Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 Advantages and Disadvantages

Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 -  GSMArena

As the new Samsung's flagship this year, the Galaxy S4 i9500 comes with specs and features riveting. The phone is equipped with a myriad of facilities are most advanced in the smartphone never existing before. Following from its advantages, as a man-made product, of course, there there are still weaknesses that accompany it.



Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 Pros Cons



Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 Advantages

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE; quad-band 3G with HSPA; LTE


• 5" 16M-color 1080p Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass 3


• Android OS v4.2.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz UI


• Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU; Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 chipset/ Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU; Exynos 5410 chipset


• 2GB of RAM


• 13 MP autofocus camera with LED flash,1080p video recording @ 30fps, continuous autofocus and stereo sound


• 2 MP front-facing camera, 1080p video recording


• Dual shot and dual video recording, Drama shot, Shot and sound


• Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct and DLNA


• GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS


• 16GB/32/64GB of built-in storage


• microSD card slot


• microUSB port with USB host and MHL 2.0


• Bluetooth v4.0


• NFC


• IR port for remote control functionality


• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack


• Accelerometer and proximity sensor


• Barometer, thermometer, hygroscope


• IR gesture sensor for Air gestures


• Smart gestures: Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll


• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic


• Ample 2600 mAh battery with great endurance


• 7.9mm thickness


• Smart volume and Adapt Sound features for the music player

Samsung Galaxy S4 i9500 Main disadvantages

• Design is a bit played out by now


• Hyperglaze finish doesn't feel as premium as aluminum on HTC One or glass on Xperia Z


• No FM radio


• Video recording is slightly worse than on the Galaxy S III; FOV in video is pretty narrow


• Shared camera interface makes framing tricky

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