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Samsung's Galaxy S 4: Introduction & Hands Onby Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/14/2013 7:30 PM EST
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drewsg - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkREMOVABLE BATTERY.. PRAISE THE TECH GODS!! Reply
Lonyo - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkYup, Samsung high end phones - removable battery and MicroSD slot.
That's the reason I don't consider any other smartphones. Reply
DeciusStrabo - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI do consider others and if the trade-off is worth it - but as long as the batteries are so low in capacity I wouldn't want to give up the flexibility to simply take out the empty battery and put in a full one if needed. Reply
kmmatney - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI don't get the spare battery argument people make. To charge it you'll need to put in in the phone, charge it, and then take it out again. I wouldn't think you'd be wanting to take off the back cover that much. It makes more sense to just buy an external USB rechargeable device - it will be cheaper and can be used with other devices (or your next phone). Reply
CZroe - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkMy Sony Ericsson BST41 in my Sony Ericsson EP900 charger for my Sony Ericsson R800at phone tell me that you don't know what you are talking about. Reply
Johnmcl7 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkYou get docks that can charge the phone and a spare battery simultaneously, it's much quicker and easier to simply swap over batteries rather than having the phone attached to an emergency charger for a couple of hours if you're still making calls or similar.
John Reply
doobydoo - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkIs it really though? If you take the battery out, your phone turns off. Meaning you may miss calls, messages, you have to take the back off, replace the battery, turn back on, wait for it to load, sign back in etc.
With an emergency charger you can just plug into the bottom of the phone, you can continue to make calls (no cables) and you don't need to turn your phone off. Also, you can get different sized emergency chargers which can charge your phone up 2 or 3 times.
I think it's massively overstated how beneficial a removable battery is. Reply
SoCalBoomer - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkmeans the phone is off for less than 30 seconds, typically, so very rarely do I miss calls or messages. . . and the whole process takes maybe 30 seconds. . .
a removable battery is great value, especially if/when your battery starts to die, and they all do in a year or so. So unless you immediately buy the newest and greatest, it's not a bad value. Reply
melgross - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThey don't all start to die in a year or two. You've had some pretty crappy batteries if you had that problem. Reply
Skiddywinks - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThe idea isn't that you use two in a row every time before charging them both again. You just have one as a spare. There is no reason to not charge whenever there is a charger around, which is quite common, especially if you carry one. But it just means that for the cost of swapping batteries once, you have a spare for that rare occasion your primary battery runs out. Reply
leexgx - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linknone removable battery's are just no good if they do not use an 3000 or higher in the first place, the HTC One X is what a phone should not be (dead in 2-3 hours of screen on time, its dead in the day, i sold that phone in less then an month), they do tend to get bit iffy after 1-3 years (1.7 years been the avg as they expect you to upgrade your phone)
tablets idly should be 3500 or bigger, but the Note2 seems to get by with the one it has (3300 i think) Reply
Mihael Keehl - Sunday, March 24, 2013 - linkIt depends on how much you charge them/over charger them. I have had the Apple iPhone 4S for a little over a year now and it's got about a solid 15% wear on it now, it'll probably be double that in another year and that's when my contract is up. Prior to that I had the Samsung and I couldn't deal with the battery issues it had, because it burned through the battery much faster. A swappable battery does have it's perks because 5%-10% wear isn't all that bad, but when it reaches over that and you're only using your phone 15%-20% less, you're essentially not getting what you paid for.
A replaceable battery is exactly what the product needs, especially the ones whose screens are so enormous and bright. That shit will drain battery life and rather quickly. Reply
kcsween - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI agree, I've never had a battery die on me within a year, never. Reply
new-paradigm - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - linkYou can't change battery mid call though. You can however plug in an emergency charger. Reply
ATBTCT - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkWhich you can go on Galaxy s4........ Reply
RyuberUser - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkRemovable batteries are a cheap and effective way to power a phone. Me and my wife have the same phone (GS2), so when we go traveling on long trips we can just switch out batteries, and ridiculous amounts of media as needed. It's super convenient. Also, the weight of 2 extra batteries is still lighter than an emergency charger. and yes, the phone is off for less than 30 seconds. less wait time than most traffic lights... best features in any phone, as stated above, is the removable battery and expandable memory. Reply
Cobraflight - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkFor you, maybe it's "massively overstated". For others, like me, it's important. How do I know it's important? Because I use my current phone with multiple batteries, and find it to be very useful to be able to carry one or more extra batteries in my pocket, and swap them out if the phone runs low. Your mileage may vary. If one phone satisfied everyone, there wouldn't be 100s of different phones out there. Reply
semo - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkIt's Android. It needs regular restarting anyway! I find that Google Navigator crashes if you've used it more than once or twice between restarts.
Whatever your use, I think a removable battery is important. I also like high quality plastics instead of metal on mobile devices and expandable memory. I hate the size though and prefer 4" to 4.5" screens instead. Reply
ATBTCT - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkYou people are bitching about having choices....You can external charger and USB OTG on this phone too. About the size, all I can say is that this phone is the same size as HTC ONE but with bigger screen. Those bezels can still be made smaller though, so manufacturers can fit bigger and bigger screen into smaller phones. Reply
ofladrt - Saturday, May 18, 2013 - linkI put a Gorilla Gadgets 4500 mAh battery with extended battery cover on my S3 and it lasts for two days easily, including using it as a golf course gps for 18 holes with long screen times. I would never go back to an ordinary battery. Reply
WritersBlock - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkFor you it's not worth, for others it is.
You guys are arguing the equivalent of favourite colour; it's subjective.
Samsung (like any other manufacturer) offer features in their products; each user decides which are benefits and which are features they don't need. Reply
Tams80 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkMaybe I'm just not that popular, but at worst 5 minutes restarting my phone hardly makes a difference. Reply
treesloth - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkThe ones that are plug-and-use without cables are also of pretty short duration. The larger ones require a cable. A replaceable battery, though, restores the phone to 100% very quickly. Over the time I've had my Evo 3D, I've swapped batteries a couple of hundred times (lots of travel...) with no problems. No "sign in" or whatever you mean by that. If I happen to miss a call in the 2 minutes it takes to swap and restart, I get told as soon as it's done. Same with messages. Seriously, it's not difficult at all. I also have an 8,100 mAh portable charger. Love that, too. Both have their place. Reply
Relaxin - Friday, March 22, 2013 - linkI bike commute everywhere and not around a charger as often as I'd like. If I'm stranded somewhere with a dead battery I NEED to be able to swap in a charged spare battery. I think it's massively "understated" how beneficial a removable battery is. Reply
puremind - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkYou shouldn't have to use a dock to do that!? How outdated? spare batteries nowadays can be charged while they are charging your phone...MicroUSB to recharge and USB to charge your smartphone. External battery is more convenient than 2 internal batteries, let alone it has bigger capacity allowing you to charge up your phone several times. A must-have! Reply
HJPJ - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI currently use an S2, and will be upgrading to the S4. If the S4 did not have a replaceable battery, that would have been a deal breaker for me. For my S2, I purchased two extended batteries (3400mAh) plus an external charger for them, from aliexpress.com - total cost: just a hair over $20, including shipping. I will be trying to duplicate this setup for my new S4. Reply
twurster - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkBlackberry figured this one out. the spare battery for the Z10 comes in a case with a micro usb in and out. Plug in the case to the wall and the phone to the case. Presto 2 charged batteries. The bonus being the spare doubles as micro usb power source and you can charge up with out removing the battery. From experience it takes about 2 minutes to swap from start to back online. And the price is reasonable at 50.00. I use this on my Z10 all the time and functionally have unlimited battery life. Now if I could just get a few more apps.... Reply
leexgx - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkthat's nice to know that they have done that with the new blackberry z10, as 3g is an killer on all phones i have used (i am still an blackberry buff) Reply
puremind - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkWake up, this is 2013. There are better solution nowadays than removable batteries and MicroSD!!
