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Samsung S3 vs Note 2 vs iPhone 5 Size Comparison

<h3><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Samsung S3 vs Note 2 vs iPhone 5 Size Comparison</span></span></h3><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">he Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 and Phone 5 are some of the most popular smartphones on the market, offering distinct screen sizes and features on all the major U.S. carriers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">While these smartphones launched in 2012, they remain excellent choices for shoppers looking for a new smartphone in 2013, even with the Galaxy S4 launch in March and arumored iPhone 5S launch as early as June.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">Here we compare the iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 in terms of size and display, and cover some of the reasons why users may want to pick each phone.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">For more on each phone, we suggest reading our iPhone 5 review, Galaxy S3 review and Galaxy Note 2 review, where we dive deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of each device.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">Read on to see how the Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 compare in key areas.</div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;">Galaxy Note 2 vs. iPhone 5 vs. Galaxy S3 Video</h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"><span class="embed-youtube" style="display: block; line-height: inherit; text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;"></span></div><div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; padding: 357.078125px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 580px; word-wrap: break-word;"><iframe class="youtube-player" frameborder="0" id="fitvid764710" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xBDEAeLkU1w?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent" style="height: 357.078125px; left: 0px; line-height: inherit; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 580px; word-wrap: break-word;" type="text/html"></iframe></div><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;">Display Size</h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">Users will notices the massive display on the Galaxy Note 2, which dwarfs the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5, but remains pocketable for many users. The Galaxy Note 2 also comes with an S Pen for writing on-screen and controlling the phone in other key ways and features a Multi-Window View that lets users use two apps at the same time. This feature is on the way to the Galaxy S3 as well, but Apple does not let users pull up two apps at once on the iPhone 5.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-1.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-168757];player=img;" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 - 1" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-168810" height="310" src="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-1-575x310.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;" width="575" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">The three smartphone displays compare favorably in terms of resolution and pixel-per-inch (PPI). Phones with a higher pixel-per-inch rating deliver sharper looking text and photos and it is difficult to see the individual pixels on the screen.</div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 9px 25px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Galaxy Note 2 – 5.5-inch, 1280 x 720, 265 ppi</li><li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Samsung Galaxy S3 – 4.8-inch, 1280 x 720, 306 ppi</li><li style="word-wrap: break-word;">iPhone 5 – 4-inch, 1136 x 640, 326 ppi</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-6.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-168757];player=img;" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 - 6" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-168814" height="361" src="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-6-575x361.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; border: 0px; display: block; float: none; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;" width="575" /></a></div><div id="googleads" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; width: 575px; word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="font-size: 1em; line-height: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: inherit; margin: 3px 3px 0px; width: 575px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div></div><div style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Galaxy S3, iPhone 5 and Galaxy Note 2 offer a range of display sizes, but thankfully users don’t need to worry about display quality. All of these phones deliver a screen that it is easy to look at for extended periods. The Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 both offer a 720P HD resolution, while the iPhone relies on a less standard 1136 x 640 resolution,</div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: 33px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; word-wrap: break-word;">Design and Size</h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_168813" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 585px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-4.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-168757];player=img;" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 - 4" class="size-large wp-image-168813" height="319" src="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-4-575x319.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 98%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;" title="The Galaxy Note 2 is larger and heavier than the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5, but still fits in a pocket and makes good use of the size. " width="575" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #888888; font-size: 11px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Galaxy Note 2 is larger and heavier than the Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5, but still fits in a pocket and makes good use of the size.