Smartphones: we tested the new Galaxy S4 - Le Parisien

This is the latest high-tech toy that everyone is talking about … and that everyone expects. Sold this weekend to € 679 (or less than 100 € in the main operators against a commitment of twenty-four months), the Samsung Galaxy S4 sets a very high bar, and, as a meteor streaking look great, let technically on site almost all of its competitors, iPhone included.

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It is precisely on this technical pedigree that the Korean manufacturer has to make its latest model a sales champion. Successor to the S3, sold 50 million copies worldwide since its launch a year ago, the S4 could take, according to some analysts, more than 100 million copies and therefore represent ultimately 10% of the smartphone market. We were able to preview, test a few days ago this model decidedly upscale. The “wow effect! “Is immediate, as the screen eyeful. The iPhone 5, despite its Retina screen is tiny and mostly pale next to the S4 to the 5-inch (12.7 cm diagonal) high-definition 16 million pixels.

Led by a high-speed processor running at 1.9 GHz, the new Galaxy reacts to the finger and the eye.

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In addition to the avalanche of technical prowess, the S4 knows how to seduce with a few features that would raise the eyebrows of any jaded mobile. Dual Camera function, for example, allows to insert a picture in the photo of the one who holds the camera. The sensor (13 megapixels!) Also offers the possibility of a “drama shot,” a picture that appear several shots of a moving subject.

The S4 also reinvents how to fly a smartphone . A sensor detects the movement of a finger without that touches the screen will scroll the pictures without leaving unsightly marks album. In the same spirit, the camera detects the light and allows, simply nodding, scroll a text or web page without putting any finger on the screen. These features are impressive. One question remains unanswered: will they make themselves indispensable to be natural or, like some appeared a few months ago and already forgotten, they remain at the stage of simple gadgets

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. Screen but not too big (unlike the Galaxy Note), bright and ultraréactif wish to touch.

. Autonomy 14 hours talk time and up to 320 hours standby promised with a powerful Li-Ion 2600 mAh.

. The profusion of exclusive features which invites him to play with the device as a kid with a new toy.

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. Price obviously too high for most scholarships. The investment is therefore all the more to be expected that the early arrival, early 2014 if Samsung respects its usual release schedule, a further improved the S5 features …

. The internal memory limited to 16 GB (expandable to 64 GB with an SD card to buy more), too weak to swallow dozens of applications, and hundreds of pieces of music or video device that invites store.

VIDEO. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4, its new smartphone in Seoul

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