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Samsung is a very bad organization after placing the manufacturer's responsibility on the client. I’ve always disliked Samsung - and that’s true for you: I’m not mistaken...
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Pros: I'm happy with the smartphone, except...
Disadvantages: The glass broke without mechanical damage!!! Changes are made only at the expense of the client!!! I think this is a scam! The camera freezes, but this is already software, so there is hope that they will fix it. Or I’ll install my native Android.
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Don't buy this phone
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Pros: Worked fine for six months. Good camera, powerful processor
Disadvantages: It started when I was playing, I rebooted or turned off, I went to the opera, it constantly throws me to the main screen. Weak battery, if I play or watch a video, it lasts for 4 hours. The frame, which is silver in color, quickly wore off and became white. Not enough memory space, 16 gigs in total, 8. The rest It's jam-packed with all sorts of apps that I've never used. I regretted buying this phone; it didn't justify itself.
Mikhail a year ago
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The worst model from the Samsung series
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Advantages: If only the camera is a weak plus.
Disadvantages: Autonomous operation, often froze.
Alexander B. a year ago
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⠀⠀I use my smartphone as an alarm clock, communicator and notepad; for web surfing, photography. This model has been providing me with all this for 4 years now. At the time of purchase, I was especially pleased with the intuitive interface, screen, overall speed and camera. One can also note the overall reliability of the device - resistance to mechanical damage, absence of critical failures. IMHO, the model is still relevant, since most users do not need the bells and whistles of the current flagship models with wild price tags. Among the disadvantages, first of all I would like to note the increased heat generation. Korean engineers, fighting with Apple, shoved an eight-core processor into this model, which they were never able to “curb.” As a result, the Fourth Galaxy sometimes turns into a heater, which is accompanied by various freezes. This happens if you run a heap useful applications and forgot to complete them through the dispatcher. Energy consumption is another weak point of the device: out of the box there is a 2600 mAh battery, which is extremely small. After two years of use, the factory battery swelled and the phone turned into a biconvex pie, exposing the protruding screen matrix. Over the next year, a couple of Gerffins batteries suffered the same fate. By trial and error, a good battery "Walker" was selected. Over the course of 4 years, the phone survived several falls, incl. on asphalt, reset to factory settings, three batteries and peeling around the edges. Due to the small capacity of the model (16 GB) and planned aging, I had to leave a minimum of applications such as translator, VK, Chrome, booking, YouTube and instant messengers. The model still pulls all this stuff, although it groans. ⠀⠀Verdict - 4/5. Taking into account overall reliability, service life and available capabilities. On Avito, as a rule, there are many profitable offers for this model. If you are looking budget phone, IMHO, it’s better to take a used flagship from a reputable company than to point your finger at the sky by buying a little-known craft. All the best!
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Advantages: - good, contrasting screen; - good (and still not the worst) main camera 13 MP (+ 5 MP in the front); - Android OS with a bunch of well-known goodies; - removable battery; - in cold weather, you can adjust the sensitivity of the sensor so as not to remove the mittens; - control of all sorts of gestures (if it’s important to anyone. If it’s not important, you can turn it off); - resistance to mechanical stress; - overall reliability; - ages well: the OS works relatively stable for 2-3 years. As lags and glitches become more frequent; If errors accumulate, you can reset everything to factory settings and continue using it for a while.
Disadvantages: - increased heat generation when operating under load; - a lot of unnecessary pre-installed applications that cannot be easily removed; - insufficient battery capacity; - supports only one SIM card; - over time the body peels off.
Denis L. a year ago
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Very good smartphone, reliable. It has been working for more than 3 years and there are no comments. A very nice screen, even compared to the 2016 models. There is one drawback, and it is significant - the small battery capacity. With normal use as a dialer - 1.5 days, with active use - 3-12 hours. ***I have already worked for 6 years. During this time, the original battery died (a little over 4 years of daily charging), the power button died (replacement with a Yuda 500 rubles), I continue to use it.
