Samsung launched the S4 earlier on this year and gave it the enormous title of "The next big thing" and now with the S4 available at many major South Africa carriers , Consumers are going to want to swop their Old S3s for the new S4 - but here are some reasons why the S4 isn't "The Next Big Thing"...
The S4 looks like it started life as an S3 then got sat on by an overweight person!
In other words the S4 just look bigger and thinner, the design is very similar as Samsung still keeps with the Nature inspired design. The 13MP camera isn't that much better than the S3's 8MP camera and you probably won't even notice the different unless you zoom in to see each pixel (which I'm sure normal people don't do!)
The S4's software will be available for the S3!
Yes, Android 4.2.2 with TouchWiz "Nature UX 2.0" will be available for the S3 by Mid-August the latest. It will bring the much loved features from the S4 including S Translate, and an updated version of Samsung Apps , S Health and much more. It should even have Smart scroll, but even if it doesn't, the feature doesn't work that well and hurts your eyes (So much for making your life easier)
Having the Software of the S4 on the S3 means your S3 will be completely up to date with all that Samsung and Android have to offer.
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| A picture showing the S4 Active (Right) , The S4 mini (Center) and that S4 Zoom (Left) at the Release Event. Photo Credit - ibtimes |
Samsung milks the S4's design!
Samsung rarely gets something right and when they do , they normally milk the idea more than Nokia milks Windows 8 (and that's just sad!) They do this to maximize on their profit income and multiple devices enter different price margins and target users and they did exactly that with the S4!
Exhibit A- The S4 Zoom, Samsung suddenly got the wild idea that people want a camera phone hybrid , so they merged a Smart camera with the S4s front design to make a half camera, half phone! (I don't really get it either)
Exhibit B - The S4 Active, Aimed at the Xperia Z, the Galaxy S4 active is a water and dust resistant version of the S4.
I hereby rest my point!!
Don't Have an S3 but planning to buy the S4?
If you looking to buy the Galaxy S4 and don't have a S3 then i'd say go ahead after all the Galaxy S4 is an amazing phone, its unique software features (like Smart Stay and S Translate) separates it from other Android phones like the Nexus 4. So the S4 is a great upgrade option if you don't already have an S3. If you have an S3 and buy the S4 I can tell you that you'll be very disappointed as the difference between the S3 and the S4 is very slim however if you do want to save some cash it would be a good idea to buy a S3 and upgrade the software... The S3 (on contract) sets you back about R329/month on a 24 month Anytime 200 contract while the S4 sets you back about R399 on the same contract. Prepaid the S3 costs R5299 and the S4 costs R8399.
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