1. why would you want an inferior sized internal battery that requires you to open your device? As a customer I expect my batteries to be pluggable without having to open my device! Besides I expect spare batteries to have larger capacity than the internal battery. I can get that with a small battery coupled with microUSB to USB cable (the battery has a MicroUSB plug for input and a USB plug for output - simple!)
2. Likewise, nowadays storage is key. Just like I don't want to use floppy disks on my laptops anymore, I don't want to use MicroSD on my Smartphone! It has too low capacity. As a customer, I don't think I should have to use outdated storage technology. I much prefer MicroUSB OTG 128GB Flash Drive. It is fast and has bigger capacity.
The same USB to MicroUSB can be used to plug both the external battery and the Flashdrive! Both are extremely small devices and offer much more capacity than the traditional methods. I could not see myself go back to smaller storage or smaller battery sizes, so thank you Apple and HTC for moving away from outdated standards. It is human nature to cry when something is taken from them, but what we receive in exchange goes far beyond what we had previously! Reply
Alexstarfire - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkComparing internal devices to external devices is silly. It's like comparing laptops to desktops, or even all-in-ones. They simply serve different purposes.
For what you can get for microSD and internal phone batteries I don't quite know why you are bashing it so hard. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkThis phone runs OTG flash drives, as do many other samsung phones, so you struck out there, and internal 64GB miniflash additional kills Apple and HTC, so you lost that, too, dongle boy. Reply
ATBTCT - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkAre you that dumb ?. All of the things you said can be done on Samsung flagships and done better. Samsung phones have better support for devices connected through USB OTG than HTC, LG, Sony etc. Plus you get bigger battery and also get the choice of removable batteries and MicroSD.
Who cares if the phone is plastic if you are going to put it in a case....or do you like to rub your crotch with aluminium..
Oh, and people are also bitching about the AMOLED screens as if they have some sort of perfect color syndrome (like perfect pitch) where their eyes explode whenever they see unrealistic colors. If you are that sensitive to over-saturated colors then you can always tone it down by setting the screen to "Natural Mode". From the reviews I have seen of HTC ONE, I don't see any reason why they should choose that phone over S4. Reply
Tams80 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkHow's having that external storage or external charger (as you can't use both at once) dangling from your phone? It can't be good for the rather fragile MicroUSB port!
Why can't you just accept that having built in removable batteries and storage is good for some people? Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkI look forward to taking in my phone for tech service when the battery gets weak, so they can scan the whole thing as they please, snoop like pigs, rip it apart, jam it back together with cracked tabs and their spew in it, then mail it back a month later, and charge me a fortune.
Yeah, I don't get the user access to a simple battery either, of course I'm brain dead. Reply
PeTroL42 - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkA company like Anker is most likely to make something like this for the SGS4:
It includes a wall charger. Reply
PeTroL42 - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkAnker sells spare batteries with a wall charger that allows you to charge the batteries without the phone. I'm sure Anker will release a kit for the SGS4 since they pretty much have batteries for most of Samsung's current offerings. Reply
Tams80 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkYou could just get an external charger...
Before you say "but an external charging device would work", remember that you'd have to have that attached if you wanted to use it. Reply
medi01 - Sunday, March 24, 2013 - linkLithium batteries lose about 20% of the capacity per year.
And that's these days, when charging phone daily is considered a norm.
So it's not only about spare batteries, it's about being able to comfortably use phone in 1-2 years. (got first Galaxy and don't see a single reason to upgrade, greetings to people who are after more CPU cores and inflated megapixels) Reply
kcsween - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkI certainly agree with that. An external usb recharging device would be cheaper and makes more sense as you wouldn't need to essentially reboot the phone to replace the battery. Reply
CodyHall - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online.(Click Home information)
http://goo.gl/MgTwM Reply
Badelhas - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkSpam! Reply
Grandpa - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkI'd rather have a phone that didn't need a removable battery. The Micro slot would be nice though. Reply
jayseeks - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThis phone is most definitely not high end. Reply
robert3892 - Monday, April 01, 2013 - linkThat is also why I won't buy the HTC ONe because it has neither a removable battery nor a micro sd card slot Reply
kcsween - Tuesday, April 09, 2013 - linkNow if they can only add the front facing dual speakers from the HTC One and we'd have arguably the best phone thus far in 2013. Reply
Freakie - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkAm I the only one who caught that this thing has a THERMOMETER?!?! Nearly 67 years of mobile telephony and we FINALLY HAVE A PHONE THAT CAN TELL THE TEMPERATURE! PRAISE THE GOD OF THE TECH GODS! Reply
VivekGowri - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkThat is actually really cool, I completely missed that. Reply
Freakie - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI can't shake the feeling that I am missing something here. It seems no other tech blog is picking up on the fact that there is finally a phone that can tell ambient temperature. Hasn't every smart phone owner ever wanted their phone to do this at some point? This is just one of those awesome tiny details that is small on paper but a "killer" feature in practice, in my opinion of course. Reply
Ridgie - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkPotentially lots of problems with a thermometer on a mobile phone, such as accuracy when the device itself is running hot during intensive use or the fact that most of the time the reading will be close to body temperature... The number of caveats, warnings and disclaimers around the feature will detract from its appeal.. I'd be interested to see how they position this feature in the marketing. Reply
Freakie - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI can think of a couple of ways to mitigate that. They can simply use the battery's temperature as a basis for how warm the device is in general, or any of the other temperature readings they can get across the chips on the PCB. And with that, they will be able to tell whether it is possible that the phone's internal temperature is interfering with the ambient reading. Then they can display a message along the lines of "We noticed that your device is running a bit warm at the moment which may affect the Ambient Temperature reading. For the most accurate results, please reduce phone activity and try again after the device as lowered in temperature."
Another thing they could do is simply take minutely readings of ambient and battery temperature (I would think this could still be accomplished while the phone is in deep sleep too, so that it does not create a wake-lock in order to be effective) and then if it detects that both ambient and battery temperature have risen in a specific pattern (battery heating phone up would look different than going from air condition room to 110 degrees outside) in a short amount of time, it can display a similar message about the phone's internal temperature interfering with the reading. All in all I don't think it would actually be too difficult to differentiate between real and artificial ambient temperatures and so the caveats and disclaimers wouldn't be too much.... If they do it right that is =P
I think it's a nice touch and a small detail that hopefully can be the start of a mainstream feature. Features gotta start to be built up somehow, after all! Reply
Senpuu - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkIf they are using the internal temperature sensors for the silicon for anything, I really don't think it would be to add a caveat to the displayed temperature; rather, I'd assume they would simply use it to adjust the temperature reading with a simple calculation, providing a more accurate temperature value. It could even do a cross check against the temperature for your area through its network connection and maybe add an asterisk if it's outside a range (say, +/-3°C) to let the user know there is a discrepancy. I'd be interested to see their implementation in action, but I'm sure it'll be robust enough to function accurately for day-to-day use. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkHow about they put the sensor on a front upper edge area away from the battery- oh golly beaver. Reply
Senpuu - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkIt's fun to speculate about how the design could be executed and the problems that may crop up, but I'd bet dollars to pennies that Samsung didn't throw a crappy implementation into their phone, and that they've done extensive testing. In cases like this, I think it's entirely more prudent to assume the design engineers have a brain in their heads until proven otherwise, than to assume that there will be a slew of problems with their design. Besides, your cited concerns are obvious and would be nearly impossible to overlook... I don't think Samsung got to where they are in a very competitive marketplace by being terrible engineers and designers. Reply
HJPJ - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI could not agree more, Sempuu. I look forward to testing this feature, and agree that if it's relatively accurate, it will be very useful. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkOf course the weather app on the front window with TEMPERATURE PRESENT isn't useful.