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Pros: Great screen, good camera for 2013, functionality, design. Charges quickly (1.5 hours)
Disadvantages: Low battery capacity, 16 GB of internal memory is very little
Guest 2 years ago
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I bought it on Android 5.2 Lollipop, it overheated terribly, the battery quickly ran out, it didn’t work and most of the functions with sensors were missing. I rolled back to 4.2 KitKat, the device became excellent, of course it still got a little warm, optimized it, it stopped heating, but if you turn it on powerful games and give a load it still warmed up. In general, an excellent camera, a good bright screen, a powerful processor, it is very convenient that it shows temperature and humidity, I also liked scrolling with gestures. But the phone can be said for those who know how to install root and flash it, it is not suitable for games
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Advantages: Excellent camera, screen, very convenient and compact, fits perfectly into a pocket, powerful eight-core processor. But most importantly, a bunch of sensors, such as gesture control, hygrometer, thermometer, gaze control, etc. and for some reason they are on this site in characteristics are not written. Excellent communication
Disadvantages: It gets hot, probably due to its compactness, thinness and powerful iron, it turns out to be difficult for it to cool
Yuri Mirny 2 years ago
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The glass of the device breaks easily due to shocks. Replacing glass involves heating it with a stove and gluing it (labor-intensive). The bumper is plastic and peeling
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Pros: OLED display. A high resolution. Perfectly transmits video to the box. A large number of inexpensive parts are on sale.
Disadvantages: Short time battery life from battery. Weak protection of the glass. The charging connector cable is out of order. The photo from the camera is unclear
111 D. 2 years ago
Samsung Galaxy S4 (I9500, I9505) is the fourth and most anticipated flagship of Samsung. The smartphone was announced on March 14, 2013 and this event caused an unprecedented stir. When developing this device, the company took into account all the developments of previous years and created simply amazing software with a lot of functions and useful features.
Like previous devices, the Galaxy S4 has a plastic body. For many, this fact causes indignation and criticism, but let's find out - is it so bad? The Samsung Galaxy S3 smartphone used stylish, glossy plastic with an interesting texture, and no matter how long the device was carried in a pocket or dropped on the asphalt, the damage was always minor. And you try to drop the Nexus 4 on the asphalt, with its glass cover, and see what happens.
The smartphone body is only 7.9 mm thick, with dimensions of 136.6 x 69.8 and a weight of 130 grams. It is assembled with very high quality and, even if you try, you cannot find any creaks or backlashes.
Video: appearance Samsung Galaxy S4
The smartphone fits a little tighter in the hand than its predecessor, the Galaxy S3, but nevertheless, holding the device is quite comfortable. Although, in order to reach the top, I personally have to move it in my hand.
The plastic feels very pleasant to the touch, although it seems more slippery than that of its predecessor, the Galaxy S3.
Screen.
The display in the Samsung Galaxy S IV is beyond praise. This is a full-fledged Super Amoled matrix with Full HD resolution (1920 x 1080). This results in almost ideal viewing angles and rich colors. The pixel density is 441 ppi, which is, of course, much higher than the sensitivity limit of the human eye.
Video: screen in Galaxy S4
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 is installed on top of the matrix.
You can sing odes of praise for a long time, but this cannot be taken away - the display here is the best to date.
Camera.
The smartphone has a 13 megapixel Exmor RS matrix manufactured by Sony. This is one of the best cameras on mobile devices and even in your own flagship Sony Xperia Z, the manufacturer uses a weaker sensor. As a result, the quality of photos on the Samsung Galaxy S4 is at a very high level. True, at the start of sales the software was somewhat crude and some users encountered involuntary reboots of the smartphone, but this is already a thing of the past. Below are a few pictures.
Photos from the camera
The camera interface is very convenient and now you don’t have to scour the settings to select shooting modes. Just press the button under the “shutter” icon and you will see a convenient wheel with scrolling modes.
