Samsung Galaxy S4: 15 WOW! Features

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Samsung Galaxy S4 15 WOW! Features
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15 I Track your fitness factors
S4 sensors combined with S Health software enable
handsets to be used to track exercise, eating,
heart rate and other fitness factors. The
handsets were also designed to measure
temperature and humidity to help people
"understand what is going on around them."
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14 I Several S 4s can link up to play same music
The S4 can record sound to run alongside snapped
still pictures. When several S 4s are in close
proximity, they can link up to play the same
music, simultaneously - perfect for headphone
dance parties.
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13 I Controls entertainment center as a
universal remote
The S 4 comes with a built-in infra-red diode, so
it can control an entertainment center as a
universal remote. This is a feature that has
showed up in Android tablets before.
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12 I Copy of details from a photograph into
phone's contact
Another feature includes the option to
automatically put a copy of details from a
photograph of a business card into the phone's
contacts database or call a number in the
business card.
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11 I Instant translation between 10 different
languages
Samsung is also promising an instant translation
between 10 different languages for certain
applications, as well as a separate translation
application on the device.
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10 I Camera - Use both front rear
simultaneously
The device also has a 13-megapixel camera,
compared with the S3's 8-megapixel camera. The
Camera application can now use both the front and
rear cameras simultaneously, inserting a small
picture of the user even as he's capturing the
scene in front of him.
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09 I Scroll through songs without touching phone
The latest phone also has a sensor that lets
users move their hands to the left or right to
scroll between different websites they have
opened or through songs or photos in an album
without having to touch the phone. The idea is
to make it easier to change the song playing
without having to pick up the phone while driving
or to avoid putting sticky fingers on the
touch-screen display while scrolling through a
Web page at mealtimes.
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08 I Tilt phone to scroll up and down
The newest features involve different options for
navigation. For example, if the phone senses
someone is looking at the screen, the user can
tilt it forward or backwards to scroll up and
down a Web page. That feature falls slightly
short of what some consumers may have expected
after the New York Times reported that the phone
would be able to scroll automatically by tracking
readers' eyes.
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07 I Video playing sensitive to eye movements
The S4 can stop and start videos depending on
whether someone is looking at the screen. When a
video is playing, for instance, the stream will
automatically pause if the person glances away
and it will restart when the eyes refocus on the
screen. This is an update on an existing Galaxy
feature, which powers down the display if it
senses no one's looking at it, conserving battery
power.
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06 I Divide your personal professional life
The Galaxy S4 also has a tool that enables users
to create a dividing line so part of the phone is
devoted exclusively to work while the other part
is filled with personal information and
photos. The feature is similar to a function on
the latest BlackBerry - an indication that
Samsung is going after other smartphone makers
besides Apple with its latest model.
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05 I Screen senses fingers hovering
The S 4 comes with several new technologies
intended to help users interact with the phone.
For instance, the screen now senses fingers
hovering just above the screen, and some
applications react. The Mail application shows
the first few lines of an email when a finger
hovers above it in the list, and the Gallery
application shows an expanded thumbnail.
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04 I Eight-core processor
Galaxy S IV is powered by Exynos 5410 processor.
It has eight cores with four of them being the
high-performance cores based on A15 architecture
from ARM, a British company. These cores run at
1.8GHz. The other four cores, which are slower -
1.2GHz - but more power efficient, are based on
A7 architecture.
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03 I Bigger screen
The Galaxy S 4, crams a 5-inch (127-millimeter)
1080 pixel screen into a body slightly smaller
than the S III's. But because the new display
will cover more of the phone's surface area, the
device itself will be the same length and
slightly narrower.
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02 I Larger battery
Samsung believes the S 4 will set the new
standard. Apart from the larger screen and
upgraded processor, the S 4 has a battery that's
20 percent larger than that of the S
III. Samsung didn't say if that translates into
a longer battery life - the added capacity might
be gobbled up by the bigger screen or other
internal changes.
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01 I Thinner
The phone is thinner and lighter than the
previous generation. The S4 weighs just 130 grams
despite having a bigger screen and battery.
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