Samsung Galaxy S4 To Be Revealed Shortly

[AdamGray]

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Certainly looks fantastic. Samsung is expected to reveal the Samsung Galaxy S4 officially on the 14th of March. Some stand-out features include the phone being able to be used as a VISA pay-pass and a projected keyboard.

[Tarmacsurfer]

I'm presuming you mean Visa PayWave, PayPass is a Mastercard thing. I'm also presuming it'll be about as much use as NFC payment has been for the last couple of years. The UK doesn't seem to have a good uptake rate for use at point of sale, let alone banks leveraging the support of e-wallets
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[LockyUK]

i love the contactless on my debit card, they should roll it out to every chip and pin terminal

[The Artist]

I dislike the touch buttons on the glass. I preferred physical buttons at the bottom for home, menu etc. My current HTC has the glass buttons and they are not as nice to use as my old one.

[AdamGray]

Opps, yes I mean Pay Wave.

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[Shinigami]

buuuut i've only just got the s3
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[el_oso]

how powerful is the nexus 4 in comparison?
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[Irn-Bru]

There's loads of phones more powerful than the S3 including the iPhone 5, HTC One X+ & Nexus 4. It's old tech now, in the Android world phones are the "best on the market" for about 2 weeks.

I still challenge OP to actually talk about something motorbike related, as I said in the other thread he posted in. He has blatantly been Googling for S3 vs. iPhone thread and just wants to lick Samsungs bum hole.

The S4 looks good, I'm sure it'll be marketed very well which is what Samsung are good at, I see more S3's and Note II's these days over iPhones. The problem I have is the screen size is bigger (5"), my phones is 4.7" which is pushing it, if I didn't have big hands it'd annoy me for sure.
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[treeno]

I have held off getting the Note II and S3 to wait for this. As for screen size it doesn't bother me. Owned a Galaxy Nexus and once you get used to it everything else seems tiny. 5" should be fine.

[woo]

ive got a samsung galaxy note 2 and was considering getting the sony xperia z but after playing with my girls sony xperia z i prefer the note 2 the screen size for reading comics, books and watching films just cant be beaten

s4 will be interesting to see what its has as i didnt really see much difference between the sony xperia z 13mp camera vs my samsung galaxy note 2 8mp camera
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[Tarmacsurfer]

The only feature of the Xperia Z that I find intriguing is the waterproofing. Ye gods how I wish the S3 had that Other than that I've been more than happy with the S3 and won't be upgrading for a while, Woo makes an interesting point about comics but I'd have trouble enjoying them on anything smaller than a 10" panel I suspect (what I'm used to) and the 4.8" screen on the phone is fine for books.
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[Rigga]

So where's this S4 then?

It says in thread title to be revealed shortly?

[treeno]

[AdamGray]

[MinhDinh]

S4 should be decent, I await in anticipation.

I hope it is 1080P.
Decent battery or function like the Sony Stamina thing where you can select loads of options to turn off when the screen is off, even though it does already have power save mode.
Better camera.
Bigger memory.
Better quality feel. (Yep 90% of the people I know with smart phones use a case, but still)

I do like how the Xperia Z looks, and the camera seems wicked in the sense of the sensor allowing good shots in bright sunny days etc...

As for 5 inches etc... I find it OK. I walk around with a Nexus 7 in some trousers at times, and the S3 fits in fine. Holding it is perfect and my hands aren't even that large.

The extra .3 of an inch should not be too different to hold since the outter edges of the phone from top to bottom aren't that much different.

For me to get a new phone it needs to have:

Swift Key 3 for the flow mode. I can't type normally now, the swipe style is very easy to use and I am fast on it now.
I advise others to trial the month for free, and see how it goes. Trust me it is brilliant.

I need a good battery. I use Juice Defender at times, but prefer a battery that has more MAH. I bought an Anker 4400 Mah capacity battery which is superb but makes the back quite thick. Meh. However having over 50% at 10 PM with heavy use is nice to have.

Better speed for browsing internet, but more importantly, the phones signal strength. I rarely use 3g Mode, but at times when I need reception in difficult places, I don't have it.

Widget capability. I am use to quick access to apps or the ability to click and read articles like Flip Board. In fact the widget often shows a headline that makes me intrigued and I use it.

Fast camera shutter speed. I have become a phone picture taking addict and need the camera to load up quickly. The addiction is kind of out of control.

64 Gig+ I don't want to rely on cloud and at times without wifi or HSPDA/3G, I am stuck. I listen to Islamic talks etc... and they add a lot of Gigs.

Notification light that has different colours. I.E. The S3 has a small round light that shows red for miss call, green for a text, white for a whatsapp. Sometimes I am busy and only look at my phone and sort of see what is urgent or not.

Block number mode. Fuk loads of sales calls somehow these days.

Whatsapp capability. Much needed app.

Nova launcher App capability. I find the ability to customise my home screen, icons etc... really handy. I am a type to adjust and change things. It's almost like my bike where I kept buying bits and bobs.
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[JonB]

Not being funny or owt, but why would 1080p be essential on a screen 5" big?!
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[Irn-Bru]

WhatsApp capability? I thought nearly all phones could run it.

SwiftKey is very good, I bought it when it was on sale the other week
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[woo]

until you watch a hd film on phone like the samsung galaxy note 2 you will never understand.

it cant be explained only experienced

only once you have experienced you will understand and then the cycle continues............................

5.5 inch screen is made of awesomeness.....................
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