There are 12 of them in total, and if you click on the icon in the lower left corner of the screen, they will all appear in the form of a grid.
List of camera modes:
- Automatic (full automatic)
- Retouching (photographing faces with retouching)
- Best photo (several shots and choice)
- Best face (choose from several faces - great for self-portraits)
- Sounds and photos (photo with background sound for 9 seconds)
- Series (continuous shooting)
- Animated Snapshot (creates an editable animation from frames)
- Rich Tones (aka HDR)
- Corrector (removing strangers from the picture)
- Panorama (great tool you can make 35 megapixel panoramas, example)
- Sports (filming sporting events)
- Night (shooting at night and in low light)
There are also a lot of settings here, but for video there are only two.
The smartphone is capable of recording video in Full HD resolution and does it just fine. Of particular note is the video stabilization system, which works much better than its competitors.
Video from Samsung cameras Galaxy S IV
Iron and other characteristics.
The 2013 flagship is initially available in two versions with the indexes I9500 and I9505. Both smartphones differ in the presence of LTE and, as a result, in the processor. Octa-core Exynos 5 Octa 5410 cannot work in LTE networks and is used in the Galaxy S4 GT-I9500. It has 4 cores with a frequency of 1.6 GHz and 4 with a frequency of 1.2 GHz and it is worth noting that they cannot work simultaneously. We found out how productive this solution is in tests.
In the second version (GT-I9505), LTE is present, and the processor is an equally powerful Snapdragon 600 chip. The PowerVR SGX 544MP3 chip is used as a video accelerator. Volume random access memory is 2 GB. As for the built-in one, here we have 3 options: 16, 32 and 64 GB. True, the system in the Galaxy S4 takes up quite a lot and in the “youngest” version of the smartphone, out of 16 users, a little less than 9 GB is left. You can read why this is so at the link below.
Finally, it is worth mentioning the smartphone’s battery, because now its capacity is 2600 mAh, which is enough for a day of work under full load.
Software.
The device operates under Android control 4.2.2 with the proprietary Nature UX shell. As already mentioned at the beginning of the article, Samsung has done a tremendous job and introduced a large number of all kinds of applications and utilities. In this review, I will not analyze each program, but rather I will dwell in detail on each application in the following articles.
Contents of delivery.
Actually, nothing much has changed here and the equipment of the S IV is quite standard and no different from previous flagships. In addition to a bunch of all kinds of “waste paper”, the smartphone comes with a battery, Charger at 5 V 2 A, USB cable and headphones with earbuds of different sizes.
Comparison with others.
If you are the owner of previous devices in the Samsung Galaxy line and are thinking about buying this “monster”, you will probably want to know its dimensions in comparison with your smartphone. A few photos taken along with the ones I have on my website will help you with this. this moment devices.
From Nexus 4
Comparison with S3 and “firstborn” I9000
And with the "giant" Galaxy Note
Comparison of two flagships
And finally the thickness
That's all for now. This review is far from complete and is constantly being improved. If you have anything to add, please write in the comments.
Introduction
The Android smartphone market in 2013 is more crowded than ever before. However, when it comes to choosing a top-end smartphone, there really aren't many options. Each leading manufacturer has released 1-2 flagship models, but Samsung, as usual, is ahead of the rest. The Koreans released 2 main models of the Galaxy S4 (we do not take into account models for different operators, since they are still based on only 2 processors).
Potential buyers are still scratching their heads as to why both models cost about the same but are available in different markets. After all, it’s hard to immediately distinguish one model from another. We're talking about choosing between the Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and the Galaxy S4 GT-I9500.
And it’s true. They look the same, cost the same, sound the same, but inside them there are very serious differences in the “brains”. The Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 600 SoC, while the Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 is powered by a proprietary chipset made by Samsung– Exynos 5 Octa, which as the name suggests, is an eight-core processor.
