Samsung Galaxy S4 Hardware

The Galaxy S is Samsung’s bread-and-butter handset, so as expected it doesn’t lack in the hardware department. Just like the editions before it, the Galaxy S4 features a stellar hardware package that starts with its 5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display and goes all the way down to a beefy 2,600 mAh battery. In between you will find either Samsung’s octo-core Exynos 5 Octa 5410 or the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, 2GB of RAM, and a 13MP rear camera with 2MP front-facing camera.

We checked out the Snapdragon model clocked at 1.9GHz, specifically for Sprint’s network. This means the handset included full LTE support on top of standard CDMA connectivity, but Samsung has thrown in radios to support virtually every major wireless standard and service provider. The hardware gets a few nice touches with additions like an infrared blaster as well as NFC. The phone also sports Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac.

Given the fact that the Galaxy S4 is crammed full of just about the nicest components you will find in the current generation of smartphones, you can expect the handset to be a monster of performance. The Galaxy S4 sizzles, and the hardware does what it should do: makes the experience simply about the user and the user interface. The hardware stays out of the way and handles just about anything you can throw at it.
Display

 

Samsung has always put an emphasis on display quality, and with the Galaxy S4 things are no different. The GS4  is the first device to get a full 1080p HD Super AMOLED display, which features an eye-searing pixel density of 441ppi. That’s over 100 pixels better than the 326 pixels per inch found on the iPhone 5's Retina display, but still shy of the HTC One’s 469 ppi. We doubt your retinas will miss the difference.

The 5-inch display is manufactured using Corning Gorilla Glass 3 technology, so it is plenty durable. It fits snugly into the design of the phone — bezels are kept at a minimum, providing a near edge-to-edge experience and an even greater emphasis on the beauty of the screen. It’s pretty amazing that Samsung was able to push the screen’s size beyond that of the Galaxy S3 while simultaneously decreasing overall device size.

Image quality is rich in color and contrast and plenty bright. Multiple times did I flip open the flip cover case adorning my GS4 to be almost quite literally blinded by the amount of light being emitted from the screen (and this was in broad daylight on a sunny afternoon). That’s right, the screen is almost too bright, if there is such a thing (but an easily accessible toggle in the notifications shade can make a quick adjustment of that).

Viewing angles are superb and there shouldn’t even be a question about picture quality. Given the 1080p resolution and high pixel density, it goes without saying that the Galaxy S4 features sharp and clear images. The Super AMOLED display is excessive in a good way. It gives us more than we probably need from a 5-inch screen, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t going to want it just a finger tips touch away.
Benchmarks

As the above results demonstrate, the quad-core Snapdragon CPU and Adreno 320 graphics can run with the best of them, if not absolutely obliterate the competition. We suspect the Galaxy S4 that outperformed our own in the AnTuTu benchmark was one possessing Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa chipset as opposed to the 1.9GHz Qualcomm chip found in our Sprint model.

This is all to say, expect big performance from the GS4. There were a few moments where the interface lagged (namely in launching larger applications), but for typical tasks you can forget about the frustration of an underpowered device.

Source:- http://phandroid.com/2013/04/24/samsung-galaxy-s4-review/