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Galaxy S3 and the iPhone 5 are very similar in size. The iPhone 5 is slightly thinner and not as tall as the Galaxy S3, but even when held back to back, the size differences are minuscule. The Galaxy Note 2 is much larger, enough so that users should definitely check one out in person. to make sure it fits their hands, pockets and usage.</div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 9px 25px; padding: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Galaxy Note 2 - 5.94 x 3.17 x 0.37 inches (6.42 ounces)</li><li style="word-wrap: break-word;">Galaxy S3 – 5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches (4.69 ounces)</li><li style="word-wrap: break-word;">iPhone 5 – 4.87 x 2.31 0.30 inches (3.95 ounces)</li></ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">The iPhone 5 is the lightest of the bunch, but again compares favorably to the Samsung Galaxy S3. The Galaxy Note 2 is noticeably heavier than the iPhone 5, but not so heavy that it rules out using the Galaxy Note 2 as a phone that users hold up to their head for a conversation.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_168816" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 585px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-7.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-168757];player=img;" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 - 7" class="size-large wp-image-168816" height="218" src="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-7-575x218.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 98%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;" title="The iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 on top of each-other, showing the thickness of each device. In the hand, the devices are similar in size. " width="575" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #888888; font-size: 11px; word-wrap: break-word;">The iPhone 5, Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 on top of each-other, showing the thickness of each device. In the hand, the devices are similar in size.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">The iPhone 5 features a solid unibody style design with aluminum and glass that helps it stand out when compared to the plastic Samsung uses on the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3. The Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 are not poorly built, but some users do not like the feel of plastic on a flagship smartphone, no matter how little it moves when held.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">One upside to the plastic back of the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 is the ability to pop it off and switch in a second or extended battery. Users can also put a Micro SD card into the Galaxy smartphones, adding 32GB of storage for as little as $20.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" id="attachment_168815" style="background-color: #f8f8f8; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); color: #333333; float: none; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center; width: 585px; word-wrap: break-word;"><a href="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-5.jpg" rel="shadowbox[sbpost-168757];player=img;" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy Note 2 vs Galaxy S3 vs iPhone 5 - 5" class="size-large wp-image-168815" height="382" src="http://cdn.gottabemobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2-vs-Galaxy-S3-vs-iPhone-5-5-575x382.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; border: 0px; height: auto; line-height: inherit; max-width: 98%; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 0.25s ease-in-out; vertical-align: middle; word-wrap: break-word;" title="The Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 feature removable backs that offer access to a battery and a expandable storage. " width="575" /></a><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #888888; font-size: 11px; word-wrap: break-word;">The Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 feature removable backs that offer access to a battery and a expandable storage.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">Users looking to lock into a two-year contract should consider these three devices. The Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2 and Apple iPhone 5 remain some of the best smartphones of 2013, even as their replacements are rumored.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; word-wrap: break-word;">the iPhone 5 is $199 on <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Verizon, Sprint and AT&T</a>. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is available onAT&T, <a href="http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Note-II-Android-Titanium/dp/B00A0CIS5C/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Sprint</a>, <a href="http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Note-II-Titanium-Wireless/dp/B00AB7FVCY/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Verizon</a> and <a href="http://www.t-mobile.com/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">T-Mobile</a> for as low as $69. The Samsung Galaxy S3 is available on <a href="http://www.att.com/shop/wireless.html" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">AT&T</a>, <a href="http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-III-Android-Sprint/dp/B0097MVKW4/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Sprint</a>, <a href="http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Android-Verizon-Wireless/dp/B008HTJC6O/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">Verizon</a> and <a href="http://www.t-mobile.com/" style="color: #005ed8; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;">T-Mobile</a> for as low as a penny.</div></div>

Samsung S3 vs Note 2 vs iPhone 5 Size Comparison

Samsung S3 vs Note 2 vs iPhone 5 Size Comparison he Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3 and Phone 5 are some of the most popular smartphones on the mar...