The Galaxy S4 with Exynos 5 Octa processor is only available in select markets, but Galaxy time The S4 with Snapdragon 600 is considered an "international version", although it was originally planned to be a domestic version for the US market. But still, due to the popularity of 4G LTE, Samsung has developed and is developing the S4 GT-I9505 as a publicly available model. As you can see, the difference is obvious - one model is promoted as a smartphone with LTE support, and the other is already available where LTE is not available. Therefore, it is clear why Samsung did not release many Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 models, making the GT-I9505 with Snapdragon 600 available.
Black model – Galaxy S4 GT-I9500, white – GT-I9505
And now we have both versions of the Samsung flagship. All that remains for us is to understand how big the difference is if the models run on different processors. Let’s sum it up at the end and you can already decide and say for sure which model you want to buy, if you haven’t bought it yet.
Performance
Both versions are Samsung's Android flagships in 2013, which received the same firmware version and the same TouchWiz.
Chipset Samsung Exynos 5 Octa is a big.LITTLE architecture. We talked about this often. This architecture involves the operation of four low-power Cortex-A7 cores with a set of four more powerful Cortex-A15m, which ensures a balance between energy consumption and performance. If you just need to support the interface (with support for primitive tasks like writing SMS and making calls), then the chipset only works on a quad-core Cortex-A7 1.2 GHz. When a performance boost is needed, four Cortex-A15 1.6 GHz cores are already working here.
In comparison, the Snapdragon 600 on the Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 runs exclusively on its four Krait 300 cores with a maximum frequency of 1.9GHz. As you can see, the clock speed here is higher than on the Cortex-A15, which results in higher power consumption, but also better performance.
However, these processors differ not only in chipsets. There is also a difference in the graphic part. The Snapdragon 600 is paired with an Adreno 320 GPU clocked at 450MHz, while the Exynos has a triple-core PowerVR SGX544 GPU clocked at 533MHz. We heard about this accelerator very often and for a very long time, since it is not new, but an additional core and more high frequency gives an advantage over Adreno 320.
Before we begin a series of tests, it should be noted that it is not entirely correct to call the Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 a smartphone with an eight-core processor, since technically only 4 cores work - either Cortex-A7 or Cortex-A15. It all depends on the system requirements.
First, we conducted a test in the BenchmarkPi benchmark, but we could not determine the winner, since both models showed the same result.
Linpack measures how fast an Android device can calculate floating point operations per second. Here the Galaxy S4 variant with Cortex-A15 cores turned out to be more powerful than the Krait 300, but with difficulty.
Geekbench 2 is a cross-platform benchmark that measures CPU and memory performance. This allows us to compare the Galaxy S4 even with the iPhone 5/5S, but now all our attention is drawn to comparing the versions with Snapdragon 600 and Exynos 5 Octa processors. And as you can see, there is a difference of 100 points.
Let's move on to other popular tests - AnTuTu and Quadrant, where the Galaxy S4 with an Exynos processor turned out to be slightly faster.
Now let's look at the evaluation of graphics accelerators. We ran GLBenchmark in 1080p screen mode, which represents the Galaxy S4's native screen resolution. Samsung Galaxy S4 with Snapdragon processor I was able to get around 600 HTC One, which makes us suspect that the graphics accelerator and processor here are overclocked, which we have talked about more than once with a discussion of why manufacturers falsify the test results a little. But the Galaxy S4 with Exynos processor is still a couple of frames faster
Now is the time to determine the performance of smartphones when working with javascript (SunSpider), where the Galaxy S4 is ahead of everyone in its class. S4 also performed well in determining performance with HTML work, but it is still worth noting that the Vellamo test still needs some improvement to be compatible with the new standard. However, the differences between them remain minor.
As a result, we can see that there is not a particularly big difference in synthetic tests between the models with Snapdragon 600 and Exynos 5 Octa processors. We suspect that Samsung specifically released a model with no difference, so that the user would be satisfied regardless of the chosen model, and developers could count on the same level of performance. And the manufacturer did an excellent job in this. However, if you need more performance, you can look at how much more powerful the Cortex-A15 is in the Exynos processor on the Galaxy Note 3.
