After we’ve covered the news about the new flagship smartphone from Samsung, Galaxy S 4, is now we have many information regarding head-to-head comparison between Galaxy S 4 device with the other smartphone on the market today, and here is the comparison between Samsung Galaxy S 4 versus BlackBerry Z10.

As we know, the BlackBerry Z10 is the latest smartphone from BlackBerry which has a new core OS’es since the company chage their core system from Java-based system to QNX system.

And here is the comparison on some aspects :

SIZE
Galaxy S4: 5.3 inches x 2.74 inches x 0.3 inches; weighs 4.5 ounces
BlackBerry Z10: 5.12 inches x 2.58 inches x 0.35 inches; weighs 4.78 ounces

DISPLAY
Galaxy S4: 5-inch, full HD Super AMOLED screen; 1920 x 1080 resolution
BlackBerry Z10: 4.2-inch; 1280 x 768 resolution

PROCESSOR
– Galaxy S4: Eight-core Exynos 5 chipset clocked at 1.6 GHz supported by 2 GB of RAM. U.S. will have Qualcomm’s quad-core Sanpdragon S4 Pro processor clocked at 1.9 GHz
– BlackBerry Z10: Qualcomm’s dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.5 GHz supported with 2 GB of RAM

STORAGE
Galaxy S4: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, up to 64GB with micro SD
BlackBerry Z10: 16GB model; up to 64GB with micro SD

CAMERA
Galaxy S4: 13-megapixel rear camera; 2-megapixel front
BlackBerry Z10: 8-megapixel rear camera; 2-megapixel front

BATTERY LIFE
Galaxy S4: No details from Samsung. We will update when it becomes available.
BlackBerry Z10: Standby: 13 days; Talk time: 10 hours

AVAILABLE APPS
Galaxy S4: 700,000
BlackBerry Z10: 70,000

KEY FEATURES
Galaxy S4
Dual Camera: Takes photos and video with the front and rear cameras simultaneously. Supports video calls with both cameras.
Group Play: Share photos, documents, games between phones without Wi-Fi, cell connection

BlackBerry Z10
BlackBerry Balance. Create multiple profiles for personal, work, other needs.
BlackBerry Hub. Quick swipe left of screen to access email, other functions while using any app.

BlackBerry Z10 has the smart keyboard that’s allow user to type more accurate with prediction word that may occurs, while the Samsung Galaxy S 4 has built in SwiftKey keyboard which allow user to swipe their finger to soft keyboard and has prediction words too.

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Samsung has been unveiled their flagship smartphone on April 14th in New York but  on that time, there is no information about the price for consumer. but  now we have got the price of Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone for US market.

However, It is reported that Samsung has been revealed the prioce of Galaxy S 4 for US market, the quad-core version of Galaxy S 4 will be has $ 579 USD retail price or about 3598 yuan. According to rumors in Italy GALAXY S 4 eight-core version will be sold with 599 euros or about 4860 yuan.

According to the information received by the part to receive the Samsung official e-mail users, if registered subscribers the GALAXY S4 email update, then there will be a chance to win a free GALAXY S4. At the same time under the terms of this activity revealed that Samsung will send 48 new flagship smartphone, the retail price of $ 579 for each new machine, or about 3598 yuan.

The Samsung activities to disclose the price indeed for the U.S. version of the GALAXY S4 future price of, then no doubt excited than $ 649 from the sale of the U.S. version of the lock-free iPhone 5 to be cost-effective. But widely expected that this price does not include consumption tax, and the price is to close with GALAXY S3 price.

The UK will be available on April 26
As for the specific launch date of the Samsung GALAXY S4, the news from foreign media disclosed on April 26 Samsung GALAXY S4 will visit the United Kingdom market. This new machine determination of the time in the UK, is likely to mean the Samsung GALAXY S4 will sync in the United States and some other countries listed, only listed prices, contract plans and other details of the aircraft is not yet announced.

The Samsung GALAXY S4 also support mobile TD-LTE 4G network, so the domestic market is also likely to synchronize started selling. Previously, the media quoted Unicom insiders disclosure of the news, the Unicom custom dual card dual standby version will be has 5899 yuan or about $948 USD.

Italian price leaked
According to the Italian website, there is a message quoted by Samsung insiders, Samsung GALAXY S4 will be held in May, the first two weeks in Italy, but the phone cost up to 699 euros, or about 5670 yuan. However, the Samsung GALAXY S4 prices in other EU countries, compared with 599 euros (about 4860 yuan), relatively cheaper.

Obviously, if the Italian media revealed the news is true, then Italy may be the first sale of the Samsung GALAXY S4. Handset prices in Italy and other EU countries and indeed there are price differences, for example the Samsung GALAXY Note II, and the Samsung GALAXY S III would have appeared in such a situation.

Samsung previously published information, the Samsung GALAXY S4 will be available by the end of April this year, listed in 155 countries around the world, and all U.S. carriers will be sales of the smartphone.

