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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515 Reviews
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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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Jelly Bean
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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.
Great display, fast, some useful software additions
Poor build quality, Touchwiz is full of bloatware, battery could be better
The Galaxy S4 showcases the best and worst of Samsung, featuring a great display, speedy processor and number of useful productivity apps that are let down by poor build quality, battery life and a bloatware-infested Touchwiz user interface....
Stunning display, reams of innovations, lots of grunt and a great camera.
Some features are gimmicky, it's very big and a bit plasticky
Samsung's flagship looks similar to last year's S3 but is a solid upgrade in every way. There are innovations you may not like or need but there are enough standout features to make it well worth considering....
I had plenty of fun using the Galaxy S4 and, as a Samsung owner myself, I very quickly became accustomed to its UI and new features were easy to master. While I can clearly see the practical uses of new apps like S Translate and S Health, as well as some...
Abstract: Can the Galaxy S4 survive a double scratch test involving keys?So earlier today we were at the Galaxy S4 launch at Samsung's store in Westfield, Stratford City near the London 2012 Olympic site. The Galaxy S4 features Gorilla Glass 3 protection which shou...
Most powerful Android device we've ever tested; Full HD resolution; Extremely bold screen; Good camera; Some helpful software features
Plastic build feels cheap; Design is almost identical to the older S3; Interface can be confusing; Battery life isn't great; 16GB model has limited space for apps
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is the most powerful phone we've ever tested and its bold, Full HD screen is the best in the business. Its plastic construction is a drawback and some of you might find it complicated to use, but there's no question that it's a se...
Published: 2013-04-25, Author: Ian , review by: pocket-lint.com
A brilliant phone in almost every way, subtly better design than SGS3, loads of new gesture and eye-tracking features, powerful
A bit complex now, incredibly expensive, not a huge leap from the SGS3, battery life is still bad
As we type this we have the SGS3 and the SGS4 on our desk. While, superficially, there's really not a lot of difference between the two, to hold, they couldn't feel more different. We really like the new, more square-feeling SGS4. At the back, we pr...
A blinding number of features, Incredibly fast, Ships with Android 4.2.2, Relatively small for its display size
Plastic body, Low light photo performance isn't so hot
The simple truth is that the Galaxy S4 and high-end rivals the HTC One and iPhone 5 are all excellent, highly recommended phones. The One and iPhone 5 have stronger design points of view with focused, flagship features. The HTC One is about Blinkfeed, Wa...
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Published: 2013-04-25, Author: Dave , review by: wired.co.uk
Slim and light, terrific screen, powerful processor, very good camera, loads of features
Possibly too many features, mono (not stereo) speaker, no HDMI port
You might ask just how many features you actually need on a smartphone, and in the case of the Galaxy S4 you get pretty much all of them. Yes, there are likely to be many more features than you'll ever need, and some of them, like Air View and Smart Scr...
Published: 2013-04-24, Author: James , review by: itproportal.com
Abstract: The Samsung Galaxy S4 becomes available to UK consumers on 27 April, and ahead of the device's eagerly anticipated release, reviews of the latest Android super-smartphone have started trickling in from around the world....
Published: 2013-04-24, Author: Matt , review by: telegraph.co.uk
Abstract: The Korean giant is certainly throwing everything at it: the S4 is so packed full of new features that some have said it forms an incoherent mass rather than a unified product. There's a 13MP camera and a 5” screen packed into a smaller, lighter, thinn...