I vote they include a stylus and that it doubles as a thermometer and a wind gauge. Reply
ManiiNames - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI had a basic flip-phone w a thermometer several years ago. Casio gZone Rock I think. It worked if you put the phone down somewhere and didn't touch it for a minute or so, otherwise the ambient heat in your pocket etc produced unreliable results. Reply
Freakie - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkHeh, figures that the people who put calculators in watches would be the first to do that. Looked that phone up and it looks pretty neat! Reply
snajk138 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkYes, I had a Nokia 5210 that had one too. Pretty great phone from what I remember. "Improved Durability", games and an IR-port. Reply
dakishimesan - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkSweet, I'll always know how hot it is in my pocket. Reply
Skidmarks - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkEven their low end phone feature that. Reply
Tom Womack - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkYou mean, tacky plastic back that falls off ... Reply
TechnoGeek4Life - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkMy back cover has NEVER fallen off my S3. EVER. Its actually really snug. Reply
BSMonitor - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkPeople buy extra batteries??!? Reply
Disorganise - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkyes we do. I also have an external pack with the multiple adaptors and you know what? the proper battery is much lighter and slimmer and doesn't have cables to worry about. I can carry the spare in my jeans pocket with ease so it comes with me everywhere now. the other pack is only convenient if you've a big pocket (eg a jacket) or a bag.
I used to sit in the other camp until I bought the spare....no I wonder why I didn't do so on my previous phone. Reply
KPOM - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI think that's one of those things that many people say they want but few really care about when they don't have it. To get any benefit, you need to buy a second battery and carry it around. Reply
doobydoo - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkExactly, and it's just as cheap and just as convenient to use an emergency charger instead (if you even need it). Reply
HisDivineOrder - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkI agree with your sentiment. And I think it's sad that phones do this so rarely that we see this as extraordinary. Reply
medi01 - Sunday, March 24, 2013 - linkAs well as micro SD card slot.
And honestly, AMOLED vs pretty much anything non-amoled, is a no brainer for me. Reply
Pneumothorax - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkAny thoughts on the color fidelity of the screens? My wife's GS3 has some pretty horrid color accuracy. Reply
jeffkibuule - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkI wouldn't expect much. Reply
staticx57 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkIf it's like all of samsung's other devices, it will most likely be uncalibrated. Reply
staticx57 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkBut still, I prefer AMOLED anyways. Insane contrast and very deep blacks cant be beat. Reply
UltraTech79 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkSure, if youre always in your moms basement when you use it. Reply
Stuka87 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkAMOLED screens are notorious for having horrible color accuracy. But many consumers do not care about that. They like having the over-saturated colors. Reply
rats_u - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI hate the oversaturated colors too on my Note 2.... until I found a solution. In Settings -> Display change the screen mode from Standard -> Natural. Viola, screen looks GREAT! Reply
rats_u - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkHave you tried Settings -> Display -> Screen mode and changed it from Standard -> Natural ?
Makes is so much better, feels like a different phone. Reply
Synnöve - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkAnand, are you able to confirm RGB stripe is the sub pixel pattern on the S4? I read a leaked overview of the phone earlier today containing a microscope shot of the pixel structure: one red or one blue surrounded by four greens.
Maybe the device they had was a test variant, but I find it hard to believe they'd use RGB in their first commercial full HD display. Reply
MadMan007 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkI would be surprised if it was RGB actually. If you look at the history of Samsung OLED phone panels, they introduce a new resolution with RGBG or some such Pentile pattern, then the next iteration they use the same resolution with RGB. It's not a perfect pattern, but it makes a lot of sense from a manufacturing standpoint - if RGB OLED is more expensive to get right, it gives them time to perfect the new subpixel size before moving over to RGB. Reply
althaz - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkIt's a pentile screen. Samsungs RGB stripe screens are called "Super AMOLED Plus" (like on the Lumia 900).
To the best of my knowledge Samsung doesn't have a production 1080p RGB-AMOLED coming out of their factories any time soon.
That said, I'm not sure you'll be able to tell the difference at 1080p and only 5" (that's small, no matter what your girlfriend told you). Reply
codedivine - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkIt is likely a Snapdragon 600 and not 800. GLBenchmark results of an alleged S4 are here: http://www.glbenchmark.com/phonedetails.jsp?benchm...
The renderer is reported as Adreno 320 while the 800 comes with Adreno 330. The CPU clock speed is reported as 1890MHz, right in line with Samsung's announced 1.9GHz speed. Reply
blane237 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkAccording to the Verge its a Snapdragon S4 Pro. Reply
ZoZo - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThe Snapdragon 600 is a rebranded S4 Pro. Reply
jeffkibuule - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkThe CPU cores in the S4 Pro and Snapdragon 600 are not the same. The former is Krait 200, the latter is Krait 300 (and Krait 400 in S800). Reply
watersb - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkImagine a party in a small apartment, everybody with S4's and wearing headsets: Group Play, dancing. In silence. Reply
watersb - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkThe Flip Cover is clever: I suppose that the AMOLED display does not use power for black pixels. So a small rectangle of text info could stay there with no significant impact on battery life. Reply
IHateMyJob2004 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkNot allowed to run apps on it. HAHAHAHA. Obviosuly. Because 4 cores don' mean much when apps can't use 4 cores. It's not like Angry Birds will run any smoother. Couple that with a measly 1.2 GHz and this is a snoozer phone. Maybe they moved the phone jack to the bottom? Reply
blau808 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkMove along Apple troll Reply
amdwilliam1985 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkYou must be the person who loves Pentium 4 at 3.5ghz over core i7 at 2.0ghz.
Bigger is better ;)
Some people thinks with their brains, others will think with their behind, sigh... Reply
chickensevil - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkWait, you mean my P4 isn't better? damn... Reply
blau808 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkRGB Stripe confirmed?!?! PLEASE Reply
Chloiber - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkNo way.