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Samsung has finally officially introduced their latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S IV to the public. The launching event helds in Time Square, New York, USA. In keeping with the theme and the pieces of the outstanding issues over the years, the Galaxy S 4 comes with a much larger screen size than its predecessor, which is equal to 5 inches.

After we’ve covered the news Samsung Galaxy S 4 smartphone and we also has the review of those new flagship smartphone from Samsung, is now we have another interestnig information regarding those smartphone, yes, we have a teardown picture of the new Galaxy S 4 and got the detail parts.

Here are the tear down picture of Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android smartphone:

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Galaxy S 4 finally chosen a name from the Samsung Galaxy lineup (while  previously rumored as “Galaxy S IV”). South Korean vendors are more forward in terms of renewal hardware and features.

When compared at a glance, the Galaxy S 4 does not offer a leap in terms of design changes compared with the S III. Except for the screen size is enlarged to 5 inches, 4.99 inches to be exact.

The screen certainly will be more brilliant with the capability of 1080p full High Definition (HD), 441dpi density coated with Super AMOLED screen technology.

Well, interestingly Samsung did not mention what processor is carried on this new smartphone. Although as quoted from Engagdet, that’s phone is using octa-core Exynos processor 1.6 GHz or 1.9 GHz Quad Core Qualcomm.

Meanwhile, according to JK Shin, Samsung Mobile Chief, S 4 comes with a wider screen but thinner and lighter. Because this phone is made with a weight of 130 grams with a thickness of 7.9 mm.

Meanwhile, the Galaxy S 4 is powered by 2.600 mAh battery. Here are the full specifications of the Samsung Galaxy S 4.

• Screen: 5 inch 1080p (1.920 x1080), Super AMOLED, 441ppi.
• Weight: 130 grams with 7.9mm thinness
• RAM: 2GB DDR3
• Processor: 1.6 GHz Exynos Octa-core / quadcore 1.9 Ghz Qualcomm (every state is different).
• Internal Memory: 16/32/64GB plus external memory slot up to 64GB.
• Camera: 13 Megapixel (back), 2Megapixel (front).
• Operating System: Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Connectivity: 3G (HSPA +) and 4G (LTE).
• Battery: 2600 MAh

And here are some special new feature on Samsung Galaxy S 4:

S Health gathers info on sleep patterns, heart rate, your exercise patterns, blood sugar and blood pressure levels, which are all complied in the phone using a new line of accessories, such as an S Band that you can wear on your body in some fashion. Samsung didn’t go into much detail on the accessories, but it looks like Samsung is getting into wearables such as the Nike+ FuelBand and FitBit products.

Smart School and Smart Pause, which tracks your eyes to control what’s going on with your phone. If you’re watching a video, just look away and the phone pauses what you’re viewing. Take a look back at your phone, and it starts up again.

ChatOn, Samsung’s instant messaging app and iMessage rival for iOS and Android, has been updated on the S 4 to included video calling. Samsung is tailoring ChatOn as a rival to both Face Time and iMessage.

Group Play — a feature that shares music across as many as eight Galaxy devices with each device working a speaker in a surround sound set up.

Samsung Knox — here we go. Samsung showed it off at Mobile World Congress back in Barcelona. It’s a security feature that locks the data on your phone, and separates your data (photos, files, emails, apps, messages) into both a work space and a personal space. This looks and sounds a lot like what we saw on BlackBerry 10. This idea might end up catching on, so don’t be surprised if we see other phone makers introducing similar features later on down the road.

S Voice Drive will place calls, look up the weather, read you a message and then transcribe a response for you, and speak out turn-by-turn directions. As long as your car has Bluetooth built in. The text displayed on screen shows up larger in S Voice Drive mode, so as to make your phone less distracting to you when you’re driving.

Sharing. Samsung loves it. HomeSync, a home server that works only with Samsung devices, can automatically send photos taken on the S 4, back home to your friends, families or roommates. Samsung is offering 1TB of storage, and up to 8 users on the device. HomeSync connects to the S 4 using NFC. And the set-top box can display images on your HDTV.

Story Album — a feature where the phone sorts photos into albums baseed on location, with info on the location, people and weather in each photo. You can pick a cover and make it a digital photo album and, in partnership with a company called Blub.

S Translator looks like it could be very useful if it works, especially if Samsung expands it to more languages. The app understands 9 languages, text to speech and speech to text.

Eraser — a feature that enables users to erase parts of one image, another shot in the same scene shows up.

Drama Shot enables users to take more than 100 photos in 4 seconds, then slaps them all together in the same image.

The S 4 has a ton of filters and photos effects. A cool one is Sound & Shot, which records audio while taking a photo. When you see the photo, the audio clip plays.

Dual Camera — the S 4 will use the front camera to insert the phone’s user into a photo their taking with the rear camera. And this works with video too.

IR LED is built into the S 4, which means you can use it as a TV remote.

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