Galaxy S4

Overview

The 2013 Galaxy S4 brings a 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, finger-hover previews and infrared control to a 130 g body. This entry uses the tested Snapdragon 600 GT-I9505 baseline and separately explains GT-I9500.

Period and variants

Samsung announced S4 in New York on 14 March and planned worldwide rollout during the second quarter. GT-I9505’s 1.9 GHz quad-core processor differs from GT-I9500’s two four-core groups. Factory FAQ page 5 explains that the launch octa-core implementation switches between Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 groups instead of keeping all eight active simultaneously.

The design retains a removable battery and microSD. Advertised 16 / 32 / 64 GB versions describe hardware storage; the tested 16 GB unit’s initial 9.15 GB user space is a software allocation. Orange branding in a photograph identifies appearance alone.

Air View uses finger hover, and the infrared emitter controls external appliances. Dual Camera mode combines the front and rear cameras rather than adding a second rear sensor. MHL requires an external adapter. S4 Mini, Active, Zoom and later LTE-A models retain separate identities.

Sources

• Samsung — original Galaxy S4 New York announcement and product table, 14 March 2013
• Samsung — Galaxy S4 Customer Consultant Guide FAQ version 14.0, original document hosted by SamMobile
• Notebookcheck — Florian Wimmer actual GT-I9505 review, 18 May 2013

Image credit

Black Mist Samsung Galaxy S4 front. Beamish4 · CC BY 4.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Galaxy_S4_(Black_Mist)_-_Front.jpg · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ · Commons thumbnail resize; no further edits.

White Frost Samsung Galaxy S4 front. Beamish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Galaxy_S4_(White_Frost)_-_Front.jpg · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Commons thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.

White Frost Samsung Galaxy S4 rear with Orange branding; the photograph does not establish its radio variant. Beamish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Galaxy_S4_(White_Frost)_-_Back.jpg · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Commons thumbnail resize; no further edits. Shared under the same licence.

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