1. As always, first come the PenTile screens, then the RGB Stripe screens of a specific resolution
2. Leaks from chinese website show no RGB Stripe matrix (something different, like RGBGG)
3. It says Super AMOLED, not Super AMOLED+ Reply
DLeRium - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkthat happened ONCE with the SGS1 pentile going to SGS2 non pentile. That was the only time there was a + screen. Then everyone started dancing around saying they do this Pentile => Non-Pentile move. We didn't see it with the Gnex => SGS3, and there wasn't a new 720p phone. Anyway, what I'm saying is let's just see what it is. Using a 1 time occurrence to predict the future is absurd Reply
trincisor - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkSGS3 pentile 720p -> Note 2 RGB 720p
God,dont you guys read news? Reply
althaz - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkThere's a (smallish) range of Super AMOLED+ screens available form Samsung and they appear in things other than Galaxy phones. Reply
blau808 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkWTF I swear the article said RGB stripe at one point when I read it. Did you edit that out Anand or am I going crazy? Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkIt was removed. Reply
darwinosx - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkSince when does any Samsung device feel well built? Even Samsung fans complain they are cheap and plasticky feeling and Samsung has acknowledged as much in recent comments saying they would do better. Having said that does the S 4 feel any more solid or premium than the S3? Reply
erple2 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkHonestly, the galaxy s variant I have feels extremely well built (Samsung captivate). My s2? Not nearly as much. Now that I think about it, I think that my captivate is the nicest phone I've owned (typing this on my Nexus 4). Shame that I got used to the nicer (and bigger screen of my s2 and now my Nexus 4. Reply
Death666Angel - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkBuild quality doesn't have anything to do with choice of materials. I'm a Samsung fan and like the plastic they use. I had a SGS2, now a GN and a Ativ PC Pro. I don't need metal for my computers, it serves no purpose for me that the plastic doesn't. Reply
apertotes - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkDidn't somebody say yesterday that S4 would ship with a year old OS? Reply
sbh - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkYou mean Phil Schiller, he of Apple employ, in that sham interview?
Tell me you're joking. Reply
JohnnyL53 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkTechnically 4.1 (Jelly Bean) was announced in June 2012 so this will be a year old come June. Phil expediently ignored the updates since then. Reply
tommydaniel - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkCan you confirm the trim is in fact metal and not simply plastic made to look like metal? They kept saying it was sturdier, if they actually used metal that would make sense, but they never said in the presentation.. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkYes it's metal, see the pictures. Blow them up, it's metal already. Reply
tommydaniel - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkYou do realize they can easily make plastic look like metal, just like they did on the S3? Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkNo, they can't - metal takes on characteristic hues and scratches that plastic does not.
Like I said, look at the pics. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkOf course, you have a crappy monitor, you have no clue how to expand any of the pics, or grab and really blow up - and you're half blind, far sighted, and as far as IRL experience we'll call it a zero, shop class turned into flower arrangement far before the clueless rube know it alls spammed the net. Reply
Despoiler - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkIt's plastic. They revealed in their announcement that they developed a new polycarbonate for the S4. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkThat's for the plastic parts ding dong Reply
karasaj - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkI don't think the S3 had it, but that metal stripe around the S4 really improves my opinion of the phone. Earlier I wasn't much of a fan of Samsung's design (I don't like Glossy-like plastic, and just the way it looked didn't appeal to me) but that metal makes it look different I guess. Am I the only one? Reply
tommydaniel - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkThe S3 does have a stripe around it that is made to look somewhat metal-ish but is indeed plastic.. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkThe iPhone4 is a lead weight - if belongs in an auto mechanics tool chest, not as a portable phone, and it's tiny screen is a health hazard.
That's "quality" to our retard drooling monkeys, though.
Then they drop it, it shatters front or back or both, and they say " Damn! that really felt good, it's a high quality build !"
RETARDED Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkYou and all the appl wouldabee fanboys need to feel good when they rub their phone, it's their only companionship after all. The only hardware they will ever be holding in their hands.
How it feels matters because they can't use it, they just drool on it while they stare at it's "feel", then they buy a cover anyway.
It's how retards function, which is too say, they are tamponic. Reply
kpb321 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkInteresting. If the A15 cores are only clocked at 1.2ghz max the Qualcom quad core will probably offer higher max performance. The Exynos 5 Octa may offer better battery life if it can spend most of its time using the A7 cores especially at lower clocks. I'd bet the US will get the Qualcom processor as that has been the trend lately. Reply
Aenean144 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkYeah. A 1.2 GHz Cortex-A15 doesn't sound all that competitive to a 1.5 GHz Krait or Swift, and it appears 2013 Kraits will be in the 1.6 to 1.9 GHz range. If 1.2 GHz is truly the max, either Samsung has put something extra in the Cortex-A15 to make competitive or they are going to be crushed by Kraits shipping at about 50% more clock frequency. Reply
sleepeeg3 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkClock frequency is a meaningless comparison between different architectures. I can't believe that's still being brought up on this site, of all places. Reply
Aenean144 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkIt's not meaningless if you have a sense of the performance per cycle for the different architectures.
Krait is about 3.3 DMIPS/MHz. A15 is about 3.5 DMIPS/MHz. Cortex-A9 is about 2.5 DMIPS/MHz. Cortex-A7 is about 1.9 DMIPS/MHz. Work it out from there. I got this info from this site. Reply
lmcd - Friday, March 15, 2013 - link3.3 was an exaggeration, 3.5 an underestimate. See the A15 versus S4 Pro with the Nexus 10 v 4. Reply
Krysto - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkDid you see any of the benchmarks for A15 yet? It gets much higher scores than than 7% more that those "official" DMIPS would let you believe. Why do you think Samsung underlocked the A15's to 1.6 Ghz? They didn't want the international version to be much faster. Reply
Aenean144 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkOk, are the A15 cores in the SG4 clocked at 1.6 GHz or 1.2 GHz? Anand is saying 1.2 GHz as of the original publishing of the article.
Of course the DMIPS could be off by a bit, it's saying the Cortex-A15 is about 5 to 15% faster. Will it be off by 50% if the A15s are only clocked 1.2 GHz? Seems like a whole lot of performance to make up. I'm sure there are specific ops on an A15 that outperform a +50% clocked Krait, but on average? I'm kind of doubting it right. Wait and see. Reply
Cow86 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI am actually fairly sure that Anand got his facts backwards...Meaning that the A15's run at 1.6 GHz and the A7's run at 1.2. Would make a lot more sense...Don't think A7's can normally even clock higher than 1.4 or so, at least not in any SoC designs I've seen so far. Anyway, at 1.6 GHz it should be a lot more competitive with the Snapdragon 600, although I'm interested in seeing how the power consumption compares. Reply
Krysto - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkHoly cow, did Anand actually say that? I must've missed it when I read the article. OF COURSE it's the A15 at 1.6 Ghz. Christ, Anand. Reply
Wilco1 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkYes he even contradicts his previous article on the Octa core and every other site reporting S4 specs. And it doesn't make any sense either, an A15 clocked that low would not provide a big speed boost over the A7. The point of big.LITTLE is that you can use a fast big core without increasing average power consumption by much. Reply
Rishi100 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkAnand's writing style is still very impressive, the way he closes the article with his expectations worded in very succinct way. I always read his opening and conclusion if the article is too long, to enjoy the magic of words always delivered in those two paragraphs. Reply
tommydaniel - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkWas there any word on wireless charging? Reply
SunLord - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI saw it mentioned on I think engadget? that there were Qi based back-covers and chargers shown but none of the phones had them installed so its likely an option Reply
icrf - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkEverything I saw were rumors from about a week ago. I haven't seen any formal announcement from the event itself. Reply
SunLord - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkhttp://www.engadget.com/2013/03/14/Galaxy-S-4-acce... Reply
Adul - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkHTC One has a IR in the power button. Reply
robco - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkThere are some neat features. Still, with all the customizations, I wonder what this will mean in terms of getting updates in a timely manner. I'd be happier if they jettisoned some of the features and made a smaller phone that wasn't a cheap model. I don't mind paying for a nice device, I just don't want a "phablet".
While I like my iPhone, at this point, Apple had better have something impressive (hardware and software) in a few months... Reply
anirudhgargi - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkDid anybody notice it has now DDR 3 ? Reply
chickensevil - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkI did, this pleases me for two reasons:
1: Less power usage
2: Higher performance!
