My own observation of retail activity around the S4 is it is selling well.
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For the start of May the S4 has overtaken the 4S to reach second place.
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In the meantime, Apple finally made an appearance on the subject of the S4, yesterday.
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Its Galaxy S4 will keep the top end safe as a strong smartphone there.
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All this is not to say that the Samsung S4 is an American success story.
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Without Universal there would be no efficient, thin, beautiful OLED display for the S4.
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Its color calibration is a bit better, although the Galaxy S4 has a more accurate White.
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But the One feels heavier and bulkier, and its battery holds less charge than the S4.
The display on the One is slightly smaller than S4's, but it has a higher resolution.
Samsung is the latest big consumer electronics company to one-up the competition with its Galaxy S4.
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As for real-world performance, that dual-core S4 setup's done well by the Droid RAZR Maxx HD.
The Galaxy S4, the iPhone 5, both are great pieces of hardware design and engineering.
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Another company relying on the S4 to follow successfully in the S3's footsteps is Google.
The Samsung GALAXY S4 even allows you to remotely control the TV or setup boxes.
The S4 looks like being not just a connected device but a connecting device.
Samsung makes a concerted effort to use its own, internally-manufactured components inside the S4.
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Samsung indeed has the next big thing on its hands with the Galaxy S4.
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However, the rumor mill is saying the Galaxy S4 smartphone will not live up to expectations.
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Quad-core Qualcomm SnapDragon S4 Pro features a 40% higher performance rate than the existing quad-core chip.
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Pantech applied Qualcomm's quad-core SnapDragon S4 Pro to minimize current consumption and improve power efficiency.
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The lower-scale Keon model comes with a 1.2-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU, and 4GB of ROM.
Specifically, the Qualcomm SoC is reportedly a dual-core, 1.5ghz Snapdragon S4 and includes LTE support.
The first thing you notice when you turn over the S4's V-8 is the exhaust noise.
Moving along to the X7i, we're not sure we'd choose it over the S4 (II) models.
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And this comes a couple of weeks after Google announced it will launch its own S4 variant.
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It includes microchips for its Galaxy S4, which is due for UK consumer launch later this month.
The One sounds better, too, with front-facing speakers, while the S4 has a speaker on the back.
But Samsung makes that option more prominent when people set up the S4 for the first time.
The S4 can be that, but first you must figure out how to hide all its gimmicks.
The New York Times also reports that the S4 will concentrate on software innovations rather than hardware.
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