The Beast has been finally confirmed to release on the 14th of March 2013 and even before its release analysts have declared it a winner. For me, a smartphone is the best when it has the specs and features to claim the top spot but for the analysts the sales chart remains the pointer to its success. Samsung Galaxy S3 was the best in its class when it was released and it performed exceedingly well in the market but I’m not very sure whether I can say the same thing about the S4 which is set to release by March 14th. The HTC one which released a while ago still remains the best that I have seen so far.

If Samsung does something extra ordinary in terms of features like what the HTC did with its ultrapixel and the blinkfeed then I would call it the best.

The leaked specifications of the Galaxy S4 is as follows

1. The S4 will come with a 5 inch full HD 1080 P display which will be a super AMOLED display with a pixel density of 441 ppi.

2. It will feature an Exynos 5 octacore processor clocking at 2 Ghz

3. The battery size will be considerably large at 3500 mah. That is an obvious fact as you need enough battery to sustain the computing power an octa core processor will provide.

4. The device will come with 2 GB of RAM and with a memory capacity of 16, 32 and 64 Gb like the S3. There are rumors that we might also see a 128 GB version.

5. The device might come with a smartwatch called the galaxy altius the details of which can be found here : http://bit.ly/Galaxy-Altius

6. The camera will be a 13 MP camera and will feature its own kind of photosphere called the Samsung ORB

7. It will come with its own wireless charging dock

8. It will feature jellybean 4.2. The only other phone apart from the Nexus 4 to feature the OS.

9. It will have the new touchwiz user interface and a Wifiac (I’m not sure what a WiFiac is)

10. In addition to this there are rumors that the S4 will feature a 5g Wifi combo chip

Lets see how it turns out to be.




SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said it will launch its new Galaxy S smartphone on March 14 in New York, taking its fight for market supremacy to Apple Inc's doorstep after reportedly being inundated with requests from U.S. mobile carriers.
The Galaxy S IV model will heat up competition in the crucial U.S. mobile phone market, where Apple surpassed Samsung Electronics as the top mobile phone seller for the first time in the fourth quarter of 2012.
It will be the first U.S. launch of Samsung's flagship Galaxy smartphone in three years, company spokeswoman Chenny Kim said, and comes amid a Samsung advertising blitz in the United States that has including light-hearted jabs at Apple's fans.
"We introduced the Galaxy S III in London last year, and this time we changed the venue (to New York)... as we were bombarded with requests from U.S. mobile carriers to unveil the Galaxy S IV in the country," Samsung Electronics' mobile division chief JK Shin was quoted as saying on the Edaily news website.
The new Galaxy S model is expected to feature a higher-resolution display and camera than its predecessor, as well as a faster quad-core processor, media reports said.
Samsung Electronics unveiled its first Galaxy S during the CTIA mobile trade show in the United States in 2010, followed by the Galaxy S II at the MWC fair in Spain in 2011 and the Galaxy S III in London last year.
Samsung Electronics may have lost its lead in the U.S. handset market but globally the $210 billion South Korean giant is expected to widen its smartphone advantage over its Cupertino, California-based rival this year, helped by a broad product line-up.
Apple investors have grown anxious about the company's prospects amid intense competition from Samsung's cheaper, Android-powered phones, and signs the premium smartphone market may be close to saturation in developed markets.
Apple shares have slumped 15 percent this year and the company is reportedly slashing orders for screens and other components from its Asian supplier as intensifying competition erodes demand for its latest iPhone.
Samsung Electronics stock price has inched up 1.5 percent so far this year. (Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Stephen Coates)