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Samsung Note 2 Review

<br /><div id="fragment-1" style="background-color: white; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; clear: both; color: #333333; float: left; font-family: Proxima, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; min-height: 265px; padding: 15px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 960px;"><article class="hd" style="clear: both; float: right; font-family: Proxima, sans-serif; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><div class="social bottom" style="border: none; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; width: 600px;"><div class="facebook" style="float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.35;"><br />The original</span><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.35;"> </span>Samsung Galaxy Note<span style="color: black; line-height: 1.35;"> </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.35;">was a concept that really shouldn't have succeeded; a phone with a finger-stretching 5.3-inch screen by rights should be a laughable spectacle, yet it found a receptive audience and at the time of writing has sold five million units worldwide. Such was its popularity that Samsung has released a successor in double-quick time and true to form has equipped it with an even larger display. We can hear trouser pockets all over the globe groaning with discomfort already.</span></div></div><section class=""><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">However, increased screen size isn't the only thing the Galaxy Note 2 brings to the table. It's packing a Exynos 4412 chipset which contains a quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, aided by a roomy 2GB of RAM. There's some fearsome power contained within the imposing frame of this massive mobile, as well as Android 4.1 (also known as Jelly Bean) and a smattering of exclusive Samsung applications which take advantage of the phone's signature S Pen stylus.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">There's no escaping it - the Galaxy Note 2, like its forerunner, is gigantic. It straddles the divide between mobile phone and tablet quite awkwardly, never really feeling like it can be classified as either device. The Note 2's immense proportions also make it difficult to cram into all but the most accommodating pockets, and it's more comfortable when riding inside a satchel or handbag. For those who like to travel light, this is likely to present quite an issue.</div><aside class=" " style="border-bottom-color: rgb(64, 64, 64); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 4px; box-shadow: rgb(208, 208, 208) 0px 0px 15px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #404040; left: -330px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; position: absolute; width: 300px;"><h2 style="background-color: #323232; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-family: Proxima, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 15px; text-shadow: black 0px -1px 1px;">Samsung Galaxy Note 2 specs</h2><div style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 1.35; padding: 10px 15px; text-shadow: none;">An updated version of the surprisingly successful Galaxy Note, this device is half phone, half tablet, offering a large-scale screen and a (just about) pocket-sized frame. The Exynos 4412 chipset - which contains a quad-core CPU and is backed up by 2GB of RAM - is potent, and the Note 2 benefits from other mod-cons, such as NFC support and a long-lasting 3100 mAh battery.</div><ul style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: black; line-height: 1.35; list-style: square; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 15px; text-shadow: none;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dimensions:</strong> 151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4mm</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Weight:</strong> 183g</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chipset:</strong> Exynos 4412</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Processor:</strong> Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex A9</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Graphics Core:</strong> Mali-400MP</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAM:</strong> 2GB</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Screen:</strong> 5.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus 720x1280 pixel screen (267 ppi pixel density)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Storage:</strong> 16GB and 32GB variants available, MicroSD card slot for expansion (up to 64GB in size)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Camera:</strong> 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with 1080p video, front-facing 1.9 megapixel camera for video calls</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Connectivity:</strong> Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 5px 18px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Other Features:</strong> 3100 mAh battery, NFC, Gorilla Glass 2, Micro-SIM slot, S Pen stylus</li></ul></aside><div class="inline centre " id="inline-gallery-1535826" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; clear: right; color: white; float: right; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; min-width: 300px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><div class="frame" style="-webkit-user-select: none; height: 450px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 600px;" unselectable="on"><img alt="The Galaxy Note 2 takes some of its design cues from the Galaxy S3, with a rounded back and a glass front which gently tapers away around the edges. There's no escaping the fact that this is a massive phone, and isn't going to fit in everyone's trouser pocket." src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/2/6/IMG_3247.JPG.jpg/EG11/resize/600x-1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;" /></div><div class="pager" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><a class="tool previous" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Previous</a><a class="tool next" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) black; border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-width: 1px; clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Next</a><a class="tool plain" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?article_id=1535826" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">View all</a></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: #0d0d0d; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 0px 1em 1em; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1/12</span> The Galaxy Note 2 takes some of its design cues from the Galaxy S3, with a rounded back and a glass front which gently tapers away around the edges. There's no escaping the fact that this is a massive phone, and isn't going to fit in everyone's trouser pocket.</div></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Samsung's love of glossy plastic remains unchecked and the Galaxy Note 2 is notable for the complete absence of metal surfaces. The shiny trim which runs around the edge of the phone is simply plastic with a faux-metal coating, and the battery cover is a wall of fingerprint-attracting material. Even so, the handset never feels cheap and nasty; it's got a reassuring heft to it, and when the rear cover is snapped into place the device is solid and robust.