Samsung Galaxy S4 User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
8.3
Camera quality
9.4
Performance
9.1
Display
9.6
Battery life and charging
8.6
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
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User reviews
10

great phone

Phone owned for less than 3 months

it amazing. cool the camara is very clear. the batery is long lasting. it fits good in the hand and is well bulit. so far it hasnt had any problems at all. it is very quick and responsive. the key bord is very responsive. i love it

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10

Cool phone

Phone owned for less than a year

Its really a superbone....and much handy with one hand use. Its durable, Reception is superbone, Multitasking on Samsung galaxy S4 is superb. Airview, Air gestures, are one of my fav features.
Its the phone that cover around 80% of laging that i found in s3. Its very resposive fast. OInly one 1st time use of few app you found few mili sec lag but after that if u open the same application several times theirs no lags. In my opinion its superb superb phone with ideal size also. The display colors, outdoor visibility all excellent. Actually its a excellent phone.

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8

It's okay

Phone owned for less than a year

I switched in December to Galaxy from iPhone. Overall it's okay. If you own a mac then stick with iPhone. It's a bit of a pain trying to switch pictures over from the phone to the mac laptop. Also, if you hear a song on the radio or something it is far easier to quickly purchase it on iTunes. Finally I hate the fact that there are ads on the phone. Seriously that is annoying.
Personally I miss the iPhone and I'll switch back when the 6 comes out.

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10

Black Edition

Phone owned for less than 3 months

Great phone! Despite Galaxy S5 is out on the market, this is still one of the best phones you can get, especially when you compare differences in the price with 2014. models. Black leather cover is really nice upgrade from standard Galaxy S4.

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10

S4

Phone owned for less than a year

Agha mahshare chera???chon mahshare dige
gooshie por ghodratie faghat samsung galaxy s 4 T ey baba inam ke hamash mige 200 ta kalame benvisam , beharhal man ke daram va hal mikonam I love touchwiz
The basic functions work great and the extras are nice and even useful

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8

Samsung Galaxy S4

Phone owned for less than a year

Unfotunately, I found more cons than pros with this phone. 1. For that kind of phone, storage is very limited. 2 After the 1st official samsung software update phone started to lag! I was patient and waited for the new update which came out about 3 weeks ago. Lag was fixed but other issues occurred! Now the phone can barely last 10minutes before dying when using apps or games. On top of that it stopped warning you to plug the phone in to carge. Due to this I lost data several times. Lastly, most of the time I kept my phone at home and barely used it outside. Recently woke up last morning to find my phones screen unglued! This last drop inspired me to write a review for people who might foolishly think that this phone is worth its price

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9

good phone

Phone owned for less than a year

Overall a great phone, but you can definitely find better Android phones for this price, for example the nexus 5, oppo's, huawei's etc.
I loved the phone, and used it to its full potential but sometimes the call quality just killed me, with interruptions etc., but i guess that something samsung never going to fix.

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7

Samsung S4 display broke easily

Phone owned for less than 3 months

Hello Friends, I have purchase Samsung S4 on 28-Dec-13 After regular user on 14-MAR-1 my screen display was not working suddenly So I went to Care Centre Their representative told me it is physical damaged as one small crack was there on left hand corner side.I told him it is not dropped nor any pressure I have applied Then he asked me where you carry your mobile then he told me due to carrying mobile in jeans pocket it may damaged your screen display. I was shocked by his answer & I told him I was carrying another Nokia's mobile at same time in pocket but nothing was happens to it then he was unanswerable. By raising issue to Samsung they have asked me for mobiles picture & after their study that it is rare case with Samsung & they can provide me 20% discount. I told their service representative boss if there may be any mistake from my side surely I must have accepted that & I never asked for any discount but here there is no mistake of mine Just I was carrying a phone in my front jeans pocket. Friends please suggest me a way to get maximum discount waiting for your reply. Regards, Vaibhav

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9

S4 The Giant

Phone owned for less than a month

Great phone for a geek and a person who wants to play with his phone 24/7 but bad phone for average user cause UI is hard to learn and people who dont care about those air sensors are gonna hate it
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this can be named a camera phone , the photos taken by this phone is better than my camera and detail and colors are amazing both for front facing and main camera

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9

my s4

Phone owned for less than 3 months

I like all but not have display contrast like note 2 .am avut 1 an note 2 nu am nimic de zis rau de el am vrut ceva mai mic si am luat s4 prima dezamagire a fost displayul care are culori foarte fade ca la un lcd nu amoled cu marimea mam obisnuit

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10

Samsung S4, I just love my phone

Phone owned for less than a year

Overall, it is a great phone. Stylish and also very much capable. for a phone that was released last year, it is still very relevant. The camera is just brilliant and the fact that the phone can do so much more is just enough to spin my world around.

