Samsung Galaxy S4 revealed at NYC Radio City Music Halla Today

There is no doubt, Samsung Galaxy S4 is the protagonist of the Android Smartphone market today.It will be revealed at NYC Radio City Music Halla - News from newyork.newsday.com. Samsung Electronics is taking to the Big Apple to reveal its next big challenge to Apple Inc.: a successor to its top-selling Galaxy S III smartphone.

Apple commanded 42.7 percent of the global smartphone market in Q4 2012, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, while Samsung came in second with 28.7 percent. Most notably, however, Samsung all but took over control of the Chinese smartphone market last year, trouncing both Nokia and Apple with more than 30 million units sold.

 The timing of the S4’s arrival could spell trouble for Apple, which probably won’t have a new phone out until mid-year at the earliest, said Park Hyun, an analyst at Tong Yang Securities in Seoul. Apple’s sales growth last quarter was the slowest in more than two years, a sign the iPhone is losing its edge over other smartphones.




Samsung Galaxy SIII

Now, let's concerned the news of Samsung Galaxy S4 what we are interested in.Expectations are, to put it mildly, quite high.



Samsung Galaxy SIV Teaser image

(1) Eye tracking: Eye-tracking uses the camera to lock onto the motion of a user's peepers, following wherever they move. With it, the phone can perceive where the user is looking, and can respond to a set of behaviors, let's say a very intentional movement to scroll a Web page up and down, or a long, purposeful blink to click.

If your eyes have reached the bottom of a page, eye-tracking software could automatically scroll you down the following paragraphs of text.

(2) Touchless controls: Like the gyroscope in most modern smartphones that automatically rotates the screen from vertical to horizontal when you turn the phone on its side, the S4 is expected to support a series of gesture controls that would allow the user to, for example, answer a call by simply lifting the phone to their ear or even to click icons by hovering their finger over the screen.

(3) Panoramic photos: Camera support barely qualifies as a smartphone feature anymore, but the rumored Samsung Orb feature on the Galaxy S4 might just breathe new life into this admittedly basic category by tapping Google’s (GOOG) Photosphere technology and allowing users to take 360-degree panoramic images with their phones.

(4) Hardware updates: It’s boring, but it’s true: Hardware sells smartphones. With that in mind, the S4 is expected to ship with a speedy quadcore processor, a 4.99-inch high definition AMOLED display and a 13-megapixel rear mounted camera. The device will also be available with 16GB, 32GB or 64GB of internal storage and a microSD slot for additional space.

(5) Samsung Wallet / Mobile payments: Like Apple’s Passbook feature, which allows the user to store virtual purchases such as concert tickets and airline boarding passes in their iPhone, the new Samsung Wallet is expected to bring very similar functionality to the Android platform. The company also recently announced support for mobile payments via a new partnership with Visa, which will most likely roll out with the S4.

Hopefully the above information will help the Android fans or Samsung lovers out and if you have other more good news,let me know with your comments.

Best Smartphone Comparison: Galaxy S III vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Lumia 920 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs LG NEXUS 4

In today’s times,more and more people are concerned about smartphones,buying a smartphone is just like going out for shopping with your wife.What I’m trying to tell you is that buying the perfect smartphone has gotten a lot more complex with so many varieties, competitors and ecosystems.Now I will comparing 5 best smartphones currently available in the market – Galaxy S III, Apple iPhone 5, Nokia Lumia 920, HTC X One,Sony Xperia S and also let you know why you should for the same.

Galaxy S III

Perhaps the better enhancements on the S3 is it’s software. Skinned on Android 4.0 (upgradable to 4.1 Jellybean), Samsung’s TouchWiz UI gets lot of additions and utilitarian features. It’s a list with all the “S’s” like S Beam, S Memo, S Planner, S Voice, Smart Stay, etc. Samsung brings in gesture based controls like the lock screen can now be used to pause music playback by simply placing the palm of your hand over the display.

Samsung has covered it all – a great camera, a stunning display, a blazing fast processor and top of all useful gesture based controls that makes the iphone stand out from the rest of Android devices. There’s also a storage bonus for S3 buyers as Samsung is offering free 50 GB dropbox storage for 2 years. All things considered, the approx 34,000 INR price is justified and is a worthy buy in very sense.

Apple iPhone 5

The iPhone 5 is everything everyone had expected the iPhone 4S to be. It’s faster, slimmer, lighter, bigger and better than ever. Apple took the complaints and competition’s offering seriously while building the iPhone 5. All those slim models look even fatter in front of iPhone 5, thanks to a very slim 7.6mm body. The slim body also contributed in trimming down the weight. In comparison to the 4S, it weighs feather light at just 112 grams.

iOS 6 doesn’t really offer something substantial for iPhone 4S users to upgrade but on the other hand, loyal Apple fans can go ahead with the bestes android handy. They’ll appreciate the solid hardware and build quality. It has a excellent camera and display. All things work fine with the iPhone 5. One issue of buying it in India is ‘price’. Lets accept it, it’s over-priced. The highest model costs a hefty 60k. If your bank vault is well filled, go ahead and buy this premium product. Be assured, you’ll have no regrets.

Nokia Lumia 920

A amazing smartphone from Nokia, running the Windows Phone 8operating system, is coming with incredible features and a very innovative design.Nokia Lumia 920 has a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm S4 Krait processor with 1 GB of RAM, gives performance more or less similar to what Android phones like HTC One S, Samsung Galaxy S III and Sony Xperia S are giving.

Are you one of those buyers for whom ecosystems don’t really matter? If yes, then go buy this phone. I say this because the Windows Phone ecosystem is still developing and although it’s emerging out to be a winner with all the Live Tiles and minimalistic design approach, it still needs lot of work to be done.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2

The talking point of this phone is of course the stylus aka S Pen. Rest of the software is same as its on S3 with TouchWiz skinned on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The S Pen is now a lot more smarter, leaner and utilitarian than ever. You can use it to navigate your phone entirely. A new functionality called Air View for the S Pen has been added, which shows a dot on the screen exactly below where your stylus is hovering.