Autonomous operation
Each Galaxy S4 model received a 2600 mAh battery, which became the most powerful when compared with other main competitors of the Samsung flagship. But we are more interested in what the difference is and who manages power consumption better from the two versions - Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 or GT-I9500, that is, which of the processors is more energy-efficient.
Surprisingly, the Snapdragon 600 variant performed better in our battery life tests. Although it should be noted the phenomenal work of manufacturers Samsung and Qualcomm in optimization software and phone hardware. The eight-core version of the flagship is not presented with the best result in the test.
We start as usual with the battery life in talk mode and the Galaxy S4 with an Exynos processor was able to last 11 hours and 1 minute, while its rival with a Snapdragon 600 processor lasted 18 hours and 3 minutes. In this mode, the smartphone screens remained turned off and the processors were not overloaded with any additional calculations, and this immediately tells us that there is something to work on to get normal optimization of the Exynos 5 Octa.
We move on to the web browsing test, which uses not only the processor itself, but also the Super AMOLED displays, where we viewed mainly pages with a white background color. Here, the Galaxy S4 with Exynos processor performed much better than in the previous test, but it still lags behind the S4 with Snapdragon 600 processor, albeit not by much - less than half an hour.
Next, our goal is to determine how long smartphones will work in video viewing mode, when the load mainly goes to the graphics accelerator, but again the Galaxy S4 with Exynos 5 Octa lags behind its rival and the gap increases by just under an hour.
11 hours 29 minutes - this is a performance indicator where the Galaxy S4 leaves its competitors far behind, with a few exceptions.
It's clear that the Exynos 5 Octa, with its four Cortex-A7 and four Cortex-A15 cores, has a lot of potential. Samsung is just starting to harness the power of the Exynos platform and there is still a huge amount of power and optimization to go around. Unfortunately, such a processor is not yet energy efficient. We must remember that while the Exynos 5 Octa may be better in terms of performance, it is not enough to guarantee sufficient autonomy in real-world conditions.
It would be interesting to see how Samsung optimizes the Exynos processors in the near future.
Comparison results
As we see in ours there is enough detailed comparison, both models are for the most part almost identical, so it’s hard to tell the difference between them, especially if you don’t immediately look at the “About Phone” menu.
The most basic difference between these Galaxy versions S4 in the chipset used - the I9500 model uses Exynos 5 Octa, and the I9505 uses Snapdragon 600.
When it comes to performance, the octa-core Exynos has a slight edge, but that's not because it has more cores. It is worth remembering that it only has 4 cores running at the same time, depending on the system requirements - either Cortex-A7 or Cortex-A15.
As you can see from our tests, the Galaxy S4 with an Exynos processor is still not as powerful as the version with a Snapdragon 600 processor. In addition, the Galaxy S4 I9500 performs worse in the battery test than the I9505 model, and at every stage.
We believe that longer battery life matters more than the performance of the Exynos chipset. Everything else in between different versions Samsung's flagship remains the same, so the smarter option when buying is the Galaxy S4 I9505. We will not pay attention to the price, since they are sold with almost the same price tag.
Of course, it is unlikely that both variants of the Galaxy S4 will be introduced in the same regional market at the same time. However, the Exynos 5 Octa processor still has difficulties with manufacturing processes and optimization.
Just don't get us wrong. Either way, you're buying a smartphone that's sure to be the best of the year. If showing off to your friends is very important to you, then you can choose the Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 model with an eight-core processor, which is slightly faster, but if Samsung continues to release optimization updates, the difference may increase between different models. For now, Samsung is artificially trying to keep both phones at roughly the same level of performance.
All this is not so important actually, since Samsung released great smartphone, which even after several months remains the most relevant, even despite the fact that Apple is talking about fantastic success with the released iPhone 5S. In general, decide for yourself, but a more informed choice is to buy a Galaxy S4 with a Snapdragon 600 processor.
