Samsung just announced the fourth generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S 4, designed to get you
closer to what matters in life and bring your world together.
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Understanding what matters most to us in our lives, the Samsung GALAXY S
4 was developed to redefine the way we live and to maximize our
fulfillment of life. This sleek and innovative smartphone makes every
moment of life very meaningful; it understands the value of
relationships, enabling true connections with friends and family. It
believes in the importance of an effortless user experience, making your
life easy and hassle-free; and, it empowers your life, helping take
care of your well-being.
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The beauty of the phone is the
highly crafted design encompassing a larger screen size and battery,
minimized bezel; all housed in a light (130g) and slim (7.9mm) shape.
The Samsung GALAXY S 4 is slimmer yet stronger, with less to hold yet
more to see. It has come up with simply unreal beauty. At launch, two
color options will be available - Black Mist and White Frost; with a
variety of additional color options to follow later this year.
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A rich life is one that's filled with meaningful moments and the
GALAXY S 4 captures and shares those special moments. The GALAXY S 4 has
the world's first Full HD Super AMOLED display to showcase images at
their very best. Its 5-inch large screen has 441ppi for stunning viewing
quality. The Samsung GALAXY S 4 also utilizes Corning's new Gorilla®
Glass 3, making it a durable travel companion for all of life's
adventures.
Equipped with a 13 megapixel rear camera, the
GALAXY S 4 also boasts a 'Dual Camera' function that allows simultaneous
use of both front and rear cameras. When capturing moments, users can
choose from a variety of frame effects which blend the two pictures
naturally and also adjust the size of the small picture inside the big
one. Users can select 8 different ways to combine the two photos taken
by the front camera and the rear camera. At the same time, the 'Dual
Video Call' function enables you to make and receive a video call with
friends and family while showing what you are looking at during the
call.
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The camera functionality extends beyond Dual Camera, as
the device is also equipped with 12 outstanding shooting modes
including 'Drama Shot', which allows you to see all the action in one
continuous time-lapse, and 'Sound & Shot', which uniquely stores
sound and voice together as the picture is taken so those special
moments are captured in the truest form imaginable, exactly as they
happened.
These meaningful moments can also now automatically
be stored in a photo album, with the new 'Story Album' function. Photos
taken by the GALAXY S 4 are automatically gathered and sorted out
according to your timeline, geo-tagging information, or a specific event
to create a photo album. These unique story albums can be ordered and
delivered as an offline photo album through a new partnership with
Blurb*, so you can keep those precious moments safe to look at and share
time and time again.
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Samsung GALAXY S 4 enables true connections with the people in our
lives. It is more than a personal device that can be enjoyed by one user
- it makes the most of our relationships allowing us to easily share
and experience many of life's pleasures together with family and
friends, wherever you are.
With its 'Group Play' function,
users can enjoy music, photos, documents and games with those around
them without even requiring a Wi-Fi AP or cellular signal. This
innovative feature enables users to connect directly with others to
share, play and co-create content and entertainment instantly. Its
'Share Music' option allows users to have the same song playing on
multiple phones in sync to create the best party atmosphere.
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The GALAXY S 4 brings all people closer together by breaking down
language barriers. It makes international travel a joy, with 'S
Translator' which provides instant translation, using text or voice
translation on applications including email, text message and ChatON.
This instant translation is possible both from speech to text and text
to speech and ensures that you can rely on the correct information
whilst abroad.
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The GALAXY S 4 supports HSPA+42 Mbps and 4G
LTE which means wherever you are in the world, you can rely on perfect
connectivity. Especially, the LTE version supports up to 6 different
band sets which allows it to function in most LTE coverage areas as well
as enabling global LTE roaming. Furthermore, TDD/FDD LTE Dual Mode
version will be introduced later this year.
In today's world, we are all looking for smart ways to make life
easier and less stressful. The GALAXY S 4 ensures that tasks are
effortless with innovative features that detect your face, voice and
motions to enable screen control with no need for finger touch
activation.
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'Samsung Smart Pause' enables you to control the
screen by where you look. When you are watching a video, the video
pauses when you look away then it starts right up again when you are
back. 'Samsung Smart Scroll' allows you to scroll the browser or emails
up and down without touching the screen. It recognizes your face looking
at the screen and movement of your wrist and then scroll the pages up
or down accordingly.
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'Air View' allows users to hover with
their fingers to preview the content of an email, S Planner, image
gallery or video without having to open it. You can even see a magnified
view on the internet browser, or a phone number saved in the speed dial
on the keypad. With 'Air Gesture', you can change the music track,
scroll up and down a web page, or accept a call with a wave of your
hand.
With 'S Voice Drive' you can activate commands via
voice control for optimization when driving. Once connected with a car
Bluetooth, the phone automatically turns into driving mode converting
text to speech so you can easily and safely check messages with no need
to look at the screen.
'Samsung Optical Reader' makes life
yet more effortless, by automatically recognizing text, a business card
or QR code information, and providing useful functions such as
translation, call, text message and search.
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At home, using
'Samsung WatchON', the GALAXY S 4 will transform into an IR remote to
control your home entertainment system including TV, set-top box, DVD
player and even air conditioner. In addition, you can enjoy various
content including live TV, cable TV and VOD based on the rich
information provided by EPG (Electronic Program Guide).
The GALAXY S 4 empowers your life by keeping you up-to-date with
health and wellbeing information using the new 'S Health' software. The
combination of sensors built within the device systematically and
automatically monitors your health, surroundings and so much more to
help improve your quality of life. Also, users can easily check their
health conditions using food diary, exercise diary and sleep monitor to
stay fit and healthy. (Certain functions are enabled by specific
accessories.)
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To further protect your wellbeing, 'Samsung
Adapt Display' provides an optimal viewing experience, customized for
each type of application, and 'Samsung Adapt Sound' offers an optimal
level and type of sound, personalized for each user, to make the most
out of life.
Samsung GALAXY S 4 will be available from Q2
globally including US, partnering with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile,
Verizon Wireless, as well as US Cellular and Cricket. In Europe, Samsung
GALAXY S 4 is partnering with global mobile operators such as Deutsche
Telecom, EE, H3G, Orange, Telenor, Telia Sonera, Telefonica, and
Vodafone.