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Like its predecessor, a fair degree of the Galaxy Note 2's unique functionality revolves around that unique S Pen stylus. It docks in the bottom-right corner of the handset and is utilised in a wide variety of ways - some of which we'll come to later. The new-look S Pen has a flat edge which makes it easier to grip, and a button which allows you to change how the capacitive screen reacts to its touch.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Utilising Electro-Magnetic Resonance (EMR) technology, the stylus is incredibly accurate, even more so than the traditional pressure-based pen you'd encounter on a device like theNintendo 3DS or the Wii U GamePad. Its most impressive party trick is the fact that it works even when the tip isn't touching the screen - this "floating" state (dubbed "Air View" by Samsung) is used to show additional information about menu selections, similar to rolling your mouse pointer over an image on your PC monitor.</div><div class="pullquote left " style="border-top-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px -330px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px; position: absolute; text-align: right; width: 310px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 4px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">"The stylus is incredibly accurate, even more so than the pressure-based pens used on the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U."</div></div><div class="inline centre " id="inline-gallery-1535830" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; clear: right; color: white; float: right; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; min-width: 300px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><div class="frame" style="-webkit-user-select: none; height: 450px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 600px;" unselectable="on"><img alt="Placed alongside the likes of the Nexus 4 and Fifth Gen iPod Touch, the Galaxy Note 2's immense dimensions are immediately apparent. The S Pen is one of the device's biggest selling points, and works wonderfully." src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/0/1.JPG.jpg/EG11/resize/600x-1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;" /></div><div class="pager" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><a class="tool previous" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Previous</a><a class="tool next" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) black; border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-width: 1px; clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Next</a><a class="tool plain" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?article_id=1535830" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">View all</a></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: #0d0d0d; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 0px 1em 1em; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1/8</span> Placed alongside the likes of the Nexus 4 and Fifth Gen iPod Touch, the Galaxy Note 2's immense dimensions are immediately apparent. The S Pen is one of the device's biggest selling points, and works wonderfully.</div></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Naturally, whenever you have something which detaches from your handset there's the ever-present danger that you could lose or misplace it - especially when you're on a crowded bus or in a packed bar. Thankfully you can enable a feature which makes the phone emit an audible warning when you walk away without the S Pen docked - whether or not you'll be able to hear this over the din is another matter entirely.</div></section><section class=""><h2 style="clear: both; font-family: Proxima, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">The screen's the star</h2><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">The 5.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen is larger than the one seen on the previous model, but the overall resolution takes a slight tumble from 800x1280 pixels to 720x1280 pixels. The reason for this resolution reduction - which also brings the pixel density down from 285 to 267 ppi - is that the Galaxy Note 2 boasts a 16:9 aspect ratio screen, making it better suited for watching movies.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">One of the most obvious benefits of that powerful quad-core hardware is performance. Lag and jerkiness have accompanied Android almost from day one, and it's only now that these unfortunate issues are being put to bed. The Galaxy Note 2 is responsive and smooth, challenging the Nexus 4 for sheer user satisfaction. Application loading is lightning fast, the camera boots up in double-quick time and navigating the web is a real joy - something which is accentuated by that large screen, giving an almost tablet-like experience for web addicts.</div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="data " style="border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(224, 224, 224) 0px 0px 10px; clear: both; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; width: 600px;" width=""><thead><tr><th style="background-color: #707070; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, from(rgb(97, 103, 117)), to(rgb(71, 73, 80))); border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(83, 87, 97); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: top;"></th><th style="background-color: #707070; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, from(rgb(97, 103, 117)), to(rgb(71, 73, 80))); border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(83, 87, 97); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: top;">Galaxy Nexus (Android 4.1)</th><th style="background-color: #707070; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, from(rgb(97, 103, 117)), to(rgb(71, 73, 80))); border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(83, 87, 97); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: top;">HTC One X</th><th style="background-color: #707070; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, from(rgb(97, 103, 117)), to(rgb(71, 73, 80))); border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(83, 87, 97); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: top;">Nexus 4</th><th style="background-color: #707070; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 50% 0%, 50% 100%, from(rgb(97, 103, 117)), to(rgb(71, 73, 80))); border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(83, 87, 97); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: top;">Galaxy Note 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="row1 "><th style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">Quadrant Standard</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">2078</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">4870</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">4906</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">5765</td></tr><tr class="row0 "><th style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">AnTuTu