The next flagship phone of the South Korean company has appeared – Galaxy S4. It offers a chance to further establish itself in the smartphone market, confirming its dominance among Android devices.
The new Samsung improves on almost every aspect of the previous model, pairing more powerful hardware with a suite of new software features. The gadget received a bunch of new sensors, aiming to become an all-in-one tool.
Let us immediately note the main disadvantages that the device has in our opinion:
- the design began to gradually become outdated;
- externally, the smartphone looks worse than the aluminum One or glass Xperia Z;
- no FM radio;
- Video recording is slightly worse than in the Galaxy S3;
- The overall camera interface makes framing quite difficult.
Now let's move on to more detailed review the main characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the new smartphone.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 comes with the standard set of accessories you'd expect in a box. This is an A/C adapter that needs to be used using the included microUSB cable, headphones that are incomparably better than the ones that came with the Galaxy S3. This time all accessories are painted white.
The new HS330 headphones are equipped with dual drivers that allow you to better reproduce high and low frequencies sound.
The headphones have also changed the shape, material and size of the tip, making them more comfortable. The control buttons on the headset have also been improved compared to the Galaxy S3.
Now let's move on to the appearance. The dimensions of the Galaxy S4 are likely to be one of the biggest advancements, as the smartphone is the same height as its predecessor, but is 0.8mm narrower, 0.7mm thinner and 3 grams lighter. And this is all despite the screen increased by 0.2 inches, more capacious battery, which remained removable as before. So, the dimensions of the phone are 136.6x69.8x7.9 mm, and the weight is 130 grams.
The gadget's screen is covered with new Gorilla Glass 3. This glass has a new composition and provides increased scratch resistance. And in fact, early tests showed that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is more difficult to scratch than the Galaxy S3.
The design has changed little when comparing the new product with its predecessor. The phone uses the same Hyperglazed finish, which, in our opinion, is a minus for the gadget, since when you hold the smartphone in your hands, you feel not a flagship device, but a plastic toy. In this it loses to HTC One and Sony Xperia Z.
This, however, does not mean that the Galaxy S4 looks worse than its predecessor. The new texture gives it a more serious and stylish appearance, and back panel now looks different depending on the viewing angle.
Thin bezels left more space for the shiny screen, but more on that later. A thin body has a higher vibration level. We also note that now black color will be available from the very beginning of sales.
Note that the new product is easier to use than the Samsung Galaxy S3. It's also more comfortable to hold than the HTC One.
The Samsung smartphone has a lot of sensors scattered throughout the body, but the basic controls and their layout remain largely unchanged.
Under the display you will find the same three buttons as in the Galaxy S3 - touch-sensitive “Menu” and “Back”, as well as a mechanical “Home”.
There is additional functionality: when pressed for a long time, the "Menu" button processes Google Now, while “Home” brings up the task switcher, there are other options that are described in more detail in the instructions.
Above the display there is a speaker, a bunch of sensors and a 2.1-megapixel front-camera. There is an LED indicator, a traditional ambient light sensor, and an IR gesture sensor that allows you to control some applications such as the web browser and music player.
On the left Samsung side The Galaxy S4 has a dual volume rocker, and the power/lock button is on the right. Unfortunately, although the camera has received a significant update, the control button is still missing. You can use the volume key to take a photo, but it won't completely replace the two-stage (point and shutter) button.
At the top end you can see a 3.5 mm headphone jack and an IR sensor that allows you to use your smartphone as a remote control remote control For household appliances. Eat pre-installed application, which will allow you to control some devices.
The microUSB port on the bottom is used for data transfer and charging. It not only supports USB-host, but also MHL 2.0, which provides the ability to output 3D Full HD video to TV without external source nutrition. Previously, it was necessary to connect, but now they got rid of it.
Also at the bottom is the main microphone.
On the back of the Samsung Galaxy S4 there is a 13-megapixel Full HD camera. Like the Galaxy S3, the LED flash is located nearby, but the speaker grille has been moved to the bottom left edge of the device.
