The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the runaway smartphone hits of early 2013. The handset delivers one of the largest high resolution displays ever designed for a mobile handset, as well as ridiculously high pixel density. Add a powerful quad core processor, a rear facing 13.0 megapixel camera with special effects and customization features, and you have what is proven to be the most popular Android smartphone of the year. The handset also delivers contextual awareness, eyeball tracking technology and a ton of features which provide some useful multitasking and productivity enhancing display tips and tricks.
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The 5.0 inch Full HD 1,080P display on the Galaxy S4 boasts 16 million colors and an incredible 441 pixels located over each inch of screen space. Protected by a third generation layer of Gorilla Glass, the hypersensitive screen can actually be used successfully while wearing gloves if you are in a cold-weather setting. Head over to Settings > My Device > Display > High Touch Sensitivity on the phone to toggle on a touchscreen that works even while wearing gloves.
And you can go immediately to your favorite applications on the Galaxy S4 display by touching the upper right-hand corner of the lock screen with your finger and dragging to the left. This allows instant application access without unlocking your phone, and you can customize the list which appears with your favorite apps. You can also customize your shortcuts on the Galaxy S4 smartphone through both the quick settings and shortcut icons. To choose your quick settings, go to Settings > My Device > Display > Notification panel. Drag-and-drop any settings into the top row, and to customize your camera shortcuts, tap the iconic the top of the screen in the camera application.
Though the Galaxy S4 delivers five settings shortcuts out-of-the-box, from any screen you can swipe down the display with two fingers simultaneously, giving you access to a whopping 19 different feature settings customization capabilities. And if you are watching battery usage, forget the standard battery indicator. Go to Settings > My Device > Display and choose Display battery percentage. This gives you an exact numerical percentage, and is surprisingly accurate.
Despite the impressive hardware on board the phone is slim and light, measuring just 0.31 inches (7.9 mm), weighing in at a featherweight 4.59 ounces (130 g). Up to 17.0 hours of talk time can be achieved from a single charge, and the phone is powered by a quad core 1.9 GHz CPU. 2.0 GB of RAM memory is present, and the phone is offered in both 16 GB and 32 GB models. A microSD slot is available for storage expansion, and the rear facing camcorder mentioned earlier records video in 1,080P HD resolution. The Galaxy S4 also offers a front facing chat cam, as well as NFC support out-of-the-box.
