Testseek.com have collected 1196 expert reviews of the Samsung GT-I9500 Galaxy S4 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung GT-I9500 Galaxy S4.
May 2013
(85%)
1196 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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(89%)
515 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Hand gesture and eyetracking control
Large
Sharp display
Lightweight
Sleek body
Battery performance on the S4 is among the best we've seen from smartphones this year
Though it's still not anywhere near as everlasting as the RAZR MAXX HD. It's important to note
Though
That our testing took place on T-Mobile's HSPA+ network
And not
Thin and light
Sharplooking 1080p display
Solid battery life
Removable battery
SD card support
Good camera
Interesting software features
Support for glovecovered touchscreen use
Brilliant display – which is a massive improvement over the display on the S III
Slim and lightweight formfactor
Expandable memory and removable battery
Builtin IR blaster for using the phone as a TV remote
Easy Mode is welcome addition
Tons of multi
Fast and powerful performance
Excellent camera
Gorgeous display
Lots of useful extra software
Excellent display
Battery life
Air View
Multi-window
Stylish chassis with same button placement makes it easy for veteran Galaxy users to upgrade
Bright
Vivid 1080p screen
13MP takes great shots
Stellar performance
Expansion slot can afford you a lot of room if you buy the 64GB version and get the 64GB
Large display
Can interact with display while wearing gloves
Great performance
Good battery life
Powerful hardware
Quality screen
Great camera
Great Performance
Improved Build Quality
Excellent Screen
Good Camera
Handy Gesture Controls
IR Blaster
Good Battery Life
Multitude of Accessories
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition offers users the most powerful hardware specs of any Android phone without any carrier bloatware
And with an elegantly simple Jelly Bean UI
Vibrant display
S Health is neat
Fantastic camera with numerous features
Gesture recognition
Vibrant 5-inch display
Most innovative features on any Android phone
Fantastic camera
Colorful full HD display
Removable battery and microSD Card
Feature-rich camera
Useful preloaded apps
Gesture support
Fast quad-core performance
Superior camera with innovative features
Powerful software
Useful gestures
Vibrant 5-inch full HD display
MicroSD card
Highres display
Great camera features
Compact for its size
Decent battery life
Stunning screen
Powerful and innovative
Fantastic battery life
Strong camera in good light
Incredible display
Great battery life
Outstanding sharpness and display contrast
Fantastic fluidity offered by the powerful chipset
User interface with plentiful additional options
Mass and dimensions
Excellent display quality
Good speaker quality
Easy to type on
Portable
Easy to read on
Easy to navigate
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has Android 4.2.2
A fantastic camera
A powerful quad-core processor
And software solutions for just about every scenario -- including working as a TV/DVR remote. It's also comfortable in hand and has NFC
A user-replaceable batter
Huge display in a not so huge phone
Entertaining new features
A blinding number of features. Incredibly fast. Ships with Android 4.2.2. Relatively small for its display size. Spectacular call quality.
Great screen
Fast processor
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Galaxy S4
Jelly Bean
Samsung
Comfortable
Attractive design
Access to battery
Beautiful full HD display
Tons of features
Many very useful
Fast
Smooth performance
Gorgeous 5-inch display
Slim
Small chassis
Great camera performance in well-lit scenes
The rear speaker is sufficiently loud
A bevy of software features for the taking
Battery life that usually lasts most the day
Beautiful display
Large removable battery
Expandable storage
Solid camera with excellent feature set
Elaborate sensor and radio package
Some software features show potential
Fabulous 5inch screen
Packed with highend features
LTE and 802.11ac WiFi support
HDMIout via MicroUSB with MHL support
Surprisingly good battery life
Large screen
Compact phone
Supercustomizable
Polished user interface
Impressive Screen
Excellent Camera
Better Design than its predecessor
Almost lag-free
Extremely high system and 3D performance
Includes basically all existing communication technologies
Excellent Full HD display
Comprehensive set of accessories
Numerous ways to control the phone
Surprisingly compact and light
Ships with some useful p
Superb 1080p Super AMOLED display
Camera takes impressive daylight shots
Snapdragon 600 delivers solid performance
Battery life better than most flagships
Polished hardware and software. Improves upon winning formula. Powerful quadcore processor. Userreplaceable battery. Great camera. Expandable storage.
Snapdragon 600 quadcore CPU is the fastest in class
Massive UI customization
Some neat new features
Air Gesture is fun
Amazing camera
UI and static images pop
Qi wireless charging
NFC support
Love the multiwindow app tray
Flipboard integration.