Tis the best of both worlds! Reply
germay0653 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkDoes anyone know what DAC chip they used? Reply
s44 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkUS versions are using Qualcomm audio stuff. Check supercurio's twitter. Reply
germay0653 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkWell, that seals the deal, no S4 for me. They should never have gone away from the Wolfson DAC! Reply
sleepeeg3 - Thursday, March 14, 2013 - linkBoo - it's pentile. :( Reply
allajunaki - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkDon't think its gonna matter much at this pixel density.
On a S3, you will be notice pentile only if you look hard enough. So on S4 it shouldn't be noticeable. Reply
mayankleoboy1 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkUnless the screens are pre-caliberated, i dont think that the 1080P display is going to look much better than a 720P display. Reply
mmp121 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkWonder why It doesn't support DLNA? Reply
gotKap - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkWith so many gimmicky S Something features like airwave and smart video watching or scrolling needing camera to be on for long periods, the battery life testing for this device can be a curious thing...Also, I noticed terrible lag in many of these in the video -- and this reminds of the old android days... Did anyone else notice that...? Will these features really be used apart from showing off is something time will tell... Reply
toldenburger - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkYeah I was wondering about this too. Couples of times obvious lag between pressing a button and something happening. Also some scrolling lag. And definitely when using these new s-features which I think are a gimmick. Also from someone who has not used Android for a long time, is the UI supposed to look so non-conform? Looks different in a lot of places and in my mind ugly especially in the 'messaging' app. Reply
beginner99 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkWell nothing surprising. In the end all those top of the line phones seem a tad too big. I would probably choose the S4 over HTC One. Bigger screen in almost same sized body and lighter, More importantly SA had SD-card slot. Sou you can cheap out with the 16 GB and get a large SD card. Reply
BPB - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThe One's camera has me seriously considering it. I have a Lumia 920 through work but am looking to leave the job and as a result the phone. Sprint doesn't have the 920, so I think the camera of the One will get me over the S4. I really like being able to take good pictures in low light with my 920, so getting the One makes sense for me. Having only 32GB with the 920 hasn't been a problem for me, so that or more with the One will be fine. Reply
krumme - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkGo check the pictures before you do. The ones i have seen have been very disapointing bordering on there must be a flaw with the phone. The corners are unbelieveble unsharp, and are really big. Second, i dont quite see the benefit of going to 4pix. So sad, it could have change the idiotic race for more mpix, but something went wrong with the execution. Reply
BPB - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkCheck out Engadget's review. They beg to differ:
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/12/htc-one-review/ Reply
Galcobar - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkNormally not one to complain but since Blackberry 10's launch on Jan. 30 Anandtech has published six phone hands-on articles, yet still hasn't come out with anything on the Z10 since you closed the Live Blog with "11:23AM EST - The announcement is coming to a close, thank you all for following, we'll have more on the announced devices later today."
Considering RIM (technically the name still hasn't changed) was handing out Z10 at the launch, I'd much like to know why we've not seen anything on a platform which, while ridiculously behind the top two, still holds more than double the share of the fourth-place Windows Phone (who has gotten Anandtech phone reviews). http://gigaom.com/2013/03/06/comscore-android-stil... Reply
Mugur - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI hate to see (again) that Samsung is selling the same phone with different internals. Fortunately for me, I think they will screw (again) only the US market... :-) Reply
Krysto - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkIt seems like the A15 cores were underlocked from the rumored 1.8 Ghz to be more in line with the S4 Pro's performance in US, even though it's clocked at 1.9 Ghz. Reply
mattgmann - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThis phone seemingly has it all. Too bad the off-contract price is surely $650+. I'll wait for whatever google has next. Reply
Gunbuster - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkI honestly do not understand the current Samsung design language. I always have the lingering thought in the back of my head that it looks like some kind of prototype medical device for socialites to do a home sonogram with. They consistently look plasticky, fragile, and every unit not wiped down for the press shot is a hot greasy mess. Reply
jabber - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThe reason that Samsung make their phones from plastic isnt just a cost thing. They realised that people tend to drop their phones...a lot!
Plastic holds up better to knocks and drops than glass or aluminium. Plus you can always swap your plastic battery cover for a new one if it gets damaged that badly. Reply
doobydoo - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkEr, sorry but you're wrong. The SG3 fares far worse than the iPhone 5 in every drop test I've seen. Reply
Xyfaz87 - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkEr, forget about the drop test... I dropped my s3 a lot, and still it is intact and no cracking no dent, only slight scratch, I don't use case also.
I don't mind the design of s3, and the choice of plastic. For me I can use it comfortably with one hand, while for xperia Z it looks cool... But I found it awful to hold it for long time with one hand, the more angular design just not my taste. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkIt's not just you, anyone with a whit of experience knows sharper edges cut into the meaty part of your hands and fingers and joints, and can be quite painful rather quickly.
That doesn't matter though, as the hoi polloi has been exactly trained to spew out ridiculous things like feel of build quality with their internal mental deficit ruling the scoring.
Let them have their butt fugly rectumtangle and let it rip on their digits and give them arthritis as the cold metal and harsh glass guts their tendons.
Since a rectangle with sharp edges and corners is as dumb as it gets, the dorks of the net decided "industrial design" was cool. Yes, it's cool, if you're a basement tard whose never seen the inside of a factory and wouldn't last 2 days in that harsh environment.
Their phones are harsh, sharpened, health hazards, but it's okay the know it all parrots repeat and bleat on cue, no matter what they have ever personally experienced if anything.
Stupid is stupid because stupid does stupid so well, the smartest nerds in the room. ( Cough) Reply
ATBTCT - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkEr, actually you are wrong. All the drop tests I have seen of SG3 mostly show damage to the screen only and that is understandable considering that SG3 has a bigger screen compared to iPhone 5. Even if the plastic is damaged it doesn't cost much to change it. Whereas for iPhone and other aluminium clad phones, not only are they not durable as plastic but expensive to repair. And I rarely see expensive flagship without cases. The only ones I see are those that are made up of...................... plastic...I wonder why.............. Reply
Azurael - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkHere are some simple yes-or-no questions I would like answered regarding the S3.
Brick bug? Y/N
COMPLETE, WORKING Kernel Source & binaries provided Samsung? Y/N
If this is like the SII/Note/S3/Note 2 in having buggy hardware, iffy patches and not even remotely GPL compliant 'developer relations' then they can shove that phone where the sun doesn't shine.
I think it's quite cute that they managed to get A15s in there, I was seriously starting to wonder whether we'd even see A15 in a phone at 32/28nm, let alone a working quad. I can believe it'll only be running at 1.2GHz from what we've seen of A15s power consumption. It still looks as ugly and plasticky as everything else Samsung make too. In fact, it looks the same as the S3 to me, I'm not sure I could tell the difference aside from the larger screen if you put the pair in front of me. If you're going to charge £500 for a device, surely it should look like it cost that? Reply
IKeelU - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkAgreed. Every Samsung I've handled works just fine, but feels/looks pretty cheap compared to anything by apple or htc (or even the N4, which feels incredible compared to its last two iterations). But a race to the bottom is what the market calls for - artistry and grace be damned. I can't fault Samsung for giving people just enough so they keep coming back. Reply
glugglug - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkSo the release is in Q2. Would that be April 1? Because it kind of sounds too awesome to be true.
Some of the features (i.e. eye scrolling) sound silly and probably are just battery draining annoyances, but you can turn them off.
