Galaxy S4: “Major milestone” for Samsung, says experts

Experts predict that Galaxy S4, which features never-before-seen technology, will outsell the iPhone.

15:14 17 March 2013

Samsung has launched its most threatening answer to the iPhone yet. Last night, the Korean company, launched Galaxy S4, which experts described as the “major milestone” for Samsung.

The new smartphone features never-before-seen technology including few triggered with simply a wave of the hand.

Galaxy S4, which was first introduced at the launch event at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, features a significantly upgraded camera with 13MP resolution. It can take pictures or record videos simultaneously from both its front and rear.

S4 is 69mm wide, 7.9mm thick and weighs just 130 grams. It is encased in polycarbonate.

One of the newest features that consumers would most likely to find amazing involves different options for navigation. If the phone senses that someone is looking at the screen, the user can tilt it forward or backward to scroll up and down a web page.

 

The new smartphone also has the ability to automatically pause the video if the user looks away from the device.

Due to amazing features, analysts expect that S4 will outsell iPhone.
'I believe the Samsung Galaxy S4 could be an important milestone for the Korean company, as it could be the first smartphone to outsell an iPhone,' said Francisco Jeronimo, an analyst with IDC.As reported by the Daily Mail.

 

'The Samsung Galaxy S4 can be a game changer for Samsung, and I believe for the first time that this device has the potential to outsell the next generation of iPhone - assuming that Apple will incrementally improve the next version of the iPhone.'