNET
[quote] The Galaxy S4 is a high-end, fully featured smartphone that’s meant for almost everyone. Samsung has made sure to include every salient hardware spec and enough new and interesting software features to hold your attention, if not constant use.
Although the handset’s hardware isn’t exceptionally beautiful and software isn’t particularly inspiring, it has every essential feature and then some. Right now, the best way I can describe it is as the Gap clothing of smartphones. While you may not use or even like every item on display, it’s long on basics, represents a certain high standard, and you’ll be able to get it anywhere.[/quote]
T3
[quote] There’s no doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is a significant step-up from the S3. It’s impressive that Samsung has managed to slim-down the device even though it’s added a bigger screen and a host of new goodies.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 was the most hotly anticipated Android phone of 2013 and based on what we’ve seen, it’s certainly living up to the hype so far. We’ll bring you a full review as soon as we can…[/quote]
Gizmodo
[quote] Overall, the new Samsung GALAXY S 4 is as remarkable as it is familiar. With that blindingly fast octa-core processor and 13MP camera, smartphone users are going to be happily at the cutting edge of mobile tech for the foreseeable future. A place where most of us are happiest![/quote]
Forbes
[quote] There’s a great deal more to say about this phone and its features and — again — I’m not yet ready to pass judgement, but I liked what I saw and can say without any hesitation that Samsung — at least for the moment — is a few steps ahead of Apple when it comes to the “cool” factor.[/quote]
