Galaxy S4 to hit store shelves after a month

The wait for Samsung Galaxy S4 will be over soon. International Marketing Services is introducing the flagship phone from the South Korean electronics giant by April-end.

Samsung announced the phone amid a colorful function in New York on March 14. It is expected to go on sale in the last week of April.

“We will offer the latest Samsung phone, the Galaxy S4, to Nepali customers in the last week of April. We have already opened Letter of Credit (LC) for Galaxy S4,” said Deepak Malhotra, chairman of IMS - the authorized distributor for Samsung mobile in Nepal.

The Galaxy S4 boasts a 5-inch HD super AMOLED display with improved resolution at 1080p which is slightly larger than Galaxy S3 that has 4.8-inch display. The phone runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system -- the latest version of Jelly Bean - and is powered by a 1.6 GHz octa core or 1.9 GHz quad core processor with Exynos 5 Octa 5410 chipset. It has power VR SGX 544 MP3 graphics processing unit, 1 GB RAM and internal memory of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB which can be expanded by another 64 GB.

The phone sports 13 mega pixels auto focus primary camera with a resolution of 4128x3096 pixels. According to the company, the camera with LED flash allows dual shot, simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization and high dynamic range (HDR) photography. It also has a 2 mega pixels front camera for video calling.

The phone, which uses 2600 mAh battery, has new features such as eye tracking, gesture capabilities, S Health and S Voice Drive, among others.

According to the company, ´Smart Stay´ or ´Smart Pause´ is a new feature in the S4 that uses the front camera to detect whether the users are looking at the screen while watching a video. If the users look away from the screen the video will pause automatically, said the company.

Similarly, another feature ´Smart Scroll´ can tell if the users are looking at the screen while reading an article on a webpage. When looking at the phone, users can tilt the phone up or down to scroll through the new feature.

S Health, a calorie-counter or a pedometer, is another new feature in the phone. It uses sensors like accelerometer and barometer to track the steps, jogs, hops, jolts, snacks, and perspiration.

Likewise, the S Voice Drive app is specially designed for cars and allows the drivers to use built-in navigation system as well as make calls, send messages, and check the weather.

In addition to the usual toggles for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS, the phone also has toggles for call-blocking mode and eye-tracking gestures. It has integrated optical reader that can scan Quick Response (QR) codes, turn business cards into text, and translate with S Translator.

According to Malhotra, Galaxy S4 (16 GB model) will be available at around Rs 72,000.

source: republica,26 march 2013