The editors didn't like
Plastic backing may feel cheap to some
Not a huge upgrade from the GS3
Big surprise to nobody
The software is not up to snuff. Let's ignore for a moment that all of the "innovative" banner "features" mentioned above are at best useless and at worst annoying. The rest of the UI ain't much better. For example
There's a "feat
Whew! Like I said lots going on with this phone's software. A few final odds and ends to close things out
Polycarbonate body creates a slippery grip
Hardware design and materials aren't the nicest out there
Some new features like Smart Pause / Smart Scroll and Air Gesture / Air View can be frustrating to use
The touchscreen wasn't responsive to gloves for
Unpleasant
Cheap design
Sheer number of features can be overwhelming
Performance can suffer in odd places
Rubberised sides would improve feel and grip
Some of the extra camera settings are too novel
Battery could have been bigger for the 1080p screen (but to be fair
Samsung's software seems to be more energy efficient)
Performance comes in second place
Extra app store and S Voice feel like an attemp
Lots of extra software that you may or may not use
Very expensive without a contract
Plastic cover
Confusing features
Lack of standout features that are truly practical
Looks Nearly Identical To The S III
Relatively Pricey
Google's Galaxy S4 variant strips away a lot of Samsung's neat software and photo features
And it comes with a steep price tag
TouchWiz feels dated
Plastic aesthetics
Certain features just don't work
Mediocre battery life
Screen hard to read in direct sunlight
Plastic design
Below-average battery life
Screen hard to view in direct sunlight
Small LTE network
Average battery life
Screen difficult to read in direct sunlight
Plasticky design
Plastic construction
Generic design
Cluttered interface
Dysfunctional features
Glossy plastic construction
Heavy interface
Occasional UI stutter
Mediocre low-light camera
Too big
Difficult to use with one hand
Much of the proprietary software is forgettable
Noninnovative design and familiar performance
Poor battery life while numerous sensors are activated
Poorly realized Air Gestures function
Does not offer a different feeling than Galaxy S III when being used
Subpar camera quality – did not perform well in low lighting
Its screen is dimmer than competitors'
Its plastic design gives it a cheaper look than its rivals
And we found the Galaxy S4's power button turned on at undesirable times. Not all camera modes work as promised
And a long list of software features can q
Feature overload
Only 9 gigs of internal storage on 16 gig model
Still slippery
Limited storage on 16GB model. Low-light camera performance could be better
Poor battery life
Touchwiz is full of bloatware
Samsung's software is big bag of “why?” Construction is cheap
And there's nothing exotic or inspiring about the hardware design. Camera software is kludgy
And lowlight shots get noisy quickly. Pricing varies widely (see above) but leans toward expensive
TouchWiz has cartoony design
Some features only work with proprietary apps
The build and materials feel cheap
Low-light camera performance is poor
Call quality could be better
Intermittent lag and hesitation
Lots of Samsung and AT&T bloatware
Uninspiring aesthetics
Dated UI which stutters and hesitates occasionally
Many Samsung features are more gimmick than useful addition
Conclusion
As with the other versions of this phone
The Galaxy S 4 for Verizon is an amazing piece of hardware. It'
Dated UI with only average responsiveness
Samsung features are more gimmick than useful addition
Mediocre call quality
Expensive
Many of the proximityand gesturebased features feel gimmicky
Limited internal storage (16GB) on review unit
Thin
Plastic casing
No innovative features
A lot of bloatwares
Expensive (was $700 on Amazon
Now around $400)
In the last few years
The Samsung Galaxy series smartphones have become the king of all Android phones and they are always the first thing to co
Plastic case
Multitude of ways to control the phone can be overwhelming
Many features only work in specific apps
Pre-installed bloatware
Speakers could sound better
Several new features are impractical and half-baked
Boring overall design without premium look or feel
Plastic design is not for everyone
Particularly on a flagship phone. HTC One delivers tough competition.
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Abstract: LTE-A는 아직까지는 불안한 서비스다. 최적화까지는 시일이 소요된다. 게다가 전국망은 내년 상반기말이다. 1년 정도는 어디서나 LTE-A가 아니라는 소리다.한 가지를 더 보태자면 빠른 속도는 그만큼의 데이터 사용량을 부른다. SK텔레콤에 따르면 기존 LTE 대비 4배 가량 데이터를 소진한다니 무턱대도 선호할 일도 아니다. 게다가 아직 LTE-A 서비스는 시작일뿐이고 관련 요금제가 어떻게 설계될 지도 베일에 가려져 있으니 제대로된 LTE-A를 보려면 좀...