I'm hoping the S Translate is limited to translation only, and they didn't override the built-in Android 4.2.2 speech recognition which I've been using for awhile now. Non-cloud for good responsiveness, and the most accurate I've ever seen. Reply
doobydoo - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkEnd of April basically. So you could probably get it mid May - 8 months after the release of the iPhone 5. Reply
Friendly0Fire - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkThe one element that's *never* covered in any press release or preview is always the one I'm the most curious about: the DAC. I love my Wolfson DAC and having one in the S4 would be a big plus for it, but I've been unable to get any sort of information regarding this anywhere. Even Supercurio doesn't seem to know thus far.
Anand, do you have any details or the ability to provide some in the near future? Reply
10101010 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkNo one knows for sure yet about the international S4, but the USA/Qualcomm S4 most likely has a Qualcomm DAC, just as the S3 did. Reply
hsew - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkSamsung, never stop giving us removable storage and battery please. The HTC one was so close to getting it right.
If the A15 cores in the Octa are really clocked at JUST 1.2 Ghz, then it may not be as fast as all the excited international folks keep claiming it will be. I would personally prefer the Snapdragon 600. I can't imagine overclocking the asymmetrical Octa will be as easy as overclocking the simpler 600.
The 600's cores are also apparently tweaked A15 cores with a 15% IPC increase. The 600 vs the Octa is ARM's Core i5 vs Bulldozer.
Of course, this is assuming that the Octa's A15 cores are actually clocked at JUST 1.2 Ghz. At 1.6 Ghz the advantage of the 1.9 Ghz 600 diminishes, but people, do remember that these are still just phones, not workstation computers... Reply
lmcd - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkUhhh, the 600 isn't using A15s, but besides that...
And "tweaked" doesn't mean +15%.
Snapdragon 600 is probably the better chip, though probably not in terms of graphics unless the 600 has a way clocked-up version of that in the S4 Pro (Snapdragon 400) Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkYou people... no you're not on the internet....
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10101010 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkOne thing that is abundantly clear from the launch of the S4 is that Samsung understands the future. They understand that mobile devices are the personal computers of the future and that the ability to do a variety of things with the device is important. So they have more sensors, more camera capabilities, apps for health and fitness, more input forms, etc. It is an expansion of capabilities for the human user of the device. And this is going to be what wins the market over time. Google understands this as well which is why their Moto X phone will be very capable as well. These are the two companies that will dominate over the next decade or two. Reply
IKeelU - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkEveryone understands this, not just Google and Samsung. This was the future 30 years ago when PCs started becoming popular and it continues to be with virtually every computing device. Consoles became entertainment hubs, phones started to do email (then everything). Cramming more into the device has been the driving force of all tech-oriented marketing since forever. Reply
10101010 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkUnderstanding takes many forms. And the depth of this understanding will determine market success. Look at HTC, Nokia, etc. They basically copy Apple's approach to things which is to make the phone simple. There are no added capabilities such as pedometer, temperature, humidity, more input modes other than touch, camera-based user sensing, etc.
In Apple's case, there is a flexible interface that allows for many third party add-ons. But Apple's approach doesn't scale nearly as well (from either a cost or convenience perspective) as putting these sensors and features into the phone itself. In the market, Samsung is emerging as a big winner. And they have much more velocity in the market compared to Apple. Google is coming up fast. Google's future phones will have language/information processing capabilities that make other smart phones look dumb.
In short, Samsung gets it. They're making the right decisions, the right investments. HTC, Nokia, etc. are just trying to be Apple for Android or Apple for Windows Phone and largely failing in the market. At best, they will be niche players because their understanding is surface level only. Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkYes and that translates to (appl nokia htc) their tech SUCKS.
That's why a frikkin rectangle is an "awesome industrial design", why black or white is "awesome!" and why a lead metal sharp squared weight is "good build for arthritis and hand pain!!!"
The level of immensely stupid populace wide and at nearly all tech sites is incredible. Reply
WaltC - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkI don't know anyone who "understands" this...;) What I understand is that cell phones will continue to be used primarily as cell phones with all of the limitations inherent in mobile, battery-driven devices designed to fit in the palm of your hand. Try running Crysis 3 on your cell phone, or try having friends over to play co-op games or watch the latest movie--not going to happen on a cell phone, that's for sure. (Can you imagine two couples sitting on a sofa and sharing the latest movie on a 5-inch cell phone screen? I can't.) Trust me--the RGB monitor did not replace the television in the home, and the cell phone is not going to replace the personal computer. The whole cell-phones-are-going-to-replace-the-personal-computer mantra is stupid in the extreme. Sounds like propaganda coming from folks who a)don't like personal computers and b) are frustrated by personal computers. People will still be buying personal computers 20 years from now, and people will still be buying cell phones. One device does not obfuscate the other. And one device never will "do it all." The either-or mentality is just lame.
lmcd - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkDoesn't understand that Snapdragon's gonna beat their in-house chip AGAIN... Reply
edwpang - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkQuite some people talked about the usefulness secondary battery. I think it make more sense to have a LARGER battery than to have a spare battery with the same capacity. Reply
10101010 - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkFor many people, why would they want to carry around, hold, grip, etc., a phone with a giant battery all day? Maybe they only need extra battery a few times a week. And then they take their second battery. It's a little bit inconvenient to have a second battery, but they their phone is still light, easy to hold, etc. for the majority of the time they use it. Seems like a worthy trade to me. Reply
Hanako_Ikezawa - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkExactly. I love my note II but it would be unreasonable to assume everyone would want to drag a phone that big around all in order to have the battery life that it offers b/c of its size.
Back in the dark ages my instinct would last almost 2 weeks with out plugging in b/c I just replaced the battery when it finally died. I do miss dumb phone battery life though xD Reply
Tams80 - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkThere's no reason you can't have both. Reply
wrong - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkRemovable batteries have an important underappreciated use: guaranteeing that the phone is powered off all the way.
Ever had a phone on switch get triggered in a pocket? Ever thought your phone was off but had an alarm go off? Ever needed to turn your phone off silently but got a jaunty goodbye tune instead? Ever been in a plane, or a courtroom? Reply
magnetik - Friday, March 15, 2013 - linkFirst picture, I thought you cracked the screen. Reply
Silma - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkNot impressed by S translator.
Compare it to the free Bing translator for wp7/wp8:
- works offline
- with typed text, voice
- with live scan: hover your phone camera over a restaurant menu, a newspaper article or whatever
- has been available for more than a year for free.
Regarding removable battery it's back to the future. It now looks high end but was standard standard of so long ago before manufacturers absolutely had to ape Apple even in its failed design decisions. Same with ultrabooks really. Reply
leomax999 - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkLooks like radio design wins for Infineon (intel).
It looks like they had used the cost savings in traditional areas to pave way to new features. Reply
cyberguyz - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkAnand, in your comparison chart you are comparing the North American SGS3 (Dual Core) to both North American and International flavors for the SGS4. You are doing everyone a disservice by not including International SGS3 with a quad core Exynos 4 SOC and 1GB memory Reply
landerf - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkAo is anyone else visiting Tech Report and thinking they're at ananadtech and then visiting anandtech and zoning out because they don't know wtf they're looking at? Reply
WaltC - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkWhy list the PPI of every phone except the iPhone? Don't want to embarrass Apple? Reply
CeriseCogburn - Saturday, March 16, 2013 - linkSounds right, you know how that internal fanboyism filter works.
