{"id":19469,"date":"2013-07-02T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=19469"},"modified":"2013-07-02T16:04:32","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:04:32","slug":"review-samsung-galaxy-s4-refines-a-winning-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/review-samsung-galaxy-s4-refines-a-winning-formula\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Samsung Galaxy S4 Refines A Winning Formula"},"content":{"rendered":"
There’s really no denying that Samsung is the biggest name in Android phones. The Korean giant’s most recent flagship, the Galaxy S4, sold 10 million units in the first month<\/a>. Considering that the S III (the difference in use of Arabic and Roman numbers between phone versions is on Samsung’s part) took almost two months to do that and the S II (a slightly less than famous phone) didn’t sell as many units until 10 months after being on the market. That’s nothing to sneeze at. Even more impressive is the report<\/a> from\u00a0Canaccord Genuity stating that the S4 actually outsold the iPhone 5 in the month of May. True, the iPhone 5 is nine months old — an eternity in smartphone time — and the S4 did just come out, but Apple traditionally dominates sales.<\/p>\n What changed? Has Samsung’s reputation toppled Apple’s, or is this the surge of the new? Is it the phone itself or the company? Now that the initial hype has died down, let’s check out the Galaxy S4, specifically taking a look at the Sprint edition.<\/p>\n Remember when the iPhone 4S came out and everyone kvetched that it wasn’t a massively different body from the 4? There’s a little of that going on with the Galaxy S4. There had been a much more drastic shift in body type between the S II and S III, but that makes sense. The S III<\/a> took what didn’t work in the previous model and rejected it, and the S4 continues that by refining. It’s a little narrower and the home button is a bit differently shaped, but at first glance, you could easily mistake one for the other.<\/p>\nFirst Impressions<\/h3>\n