Samsung Galaxy S4

It is actually not clear who started the whole movement towards having a bigger display screen, but the general public seems to have embraced the notion. It was no surprise that the size of the display screen of Samsung models in the Galaxy S series have been enlarged in every consequent incarnation, so it is really a pleasure to see the latest model, the Samsung Galaxy S4, proudly present an alluring 5.0 inches wide screen, with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels, nowadays almost the norm, and a pixel density of 441 ppi on an incredibly crisp Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen.

How do you rate the flagship model of the market leading manufacturer? It does have all the knick-knacks that were expected, storage choice of 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB with expansion up to 64 GB per microSD, 2 GB of RAM, all the connectivity you can get nowadays, including microUSB, MHL, NFC and whatever else is out there. The camera is really good one, 13 megapixels, with autofocus and LED flash, has of course full HD video capture, the latest Android OS, 4.3 Jelly Bean, with KitKat coming very shortly. Inside is the Exynos 5 Octa 5410 octa-core processor, unless you opt for the LTE variant, whereby you get the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600.

Currently, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the most sold smartphones ever, with over forty million units sold by the end of October 2013. Large numbers were expected, because pre-orders alone amounted to a whopping ten million units, but the continuous demand was a positive surprise, even for Samsung. This development firmly establishes Samsung as the market leading manufacturer of handheld devices, or rather mobile phones, despite Apple’s efforts to regain the throne. While the competition is getting more and more interesting, Samsung continues to provide just what the public is asking for.