Science and stats becomes the drooling monkey as soon as the perceived Politically Correct winner is about. Reply
WaltC - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkWell, it's at least wonderful that we don't have to struggle through "Retina Display" comments as though the phrase meant something profound...;) I always preferred "Retsina Display" anyway. Reply
akdj - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkWhy such hatred for Apple/iPhone in these comments? Seems to become more and MORE ubiquitous....regardless of Anand's reviews. I'm a fan of both--I'm an owner of a Galaxy Note and iPhone 5. This would make a helluva 'thesis' for a graduate student in Psychology/Psychiatry!!! LOL. Too many of you folks spend WAY too much time beating up iPhone users, Apple's design philosophy and/or the silly 'benchmarks' that truly mean nothing when compared to 'real world' experience. I'm excited for the GS4. I can't get rid of my OG GNote fast enough. It's buggy and slow as hell---but dicking around with the Note 2, I've noticed a significant improvement in UI 'speed' and overall usability. I suppose this is to be expected from a gen 1 device (My Note 1)---but Good Lord!!! It seems not a single page in these 18 of comments lack a bash or poke to the eye of the iPhone or their owners. Words like 'retarded' are pretty lame...and definitely reveal the intelligence of said posters. Plenty of folks are asking valid questions and add interesting information to the discussion---but again, Where is this 'hate' coming from? Is it envy? As an iOS and Android developer...as well as Windows and OSx everyday user...it kicks my ass that so many people HERE, on one of the MOST respected 'geek' sites on Al Gore's inter-webs are so damned insecure when it comes to Apple products. I just don't get it. There really, truly is absolutely NO need to even bring the iPhone into the discussion. Anand didn't---other than a single mention or two when it comes to design aesthetics. Along with HTC and the use of aluminum vs. plastics. I don't mind the plastic on my note--and I definitely appreciate the easy access to my SD storage and battery---but when it comes down to the nit 'n grit, I do prefer the solidity of aluminum/metal construction. As well---the MOST complained about 'feature' if you will of Sammy phones IS the construction (use of plastic). Again, I don't necessarily agree that being the most detrimental issue on Samsung mobile devices. I just find it ridiculous the extent some will go to in order to slam what Apple is doing! Quite over the top---especially considering Apple's contribution to Smart Phone technology (along with Samsung/Google) back in '07.
**Rant Over** Reply
WaltC - Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - linkFeeling better?...;) Now, calm yourself and take a look at the table above entitled: "Smartphone Spec Comparison." If there's not an iPhone in there I'll eat my hat...;) Reply
frombauer - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkI would really like to see Samsung (or HTC) release a smaller version of these flagships. 5" is too big for me, give us the option to have a 4-4.3", quad-core, 2GB RAM, 720p phones! Reply
kascollet - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - link+1000
A small high end phone pleeeeaaaase ! Reply
ATBTCT - Sunday, March 17, 2013 - linkDespite the 5 inch screen this phone is the same size as S3 and HTC ONE. Reply
Mugur - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkYes, most people failed to noticed that... :-). It's not the size of the screen, but the size of the phone, people. Also it is 11 mm wider and 13 mm taller than an iPhone 5. It's not the size of a ping-pong pallet... Reply
kascollet - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkYes, that's too big for me. Reply
OCedHrt - Monday, March 18, 2013 - linkSince HTC is still failing at marketing, I'd like to point out that it also has IR sender for remote control. Reply
ATBTCT - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - linkWhat the heck are you spouting? Samsung puts bigger battery compared to other manufacturers and still manages to make it removable. You are saying as if phones with non-removable battery have bigger battery, which is exactly the opposite save for razr maxx. Just look at HTC one x and HTC ONE. What did HTC gain by making the battery non-removable and what did Samsung lose by making it removable? Nothing. Whether the phone has bigger battery or not has nothing to do with it being removable or not....no matter what the companies say...Having removable battery just gives you choice. For me removable battery doesn't mean I go on swap frenzy but I can swap it when necessary. In any case Samsung phones have good battery life compare to likes of many who use non-removable batteries except for web browsing where having AMOLED screens has its disadvantages. Reply
ATBTCT - Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - linkYes, a keyboard Geek who is apparently a fool knows a lot about a phone that he has never seen. Maybe you should go and give Samsung engineers a lesson on how you should give up on something when you run into an obstacle. Reply
shorty lickens - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkWill all these neat features be added to the Note 2? Cuz I really dont wanna swap phones after three months. Reply
boe - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkAll I want to know is did Samsung finally work with Verizon to fix their POS radio/reception/antenna issues?
I love the PDA side of the Samsung phones but their phones don't work for crap on Verizon's network. The HTC and Motorola phones work fine so it isn't Verizon's network, it is just that Samsung can't be bothered to fix their f'n phones.
They fooled me once with the Galaxy Nexus - shame on them. They fooled me twice with the S3 - shame on me. NOT until they fix the reception issues will I ever get a Samsung phone again or until I switch carriers. Reply
Amit kumar - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkI have to agree on your review. Truly Samsung galaxy S4 is stylish and brilliant device. I saw its full specification this site as well. http://www.gadtecho.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-full-spe... Reply
ANKSHA - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkDoes S4 support both technology GSM and CDMA? Suppose if I buy S4 from VERIZON/SPRINT.... can I switch back to AT&T/TMOBILE? Reply
brandensilva - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkI'm fine without the spare battery swapping annoyances. I did happen to purchase a fairly large battery pack though that I can use if I really need the juice on trips. I could easily have my phone go a full week of heavy usage with it. I find that far more convenient than actually shutting the phone off and throwing in a new battery. Reply
superflex - Monday, March 25, 2013 - linkCould the display be any more over saturated? Reply
yos123 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkI like the way everything is detailed. Great post Reply
rohini - Friday, March 29, 2013 - linki agree that it is a very decent phone and Samsung is trying to keep a check on the price tag of its smartphones but WE CAN'T JUST IGNORE the looks of the phone. In India its going to cost us about 45k INR which is a huge amount of money and the buyer wouldn't mind if it made to look somewhat better than the SGS3.
Why the hell does it have its looks identical to the older SGS3??
On the other hand, the phone comes with a lot of software goodies like air gesture and something called eraser shot. More info can be found on http://www.speedmango.com/15-awesome-features-of-s...
What I believe is that these days the hardware spec war is coming to an end. People dont care that much the hardware specs anymore. Even a 15k Micromax Canvas HD has a quad-core processor. What matters the most is the software features and the after sales support. Reply
ammar - Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - linkWonderful review! Thanks for sharing and writing such a detailed hands-on experience. Reply
jon2281 - Thursday, April 04, 2013 - linkThis is why a removable battery Is extremely useful and necessary = http://www.amazon.com/warranty-ZeroLemon-Extended-...
keep in mind this is for the galaxy S3 but I'm sure some company would create something similar for the S4. and Let's not forget about the microSD card = http://dx.com/p/sd-to-microsd-transflash-card-conv...
