The much-awaited hour is finally here, even as Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S4 in India. Along with paying a visit to the Asian country, the conglomerate’s flagship has entered other nations including the US and the UK, the Samsung Galaxy S4 price in India is pegged at Rs. 41,500.
The aforementioned western regions have stood witness to the arrival of the phone’s variant gaining steam from a quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, whereas the company has made the Exynos 5 Octa-driven model available in India under consideration. Crafted by the South Korean manufacturer itself, this eight core chipset is based on ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture.
Operations which are generally carried out by one CPU will be divided amongst two processors in this scenario. The S4 comprises of a quad core Cortex A15 and a quad core Cortex A7 chipset. The former will be in charge of heavier tasks, whereas the latter will be assigned low-priority jobs.
The manufacturer’s attempts to make the smartphone top notch is quiet apparent. But over and above the high-end handset‘s specifications, it is the set of inbuilt features which have been at the hub of attention. Those who have been keeping track of our previous reports will know that the device has been presented with Smart Scroll and Smart Pause.
Utilizing the integrated front-facing camera, the first attribute ensures that a video stops playing once users’ gaze is averted and resumes when they look back. Similarly, the other feature scrolls up or down depending on owners’ eye and wrist movements. In addition to these, there exist Air View, Air Gesture and WatchON.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has struck the company’s e-store. Apart from the manufacturer’s portal, customers can take a look at websites of Saholic and Infibeam to find it available in colors such as black mist and white frost. Flipkart on the other hand, has only put it up for pre-order as of now.
Let’s run through the smartphone’s outlined specifications:
– 5-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen
– 1,080 x 1,920 pixel resolution
– Android 4.2, Jelly Bean OS
– 1.6GHz Exynos 5 Octa processor
– 13MP primary camera with autofocus, LED flash and geo-tagging
– 2MP secondary webcam
– 16GB flash memory, expandable up to 64GB
– 2GB of RAM
– 2,600mAh Li-ion battery
