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Samsung Electronics Co premiered its latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, which sports a bigger display and unconventional features such as gesture controls, as the South Korean titan challenges Apple Inc on its home turf.
JK Shin, President and Head of IT and Mobile Communication Division, unviels Samsung Galaxy S4 (Reuters)
Galaxy S4 will be available by the end of April and rolled out to 327 carriers in 155 countries. (Reuters)
Screen size: 5-inch
Resolution: 1,920x1,080
Thickness: 7.9 mm
Processor: 1.9 GHz quad-core
Camera (rear/front): 13MP/2MP
RAM: 2GB
Weight: 130g
Battery life: 2,600 mAh 8 hrs talk time
Industry watchers are clearly dazzled by its features, setting a high bar for Apple to surpass. (Reuters)
The plethora of new features are good steps in this direction, but they can be seen as gimmicks rather than game changers. At this point, Samsung appears to be trying to kill the competition with sheer volume of new features. (Reuters)
Samsung took a slightly different tack with Galaxy S4's launch, using actors and a full live orchestra to present the smartphone's various features via a series of skits - as perhaps befitted its theatrical platform. (Reuters)