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9

Very much satisfied

Phone owned for less than 3 months

im switching from an iPhone to GS4. and so far the experience is joyful. one of the main things people complain about the GS4 is the build quality, for a person coming from an iPhone 5, till now i didnt feel much less premium. yes the iPhone is much premium than GS4 but no complain. i thought 5' be very big for a phone but i got use to it very quickly. the display is just stunning, its just a pleasure to look at it. there are so many features under the hood, but i dont use most of them but may come in handy sometimes. this is the 3rd month using this, and no lags at all. i got the snapdragon version i9505. the camera also got plenty of features but auto mode does cover all. pictures are in very good detailed condition. and the battery is also okay. in moderate usage can survive a day. almost everything about this phone is good. but there are two main things irritate me, they are TouchWiz and back facing speakers. touch wiz is just so ugly and is hate it. only HTC one got the speaker problem right.

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9

4.3 is the Problem not the Phone

Phone owned for less than a year

Everything from the processing power to the display is/was amazing. Even the battery life lasted me about 14 hours of strenuous use throughout the day...until the dreaded 4.3 update came along. Wifi has problems saying its unstable, the battery lasts about 1/3 of the time it did with 4.2.2 , and you have stupid built in apps that 4.3 downloaded, like Lookout Security. It randomly pops up and shuts down apps causing even this amazing phone to become sluggish. If you get this phone you will not be disappointed; just please keep it on 4.2.2 and wait for 4.4 (kitkat) to come out. [scores are from before the 4.3 update]

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9

Impressive

Phone owned for less than 3 months

I was in two minds between this and HTC One, but after seeing its camera, i passes. Good at first, 4.3 update kind of screwed the battery life, hope they fix it.

I honestly dont understand why 200 characters need to be posted, ridiculous PA .

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9

Good internals with weak body.

Phone owned for less than a year

My S4 broke after a fall to carpet. The glass was fine but the screen underneath broke and no longer displays anything. The sides of my phone also had dents from the weak build. During the time I had the phone, I was very pleased with its power and performance. It could handle anything I threw at it and never had and any issues.

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10

excellent

Phone owned for less than a year

Excellent mobile.....this is my first time a very perfect mobile I have ever used in my life....perfect camera. ...perfect screen. ...perfect size....highly resolution display....in simple words no match with this cell.

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9

Not the best phone, but great!

Phone owned for less than a year

Not the best phone in the market, just awesome. Too fragile. Nice specs and display. The camera is very nice but not in low light scenarios, Snapdragon 600 and 2GB of RAM makes the performance be very smooth. Have some bugs.

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10

best phone on the planet

Phone owned for less than a year

a great phone, i jumped from the s2 to the s4, i found it very amazing, camera, software features like s-health, s- trslator and air view are the best, of course with the camera features
great job samsung

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6

s5

Phone owned for less than a year

S4 done the job in decent way. But I am waiting to compare it with s5. I hope its not gona disappoint. . There is heat up problem in s4 . I dont know when its gona fix by samsung. More over samsung don't have that much updated application. S3 user can use the same applications like we are using.

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10

Galaxy S4 User

Phone owned for more than a year

Great phone light and easy to use. Reliable as well as great battery life. Dropped a few times and has held up really well, Haven't found a device that has so much more that would make me change. Not even the G2 from LG

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10

samsung galaxy s4 is cool

Phone owned for less than a year

Is excellent in overall a little weak on the battery though highly built has cool new features is preaty fast I encourage every one to try samsungs flagship has cool tricks like gestures,air gestures ,adapt sound and so on

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10

they got it right

Phone owned for less than 3 months

I've had every Galaxy S... this is the best.. I started with the vibrant which was a decent phone.. though gps was a major issue I stuck with it.. I just like the power matched with the fluidity... when I heard annoy this S4 I want sure if I should get it because I heard it's the same as the S3...when I was getting it immediately noticed the difference I'm screen quality and I wanted more...then I noticed the raw overall power and fluidity of this thing and I was hooked... now I just got the OTA from trouble the other day for 4.3 and it feels like a completely new phone...it's so smooth and fast...I persuaded my friends to dump his iPhone 5s to get this and he's loving it too..thanks

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9

The best phone I ever had

Phone owned for less than a year

I'm completely satisfied with this phone and I won't change Galaxy S4 to another phone even after 5 years! After 4 month of not very carefull use there are no scratches on the screen and few little scratches on back case because it is made from a thin plastic. Call quality is very well and clear. Internet browser is easy to use, but it works fast only if the internet connection is very good. Camera is quite well but if the light is poor, the quality of a picture isn't sharp too. But it can be improved by using HDR regime. UI speed is fast but sometimes if there are many applications opened the phone may slow down and restart but it happens once a month or rarer. Visibility in sunlight is good because the phone changes brightness of screen depending on outside light. The battery lasts between 16-20 hours in power saving regime but anyway you need to charge it every day.

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9

echo 99

Phone owned for less than a year

this phone is great it's just not perfect , and it becomes slow by the time , and still even didn't get android 4.4 kitkat , i think samsung should improve , especially when it's about the software , cause the hardware is just great

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10

Solid improvement over my old s3

Phone owned for less than a year

Beast phone. My favorite thing is that you can use it as a thermometer, metal detector(separate app), sound gauge.

Least favorite is the plastic built body.

Everything else is great, even the battery.

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