Performance and Software
The Samsung Galaxy S4 that we have in our hands is equipped with a Snapdragon 600 chipset. We, of course, know that there will be a modification with an 8-core Exynos 5 Octa, but for now we will test the available version of the smartphone.
A gadget with 4 Krait cores clocked at 1.9 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and Adreno 320 should show excellent performance, in our opinion. Built-in memory - from 16 to 64 GB depending on the version, there is a card slot. Operating system - Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
The South Korean company's device outperformed HTC One and Optimus G Pro in single-threaded (Benchmark Pi) and multi-threaded (LinPack) performance tests. Both of these phones use the same chipset, but only at 1.7 GHz.
Geekbench 2 is a cross-platform test that allows you to compare the Galaxy S4 with the 5, which showed twice as bad results. HTC One and LG Optimus G Pro also lagged behind the test device, although we should note that they use more old version OS Android 4.1.2. Let us remind you that in the new Samsung flagship operating system– Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
Now let's move on to compound tests. In AnTuTu, our gadget was again at the top, and in Quadrant the difference between it and Optimus G Pro is very small. Although HTC One lagged behind significantly here.
Now let's test the graphics. In GLBenchmark 2.5 in 1080p off-screen mode, our smartphone confidently won. The Galaxy S4 also topped the Epic Citadel test, although the 60 frames per second limitation played a role here. Without this, there might have been a big difference with the HTC One. However, this benchmark uses the Unreal Engine, which is sometimes found in high-end 3D games for mobile phones and shows real performance.
Finally, JavaScript and HTML 5 performance testing. The smartphone performed well in these benchmarks, but fell behind the Galaxy Note II. We used Android Browser for the test, not Google Chrome, which is also pre-installed.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 with the Snapdragon 600 chipset delivered excellent performance even in areas like heavy animated galleries and video players.
Eat Wi-Fi support, GPS/A-GPS/GLONASS, 3G and LTE (optional), Bluetooth 4.0.
Screen
One of the most important updates, which the Samsung Galaxy S4 brought, was a new 5-inch Super screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The gadget has a PenTile matrix with a pixel density of 441 ppi.
The PenTile design has also been changed so that there are now twice as many green subpixels as blue and red subpixels, and their placement has also changed. However, this is naturally not noticeable without a microscope.
The image quality is excellent. The smartphone has impressive contrast and almost perfect viewing angles. Rich colors transform even the most boring image into a surprisingly vibrant image and are beyond the reach of any LCD display. If you're not a fan of oversaturated AMOLED displays, Samsung gives you the option to change the saturation to a more natural level.
The brightness levels of the Samsung Galaxy S4 are about on par with the company's other AMOLED panels, meaning it's not very high. However, due to low reflectivity, it does not affect the image in sunlight. Keep in mind that turning on the auto settings on-screen option limits the maximum brightness value to 300 nits, so if this matters to you, it's best to keep it.
Of course, it turned out to be brighter than the AMOLED display in the Galaxy S4, but the difference is not so dramatic. The South Korean smartphone showed good image quality in sunlight, although it is surprising that it did not outperform the Galaxy S3 in this indicator, despite its higher brightness. Perhaps the new Gorilla glass brought additional reflections and thus offset the benefits.
Camera
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has a 13-megapixel camera capable of taking pictures of 4128x3096 pixels. There is also a 2-megapixel front camera that is capable of taking photos and recording video simultaneously with the main one.
It is possible to enable various effects. They can be previewed so you can see how a particular scene will look when the effect is applied.
Let's look at the different modes. There are standard ones such as Rich Tone (), Panorama, Night and Sports. Panoramic shots are quite impressive, they can be 360 degrees or more, and can be larger than 60 MP (note that if you hold the phone vertically, the panoramic image will have almost twice the resolution). Here is an example of a panorama.
