Showing posts with label s4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label s4. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Samsung Galaxy S4 First impression
Yesterday Samsung LEVANT held an event to introduce us to the all mighty Samsung Galaxy S4 for its first appearance in Jordan, I had a little time with the device but it was a great opportunity to mess around with it myself so here is my first impression of the device:
With a hint of the Galaxy Note II and a whole lot of Galaxy S III, The Galaxy S4 comes in as a different approach from Samsung in terms of design, What have been said about the previous models -especially when it comes to built quality- doesnt apply here at all.
The S4 -unlike previous Galaxy devices- Doesnt give you a plasticy feeling about it, if anything it gives you the feeling of a premium built product, Aluminium is a very nice touch from Samsung, Personally I hope well see a whole lot of similar materials in upcoming models,
The S4 feels very nice in my normally sized hand, even though they have hooked this beautiful smartphone with a bigger screen than the S3s, its size staid almost the same, If it wasnt for the new LED flash placement I couldve never told the difference between an S3 and an S4 flipped on the front side on a table.
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| Samsung Galaxy S4 and Note II |
The S4 comes rocking a 13MP camera, Which I found to be a whole lot better than the one I got on my Note II, but heres the thing, Its more than just megapixels, The software plays a decent role here, the camera app comes with so many features, little tweeks and effects that I would like very much to have on my Note II, it basically replaces like 20 apps people install just to mess with their photos. unfortunately I didnt spend much time on the camera but hopefully ill be writing a more in-depth piece about it if I got my hands on the device again soon.
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The Galaxy S4 is one of the very few none-Nexus devices to come with Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box, And the first Sammy device to come with Android 4.2.2 and the good old TouchWiz, and I must say... TouchWiz have grown so much ! This Sammy stock ROM has adopted the single and dual touch pull-down notification centre weve seen in the Nexus devices and added their own touch, to be honest it doesnt look as pretty as the original but its kind of more productive as theyve put every toggle you can think of in there.
Also the Settings menu has been remodelled, They brought back something I havent seen since my last Sony Ericsson device which is tabs (Check out the photo to the right). Yes we got tabs everywhere on our phones but weve got used to the long scroll down settings list that has gotten longer after all "Accounts" started to show in the main menu after the first Jelly Bean update...Stay tuned for more articles about the S4.
Are you going to upgrade to the S4 ?
or youre going to wait for something else ?
let me know in the comment section below.
or youre going to wait for something else ?
let me know in the comment section below.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Still Camera Comparison Google Nexus 4 HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4
Smartphones these days are getting to the point where everything is fast and capable enough. While buying a more expensive smartphone brings improvement in speed and display quality, these things are getting to the point that the average user cannot tell the difference all that much.
The average used wont notice the difference between the Qualcomm S4 Pro on a Google Nexus 7 and the fast Qualcomm S600 on the HTC One. The HTC has the sharpest resolution of any phone with a 4.7-inch display with a staggering 1080 x 1920 resolution. In every day use,many users may not notice the difference between the HTC One and its Full HD display and the 4.7-inch HD display (768 x 1280) display of the Nexus 4.
So while we pony up more cash for the fastest phones and the sharpest displays, more and more, the phones other features are becoming more important. Personally, the one thing I appreciate most about newer phones is better and better cameras. I no longer buy a compact digital camera, as a secondary camera to a DSLR (or DSLT).
GSM Arena has an excellent tool to compare phone camera image quality and looking for a replacement for my current phone it is a useful tool for making a buy option. The tool can compare up to three phones at a time.
Using the tool I compared the average 8 MP shooter on the Nexus 4, with the improved 13 MP camera on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the 4 MP Ultra Pixel camera on the HTC One.
Scaling the pictures down to match the test resolution of the HTC One as 3 MP, which is something you are likely to do when uploading images to the Internet or sending them by mail, the 4 MP camera on the HTC One looks disappointing, while 13 MP camera on the Galaxy S4 produced the best result.
The results are the same on the ISO 122333 Chart. The 13 MP camera on the Samsung Galaxy S4 seems to have the best low light capabilities, in addition to providing the sharpest images.
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