Samsung Galaxy S4 Features & Specs: All New Things For Latest Smartphone

Samsung's Galaxy S4 boasts a bigger screen, better camera and faster processor than its predecessor Galaxy S phones. It also ships with a whole bunch of new features, too many to list in our primary wrap-up about the S4 launch, which happened Thursday evening in New York. Here is your unabridged and alphabetized version of new features -- or, at least, the really important ones -- you'll get with Samsung's latest volley in the smartphone wars:

Samsung Galaxy S4 Features

Air Gestures: Now, you don't need to touch the screen to control the phone. Hand movements made above the phone's display will do everything. Common gestures include waving your hand over the display to skip a track or waving left and right to switch between open web pages in the browser. These gestures only work with specific Samsung apps. Air View: You can hover over the display with your finger to view information about certain pieces of content, as in case of stylus of Note 2. For example, hovering your finger over an email shows you a longer preview without opening the message. Drama Shot: This camera feature shoots 12 photos at once and shows you a time-lapse of all the action in those photos combined into one picture. Dual Camera: This camera's feature allows the photographer to superimpose himself/herself into the subject of the photo by activating both the rear and front cameras. Samsung gave as an example someone watching football superimposing himself or herself into the game. Dual Video Call: During video-chatting with someone, you will be able to show them both your face and the view from your rear camera while you chat. Group Play: It allows multiple Galaxy S4 owners in close proximity to join a private network in which they can, among other things, play a game. S Health: This app acts as a fitness tracker and food diary. Built-in pedometer of Galaxy S4 count your steps, and can take photos of your meals each day to keep count of your calories and eating habits. Samsung will also sell a fitness bracelet, a digital scale and fitness belt to measure blood pressure, pulse, glucose levels and weight for those interested. S Translator: App helps to receive a translation of any of 10 inputted languages, either spoken or in text. Also, it can translate text on your email, text messages and a few other Samsung apps. S Voice Drive: All new hands-free function for drivers that allows the driver to operate the phone with his or her voice. Samsung Adapt Display: The Galaxy S4 "learns" what you are viewing and adjusts the display's brightness according to it. If it senses you are reading an article, for example, it will illuminate from a more muted brightness. Samsung Adapt Sound: It is similar to Adapt Display, your audio can adapt to the content you're listening to (video, music, etc.) and optimize itself to that content. Samsung Optical Reader: Camera feature that snap a photo of a business card and import that information into a new contact in your phonebook. It was not working as of demo time, but Samsung reps assured it would be fixed by the time it shipped to consumers. Samsung Smart Pause: While watching a video, the front camera senses when your eyes move away from the screen and pause the video automatically if you aren't looking. Samsung Smart Scroll: When you are reading an email or article on the web, scrolling up and down can be done by tilting the device up and down rather than swiping with your finger. Samsung WatchON: A built-in IR sensor lets you control your television set with your smartphone & comes with a standard remote and a program guide depending on your cable provider. It can also control certain cable boxes and DVD players. Share Music: When linked with Group Play, multiple Galaxy S4s can work as surround sound speakers, all playing the same song at once. Sound & Shot: It allows you to record up to nine seconds of audio at the time of taking each photo. Story Album: Templates that allow you to create a digital photo journal or scrapbook from a certain event. You can also then order and print out that story album for a fee. S Voice

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Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung Galaxy S4 Specifications

• 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display at 441ppi
• 1.9 GHz Quad-Core Processor / 1.6 GHz Octa-Core Processor
• Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
• 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Zero Shutter Lag, BSI and Full HD video recording
• 2MP front-facing camera
• 7.9 mm thick and weighs 130 grams
• 2GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB / 64GB internal memory,  expandable up to 64GB with microSD
• Infrared LED for smart TV remote
• 4G LTE LTE Cat 3 100/50Mbps) / 3G (HSPA+ 42 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and a/c, Bluetooth v 4.0, MHL 2.0, GPS/GLONASS and NFC
• 2600 mAh Battery
• Color: Black Mist and White Frost

The Samsung Galaxy S4 would be available from 327 mobile operators in 55 countries starting from the end of April. No word on pricing yet. Phew! So, what do you think? Do any of these jump out at you, or are all of these destined to be unused features for Galaxy S4 owners? Fight it out in the comments below.
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