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Samsung Galaxy S4 announced |
rikken
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
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From: Norway
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That's one heck of a batterytime and it matches my experience with the Mighty Note III 
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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So PhoneArena did a blind Mobile Camera test last week, I forgot to post a link here, anyway, personally I voted for #5 which was SOO obviously the Lumia 1020 even before reveal, the real shocker was the phone many voted into 2nd, Phone #2, many thought it was a Xperia Z1, to be honest I thought #2 was the iPhone5S, shocker, #2 which came 2nd turned out to be a damn Galaxy S4
Lumia 1020 beats the iPhone 5s and Galaxy S4 by a mile in our blind camera comparison
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I'm quite shocked the GS4 despite being +5-6months old is still so capable next to the new beasts, it even had fanboys of other OEMs fooled  ,got to love blind tests, I think GSMArena should bring them back and do a few with the latest smartphones and another for phablets. 
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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It doesn't come as a surprise at all.
What would have been a surprise would have been if they included the 808 in there with it. Most people would probably rate the 808 worser than the rest because of its more natural colours.
Usually the iPhone tops the opinion polls due to its boosted saturation much like Samsung phones.
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Tsepz_GP
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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What got me in the comments there and in the Z1 thread is how people spoke about the great detail #2 got, wonder if they would've said the same if they knew what the models were.
I think the 808 would make up ground with its detail and low light performance, thats how Lumia 1020 won, I was gobsmacked by how far ahead the 1020 was, the 808 would've demolished, it would've been so unfair
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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Its all entertaining but to be honest as long as the camera produces the results the user is happy with, theres no point in comparing them. The only ones worth comparing are the ones which are focused solely on their cameras, of which the 1020 is.
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Android 4.3 update for Samsung Galaxy S4 said to be close at hand
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[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2013-10-14 14:45 ] Phone: iPhone 15 Pro Max Black Ti 512GB
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Bonovox
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I couldn't believe this pricing from O2 in their brochure. The GS4 @ £549 yet the completely differently lower specced GS4 mini next to it priced @ £499!!!!!!! This pricing is so wrong. You can get the better specced GS3 now for £280
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Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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Im sure the mini one was a lot cheaper
Then that in CPW last time I saw it
It's defo not worth what O2 wants 
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Bonovox
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Nope
Phone?? What phone?? |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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Android4.3 has begun rolling out for us
Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.3 update starts rolling out officially, just as promised
- OpenGL 3.0 Support
- GALAXY GEAR Support
- TRIM Support (Makes the device much faster)
- ANT+ Support
- Samsung KNOX Implementation (KNOX bootloader and dedicated application)
- Samsung Wallet comes pre-loaded
- Improved RAM management
- Improved Display colour reproduction (Display looks much sharper than before)
- Improved TouchWiz Launcher (Much less launcher redraws and less lag)
- New Samsung Keyboard
- New Samsung Browser (Full screen by default, new tab interface and more)
- New Reading Mode (Optimises display for reading, used by only a few specific applications)
- New Camera firmware
- Minor UI tweaks (Contacts app, Flashlight Widget, dialog boxes etc)
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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tsepz
have you downloaded and flashed with odin yet.
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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My S4 is conveniently sitting at Smart Care waiting for a new main board will update next week.
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Sonysta
Joined: May 25, 2013
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Today I woke up with a good news... My Galaxy S4 received the long awaited Jelly Bean (4.3) !
Below my new homescreen:
Below some synthetic benchmarks (after update):
QUADRANT
ANTUTU 4.0
GEEKBENCH 3
BENCHMARK PI
LINPACK (RUN MULTI – THREAD MODE)
SUNSPIDER 1.0.2
BROWSERMARK 2.0
GLBENCHMARK 2.5 EGYPT (1080p OFF - SCREEN)
GLBENCHMARK 2.7 T-Rex (1080p OFF - SCREEN)
EPIC CITADEL (ULTRA HIGH QUALITY)
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Awesome thanks for them screenshots Sonysta!
Android4.3 now rolling out for the beastly I9500 Octa to
Samsung releases official Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500)
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Samsung right on time with this update, they said October and here they are delivering in October, many Android OEMs like LG, Sony, ZTE etc... Should be taking notes here. Some of them were very quick to say they'll update their phones to 4.3 and then went very quiet.
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etaab
Joined: Jan 23, 2004
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From: UK - South Yorkshire
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What will be interesting to see will be whether my more than a year old S3 gets 4.3 then their two month old 2013 flagship devices.
I'd bet it does.
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Posted: 2013-10-04 10:12
