Screen
In the past 2 months, both Sony and HTC released
premium phones, each model of which has a specs sheet having 1,080p screen. Though
both looks amazing, HTC One defeats Xperia Z in almost every respect in can. But
at this point when it turns out that Samsung is in the game, can its 5inch 1080p
Super AMOLED surpasses LCD which is used on the rival?
But
at this point when it turns out that Samsung is in the game, can its 5inch
1080p Super AMOLED surpasses LCD which is used on the rival?
In brief, 2 phones are almost identical,
and certainly you will be pleased with one of them. But let’s dig deeper into
the detail about how different they are. The AMOLED usually has color
saturation than the LCD partner, but we’re a little surprise when seeing the
color level reduced from GS3; in fact it’s too much, to the extent that most of
the images we see are equal to the natural color reproduction we’ve enjoyed on One.
The black is darker than on GS4, while the white is brighter and viewing angle
is better – on One. The green looks best on GS4, but the red hue seems to be
over-saturated counting on out taste. Yes, the 1,080p smartphone screen world
is the heaven for the fault finders, but unless you have antipathy for the AMOLED
screen, you will satisfactorily surprise with the cheerful text and vibrant
images. Finally, to make sure that we don’t cause confusion, indeed it’s a
clear improve compared to the 720p screen on GS3.
The
AMOLED usually has color saturation than the LCD partner, but we’re a little
surprise when seeing the color level reduced from GS3;
Besides, GS4 uses the premium capacitive
touch screen powered by Synaptics, which is also called ClearPad. This special
screen has new tech with the name “3D-Touch” which gives the phone the ability
to detect your finger from the distance of 2cm. it not only helps you to be
able to use Air View without S Pen but also allows citizen from the
cold-weather region touch the screen while wearing gloves if you’ve activated “extra
sensitivity mode” in settings. (in case you’re questioning yourself, S Pen won’t
work on GS4 do due to lack of Wacom digitizer, but we’re told that C-Pen and
other capacity stylus will cork completely fine).
Besides,
GS4 uses the premium capacitive touch screen powered by Synaptics, which is
also called ClearPad
Software
Despite the fact that Android is barely
mentioned in the release event of GS4 of Samsung last month, the device indeed
is one of the first smartphone (except for Nexus 4), runs Andoid 4.2.2 Jelly
Bean, the latest version of the Google mobile OS. Based on it being introduced
almost 6 months ago, this is a quite big problem – not even mentioned for being
a critical reminder about the waiting time the Android fans have to withstand
between the updates.
Despite
the fact that Android is barely mentioned in the release event of GS4 of
Samsung last month, the device indeed is one of the first smartphone (except
for Nexus 4), runs Andoid 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, the latest version of the Google
mobile OS.
Since GS4 uses Android 4.2, it provides
lots of similar additions introduced with the new version – but not all of
them. A feature that’s not cut down is Photo Sphere, a smart camera option
which allows you to combine the panoramas which are aligned vertically and
horizontally. You can’t use the existing Android keyboard too, though the
coaction of Samsung with SwiftKey is certainly another acceptable choice.
However, the thing you can do is taking advantages of the expanded Google Now features,
using screen saver Daydream and dragging down to the notification bar by 2
fingers to access the quick settings notification bar. (In fact, the TouchWiz
version of Samsung even has more switches to choose from the inside of this menu,
and you can adjust the order by which they will appear). The lock screen
utilities will depend on you to be used on each time you wake your phone – and Samsung
even developed some separate utilities, such as utility for WatchOn, Samsung
Music and a favorite app grid which is adjustable.
Since
GS4 uses Android 4.2, it provides lots of similar additions introduced with the
new version – but not all of them
Being the spell of all Galaxy devices, GS4 uses
TouchWiz interface of Samsung in almost every possible aspect of firmware. Though
you’re interested in the exclusive UI or not, its overall layout is almost
identical to what you will find on GS3. You are still able to use 7 home pages,
and you still have the similar menu apps, the options and gestures. Even the
standard notification bar still looks unchanged. Samsung is a big fan of
consistency, and many TouchWiz addict will highly appreciate the minimal
knowledge needed to be learnt to make the jump to this device. In a world, if
you prefer firmware on GS3, your experience with its successor will be equally
ravishing, if it’s not mentioned more. If you’re hoping to run the custom ROM in
place of TouchWiz, you will have to wait more as Samsung has confirmed to us
that boot loader is locked.