Abstract: 일단 삼성전자가 ‘갤럭시S4'에서 강조하고 싶은 콘셉트는 ‘삶의 동반자'다. 말 그대로 언제 어디서나 추억을 담는 ‘추억상자'로 쓰라는 말이다. 추억상자로써 가장 눈에 띄는 대목은 카메라다. 갤럭시S4와 함께라면 재밌는 사진들을 다수 포착해낼 수 있다.먼저 새롭게 추가된 기능부터 살펴보자. CF에서도 빵빵하게 나오는 갤럭시S4만의 카메라 기능으로 ‘사운드앤샷'을 들 수 있다. 이 기능은 사진과 함께 찰나의 목소리를 담을 수 있는 기능이다. 실제 사운드앤...
Abstract: 먼저 갤럭시S4의 디자인을 살펴보면 여타 갤럭시 시리즈와 비교했을 때 전체적으로 큰 디자인 상 변화 포인트를 발견하기 어렵다. 사실은 군데군데 바뀐 부분이야 많다. 다만 그간 꾸준하게 출시돼왔던 갤럭시 시리즈가 이러한 디자인을 하나 둘씩 가지고 있었기 때무에 이에 가려있을 뿐이다.그렇다면 갤럭시S4와 비슷한 디자인을 가진 모델로는 뭐가 있을까. 대략적으로 가늠해보면 지난해 하반기 출시된 ‘갤럭시노트2'와 올해 초 출시도니 ‘갤럭시팝'과 ‘갤럭시 그랜...
Abstract: 갤럭시S4와 비교 대상은 베가 R3로 정했다. 화면 밝기는 최대한으로 올린 후 화면을 자동으로 조정해주는 내용들은 모두 체크리스트에서 제외했다. 테스트 전 애플리케이션 종료 및 메모리 정리까지 모두 끝냈다. 테스트는 안투투(Antutu)의 3D 벤치마크 애플리케이션을 반복해서 돌려가며 진행했다. 영상은 배속 등 일체 편집없이 15분 간 촬영한 내용이다. 버터는 가장 발열이 심한 전면 상단 부분에 고이 모셔놨다.영상을 살펴보면 알겠지만 변화는 5분 이후부...
Abstract: 이 3가지 요건 중 역시나 가장 궁금한 건 이를 쓸 수 있는 단말 즉 ‘갤럭시S4 LTE-A'다. ‘갤럭시S4' 출시 이후 2개월 만에 나오면서 갤럭시 사용자의 분통을 터트리기도 했으나 개인적으로는 생각이 좀 다르다. 차라리 이전 ‘갤럭시S4′ 사용자가 나은 점도 있고 나중을 기약했을 때에도 이 편이 더 유리할 수도 있다.LTE-A는 아직까지는 불안한 서비스다. 최적화까지는 시일이 소요된다. 게다가 전국망은 내년 상반기말이다. 1년 정도는 어디서나...
Abstract: 한 달음에 달려가 첫 대면한 ‘갤럭시S4'는 기대보다는 실망이 앞섰다. 일단 외관상의 혁신은 없다. '갤럭시S2'에서 ‘갤럭시S3'로 진화할 때 느꼈던 그런 인상은 아니다.전작들을 통해 살펴보자면 ‘갤럭시 그랜드'의 디자인 포인트를 그대로 옮겨왔다. 최근 밀고 있는 디자인으로 보인다. 그러다보니 신선함이 없다.일단 측면은 메탈 소재가 감싸고 있다. 전면으로 살짝 튀어 나왔기 때문에 뒤집어 놓으면 화면이 바닥에 닿지 않는다. 물리 홈버튼은 사다리꼴에서 직...
Abstract: 물론 ‘갤럭시S4'도 카메라 SW로는 어느 누구에게도 뒤지지 않는다. 별 다른 애플리케이션 없이도 다양한 사진 연출이 가능하다. 이번에는 갤럭시S4의 카메라에 대해 알아보도록 한다.일단 삼성전자가 ‘갤럭시S4'에서 강조하고 싶은 콘셉트는 ‘삶의 동반자'다. 말 그대로 언제 어디서나 추억을 담는 ‘추억상자'로 쓰라는 말이다. 추억상자로써 가장 눈에 띄는 대목은 카메라다. 갤럭시S4와 함께라면 재밌는 사진들을 다수 포착해낼 수 있다.먼저 새롭게 추가된 기능...