The gadget has many shooting modes, which are described in the instructions. They are all good and useful, but we need to answer the question: does it shoot well? Galaxy camera S4? The answer is yes, yes, very good. The South Korean company has done a lot of work to maintain good quality images with increasing resolution.
In the photo you can distinguish many small details, but there is little noise. Colors are accurate, if slightly oversaturated, and the white balance is somewhere between neutral and cool (typical for cameras Samsung phones). The smartphone retains the details of the image in the dark area, although sometimes at the expense of detail in the light. To fix this, you can use HDR mode.
Samsung Galaxy S4 records video in MP4 with bitrate 17 Mbps on average. Stereo sound is saved at 128 bitrate Kbps and sampling rate 48 kHz.
It doesn’t provide users with as many shooting modes, but there are some effects here too. For example, you can do slow movements, double shooting. Slow-motion video can reach up to 8x slow motion, but the resolution drops to 800x450 pixels and the frame rate to 15 per second. The usual parameters for video are a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and a frame rate of 30 frames per second.
Touch focusing is available before and during video recording, and you can switch back to continuous autofocus if you prefer. You can take 9.6 MP (16:9) photos while recording.
On video, taken by phone, you can see a lot of small details and little noise. Colors and white balance are similar to those in photographs, generally accurate but slightly oversaturated and with a cool white balance shift. One thing that can be considered a disadvantage is the narrowed brim. It is smaller than the Galaxy S III and HTC One. The difference is quite noticeable; the Galaxy S4 captures much less of the frame than its competitors.
The video quality itself isn't much better than the Galaxy S III. You can check this yourself by comparing the records. An example filmed on a Galaxy S4 is shown below.
When we turned on digital video stabilization, it became more detailed and the contrast improved. Below is an example in which stabilization is enabled.
Battery
If you remove the cover that covers the battery compartment, you can see the microSIM slot, an updated removable battery with a capacity of 2600 mAh and a slot for microSD cards. The slot is hot-swappable.
As it turned out during our battery testing, the additional 500 mAh is easily eaten up high resolution screen and more energy-intensive chipsets. As a result, there is no significant superiority over its predecessor. Endurance during video playback and web browsing has been improved only slightly, but standby performance has been a huge step forward. This is, of course, understandable: after all, the chipset does not process any applications, and the screen is turned off.
The gadget can work autonomously for 13 hours 53 minutes when talking using 3G networks, 8 hours 42 minutes when surfing the Internet and 10 hours 16 minutes when playing high-definition video.
Testing has shown that the smartphone can last an average of 63 hours if used for an hour a day for web browsing, video and telephony.
Price
The cost of Samsung Galaxy S4 on the Russian market will depend on the modification:
— 16 GB/3G — 29,990 rubles;
— 64 GB/3G — 36,990 rubles;
- 16 GB/LTE - 29,990 rubles;
- 64 GB/LTE - 36,990 rubles.
Test Review Reviews ArticlesDescription of Samsung Galaxy S 4 GT-I9500
Galaxy S 4 has a 5-inch display with Full HD resolution. The Galaxy S 4 also has an increase in battery capacity - from 2100 to 2600 mAh. Despite the increase in display and battery capacity, the size of the smartphone has decreased slightly - it has become thinner and narrower. Samsung Galaxy S 4 received an 8-core Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5410 processor with a frequency of 1.6 GHz. The amount of RAM is 2 GB. Pre-installed OS - Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
| Peculiarities | |
|---|---|
| Type | smartphone |
| operating system | Android |
| Version | 4.2.2 |
| CPU | Exynos 5 Octa 5410 |
| Frequency | 1600 MHz |
| RAM | 2048 MB |
| Flash memory | 65536 MB |
| Screen | |
| Diagonal | 5 " |
| Permission | 1920 x 1080 |
| Color rendition | 16 million colors |
| Digital camera | |
| Camera | 13 million pixels |
| Dimensions and weight | |
| Width | 69.8 mm |
| Height | 136.6 mm |
| Depth | 7.9 mm |
| Weight | 130 gr. |