A huge and beautiful 5.0” Super AMOLED display is definitely one of the best parts of Samsung Galaxy S4. It has a high resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and equipped with various features like Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, Multitouch support, TouchWiz UI, Accelerometer sensor, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor, Barometer, Temperature, Humidity and Gesture sensor. The touchscreen is quite responsive. You can navigate through menus smoothly and type comfortably on its spacious onscreen keyboard.
A powerful quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 processor will make sure everything works well in this phone. The processor is paired with PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. The Android v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) operating system runs flawlessly and apps can load quickly. The S4 provides 16/32/64 GB of internal storage (optional) to accommodate your files. You can even add extra space by using external memory card up to 64 GB. There a lot of options for the connectivity, including Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (dual-band), DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot; Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE; NFC; microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host; and Infrared port.
Its 13 MP main camera does an excellent job in taking pictures and videos. The results are sharp and have sufficient amount of detail. The camera is equipped with autofocus, LED flash, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR, and video recording capability (1080p@30fps). But that’s not all. The S4 also has a front-facing 2 MP camera that can be used for video calling.
Other features:
- GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS
- Wireless charging (market dependent)
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
- Dropbox (50 GB storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link)
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player; MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
Size: 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm (5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight: 130 g (4.59 oz)
Turning the device on and off
When turning on the device for the first time, follow the on-screen instructions to set up your device. Press and hold the Power button for a few seconds to turn the device on and off
Factory data reset
On the Applications screen, tap Settings → Accounts → Backup and reset → Factory data reset → Reset device → Erase everything