Throw in 128GB SDXC card and you sir have yourself a monster of a phone =D Reply
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Notes on the biology of the unidentified invasive harvestman Leiobunum sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones)
Notes on the biology of the unidentified invasive harvestman Leiobunum sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones)
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Since about the year 2000 an unidentified, introduced harvestman of the genus Leiobunum has been rapidly invading Europe. The published records are from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A population of Leiobunum sp. in the Netherlands was studied frequently during the day and night. Its life cycle, hunting strategy, diet and accompanying harvestman species were recorded, and mating, male-male fights and ovipositing behaviour studied, as well as the spider species preying on this Leiobunum species. Food items were collected, indicating that its food consists of a wide range of live as well as dead invertebrates including spent spider prey scavenged for at ground level. Vegetable matter like berries, as well as bird droppings were also consumed. The mating strategy is very complex. A male guards an egg depositing female and he defends her against other advancing males, resulting in male-male fights. The guarding male frequently mates. Also courtship behaviour has been observed, including nuptial feeding with a fluid, probably originating from the accessory penal glands and delivered by the male into the female's stomotheca via sacs located on the distal part of the penis truncus. Eggs are deposited in holes and crevices of walls.
egg deposition; feeding behaviour; food; male-male fights; mating behaviour; nuptial feeding

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IN the Taunton & District Sunday League's Gardner Cup, Tone Youth saw off Division 3 White Eagles to reach their second cup final of the season.
Adam Smith was again chief destroyer, hitting another hat-trick and taking his tally to a very impressive 40 for the season; Dan Toft also scored in the 4-2 win. The Eagles kept it interesting with goals from Marcin Pancerz and Arter Jacaszek.
There's a great tussle developing at the top of Division 1. Ash Rangers lead the way after they claimed three points thanks to Black Riley's inability to raise a team.
Ash only have two games left and Princess Royal, in second, only have one game left.
Royal drew with Staplegrove 2-2, Nick Woon scoring twice for Grove who remain favourites by virtue of the fact they have five games remaining and only a two-point deficit.
Bathpool's 2-1 home defeat at the hands of Hamilton see them as outsiders now; Martyn Hawkins scored both for Hamilton, including a brilliant 35-yard shot over the keeper.
Tone Youth have a great chance of an incredible treble, sitting in fifth but with plenty of games in hand.
Old Inn beat Wellington Warriors to ease their relegation fears.
DB UTD are on the verge of taking the Divisikon 2 title – their 7-5 win at Watchet saw them climb above Ash Reserves into the top spot. DB still have four games left and only need to win one of them to win the division.
Ash Reserves cannot be promoted so the battle for promotion continues with North Curry in prime position after a 9-1 win over Carhampton.
Cotford await a slip-up– they were awarded three points as PCUK failed to raise a team.
Hamilton Reserves had a useful 4-3 win at Dunster.
Blue Park Rangers have won the Division 3 title. Gareth Conway scored two, George Cox and Simon Stowell also in target in a 4-2 win over Mariners FC for whom Matt Garland and Mark Oram scored.
Wellington Reserves dropped what could prove a costly two points in a 1-1 draw at Trinity Rangers – the result keeps White Eagles in with a shout at promotion.
White Hart Albion hammered Pegasus 4-0 and Spaxton and Williton drew 3-3 .


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A Phase I Open-Label Study of the Safety, Tolerance, and Pharmacokinetic Interactions of Combination Didanosine and Ribavirin in HIV-Positive Individuals
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To evaluate the safety and tolerance of concurrent administration of standard-dose didanosine (ddI) with low-dose ribavirin in HIV-positive patients. To determine the pharmacokinetic interactions of concurrent administration of ddI and ribavirin and correlate pharmacokinetic parameters with toxicity. To investigate antiviral activity of the combined regimen.
Combination ddI/ribavirin therapy, if safe and effective, offers an alternative combination antiretroviral regimen for patients unable to tolerate regimens containing zidovudine (AZT).
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Ribavirin Drug: Didanosine
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Open-Label Study of the Safety, Tolerance, and Pharmacokinetic Interactions of Combination Didanosine and Ribavirin in HIV-Positive Individuals
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Completion Date:
|February 1995
Combination ddI/ribavirin therapy, if safe and effective, offers an alternative combination antiretroviral regimen for patients unable to tolerate regimens containing zidovudine (AZT).
Patients receive ddI alone for 4 weeks, followed by 8 weeks of combination ddI/ribavirin. Patients who complete the first 12 weeks without major toxicity may receive an additional 12 weeks of combination therapy on an optional basis. Patients are followed for 60 days after the last treatment visit.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Stable maintenance or prophylaxis therapy for opportunistic infection, if such therapy was administered for at least 30 days prior to study entry.
- Isoniazid for chemoprophylaxis against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
- Fluconazole for mucosal candidiasis or cryptococcosis.
- Acyclovir (up to 1.0 g/day).
- Dapsone.
- Ketoconazole.
- Quinolones.
- Tetracycline.
- Vitamins and herbal therapies.
- Antibiotics as clinically indicated.
- Systemic corticosteroids for < 21 days for acute problems.
- Regularly prescribed medications.
Patients must have:
- HIV positivity by ELISA confirmed by Western blot.
- CD4 count < 500 cells/mm3 within 30 days prior to study entry.
- No active opportunistic infections requiring treatment (patients on stable maintenance and prophylaxis therapy for opportunistic infections for at least 30 days are permitted).
- Enrollment of women is encouraged.
Prior Medication:
- Prior stable maintenance or prophylaxis therapy for opportunistic infection, if administered for at least 30 days prior to study entry.
Exclusion Criteria
Concurrent Medication:
- Concurrent rifampin or rifabutin.
- Other anti-HIV drugs and investigational agents.
- Biological response modifiers.
- Ganciclovir or foscarnet.
- Systemic cytotoxic chemotherapy.
Concurrent Treatment:
- Concurrent radiation therapy other than limited localized therapy to the skin.
Patients with the following prior conditions are excluded:
- History of peripheral neuropathy.
- History of pancreatitis or active liver disease.
Prior Medication:
- Prior ddI.
- Ribavirin within 60 days prior to study entry.
- AZT or ddC within 2 weeks prior to study entry.
Prior Treatment:
- Transfusion within 2 weeks prior to study entry.
Active alcohol abuse.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00000772
|United States, Massachusetts
|Beth Israel Deaconess - East Campus A0102 CRS
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Minnesota
|University of Minnesota, ACTU
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
|Study Chair:
|Japour AJ
|Study Chair:
|Lertora JJ
|Study Chair:
|Crumpacker C
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000772 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11208 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|Study First Received:
|November 2, 1999
|Last Updated:
|March 30, 2012
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Therapy, Combination
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS-Related Complex
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 23, 2017


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According to the report, health funds must submit applications for a premium rise to the government by Tuesday.
Consumers Health Forum chief Carol Bennett told the newspaper such rises would make health insurance too expensive for many people.
According to the newspaper, the premium rise will be crucial because it sets the base premium for a major 2014 policy change, when the government will stop increasing the 30 per cent private health insurance tax rebate in line with health fund premium rises.


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Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.
Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.
We're currently migrating from printed to digital courseware. Some courseware is already available in digital, while other books remain in printed form. To find out if this course is digital, call us on 080 80 800 888.
There are several benefits of easy-to-use digital courseware: downloads are immediate, and you'll always have your courseware available wherever you are. You won't need to wait for a printed book to be delivered before you start learning – and it's better for the environment. You can choose to download the courseware to your own device, or borrow one of ours.
Considering a Microsoft course? Always have the most up-to-date Microsoft digital courseware with 'Fresh Editions'. This gives you access to all versions of digital courseware – you'll receive updates and revisions of your textbook, at no charge, for the life of that course.
Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year. Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.
Firebrand recommend you possess:
Don't worry - we'll discuss your technical background, experience and qualifications to determine whether this accelerated course suits you.
Just call us on 080 80 800 888 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants.
Firebrand is an immersive environment and requires commitment. Some prerequisites are simply guidelines; you may find your unique experience, attitude and determination enables you to succeed on your accelerated course.