Galaxy S IV!

[famousringo]

disolitude said:

I really couldnt care any less to be honest. We gave an S3 at work and im sure they will bring this one as well. We have to make sure our Android app works on the latest samsung after all.

What bugs me is that HTC One is just so much better in every way. Better design, better specs, better software, better camera. But my work will not order that phone...Doubt the guys at work even know it exists and even if they do, they figure no one will buy it.

Samsung may actually spend more money advertising the Galaxy S4 this year than HTC will earn revenue. Ouch.

I don't want to sound like you can't improve a phone by giving it better specs, but I've got a beef when those improved specs are obviously a marketing gimmick rather than an attempt to improve performance. 

First example, they boast about having an 8 core CPU when only four cores are ever active at any given time. I cut Samsung a little slack here, because those extra four cores do actually do something useful, it's just a little misleading to call it an octocore. The bigger issue is that the phone would actually be better for 90% of user applications if it used the same architecture, half the cores, and a higher clock speed. But hey, that would only be four cores (two active at any given time), same as last year's model, so it's better for marketing if they don't do that.

Second point is the screen. 1080p at 5 inches is an almost total waste. It's virtually impossible to determine the difference between 720p with any kind of anti-aliasing and 1080p at that size, but the screen is going to draw more power, chew more CPU/GPU cycles, and deliver half the framerate it would at 720p. A 720p display would deliver a better experience with smoother animations and better battery life, but it won't look any better for marketing, so they won't do that.

Third point is pretty much all the software Samsung has added. You can just tell they're mostly terrible ideas that nobody will actually use, but they'll sound really cool when you're trying to sell the phone. Wave at the phone to answer a call? WTF.