Benchmark</th><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">4724</td><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">11065</td><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">10580</td><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">13305</td></tr><tr class="row1 "><th style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">Vellamo</th><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">1199</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">1661</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">1314</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">2421</td></tr><tr class="row0 "><th style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">GLBenchmark 2.5.1 Egypt HD On-Screen/Device Native Res</th><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">8.3FPS</td><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">21.7FPS</td><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">39FPS</td><td style="background-color: #f7f8fb; border-bottom-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">18FPS</td></tr><tr class="row1 "><th style="border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">GLBenchmark 2.5.1 Egypt HD Off-Screen/1080p</th><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">5.4FPS</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">14FPS</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">31FPS</td><td style="border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 10px; vertical-align: top;">17FPS</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Most Android devotees will tell you that manufacturer-created skins - which sit atop the core Android operating system and are generally responsible for the fragmented nature of the marketplace - are a thoroughly bad idea, but when they're done well they can make the device in question feel entirely different from its competitors.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">That's most certainly the case with the Galaxy Note 2; its custom TouchWiz UI is bursting with unique features and ideas. Some we've already seen on the <a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-hardware-samsung-galaxy-s3-review" style="border: 0px; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Galaxy S3</a>, but there are others which tie in directly with the aforementioned S Pen.</div><div class="pullquote left " style="border-top-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px -330px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px; position: absolute; text-align: right; width: 310px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 4px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">"OEM skins are usually frowned upon by Android enthusiasts, but Samsung's TouchWiz UI is bursting with unique features and ideas."</div></div><div class="inline centre " id="inline-gallery-1535828" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; clear: right; color: white; float: right; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; min-width: 300px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><div class="frame" style="-webkit-user-select: none; height: 488px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 600px;" unselectable="on"><img alt="TouchWiz has evolved into something genuinely different from other Android skins. Samsung has added a wide range of new features, most of which will come in very handy on a day-to-day basis. The way in which the S Pen is incorporated into the UI is particularly pleasing. " src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/2/8/noteUI_01.jpg.jpg/EG11/resize/600x-1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;" /></div><div class="pager" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><a class="tool previous" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Previous</a><a class="tool next" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) black; border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-width: 1px; clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Next</a><a class="tool plain" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?article_id=1535828" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">View all</a></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: #0d0d0d; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 0px 1em 1em; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1/6</span> TouchWiz has evolved into something genuinely different from other Android skins. Samsung has added a wide range of new features, most of which will come in very handy on a day-to-day basis. The way in which the S Pen is incorporated into the UI is particularly pleasing.</div></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">The moment you remove the S Pen from its dock, the phone offers up relevant shortcuts that make use of the stylus, allowing you to swiftly jot down a note without having to trawl through your phone's application drawer to find the relevant program.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Another neat use for the stylus is "cutting" out sections of the screen to send to friends via Bluetooth or email - while this might seem a bit unnecessary when Android has screen capture baked-into the OS, it allows you to embrace your artistic side and create scrapbook-style collages.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Another revelation is the ability to run two applications on the same screen. Pressing the holding the back button opens up a slide-in menu on the left-hand side of the screen; by dragging and dropping the application icons stowed away in this menu you can load up two of your most-used apps and run them in tandem. This only works with certain programs at present, but they cover all the important bases: email, gallery, Twitter and web browsing, to give just a few examples. Another cool feature is the pop-out video player, which allows you to watch a movie in a floating window while performing other tasks.</div><div class="pullquote left " style="border-top-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px -330px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px; position: absolute; text-align: right; width: 310px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 4px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">"The massive 5.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen with its 720p resolution is a boon for mobile gaming."</div></div><div class="inline centre " id="inline-gallery-1535829" style="background-color: black; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 2px; border-top-right-radius: 2px; clear: right; color: white; float: right; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 20px; min-width: 300px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><div class="frame" style="-webkit-user-select: none; height: 338px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; text-align: center; width: 600px;" unselectable="on"><img alt="That 5.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen is the perfect playground for mobile gamers. The powerful internal tech also offers up robust performance, with games like NOVA 3 looking particularly attractive." src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/2/9/Screenshots_2012_12_13_11_11_14.png/EG11/resize/600x-1" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;" /></div><div class="pager" style="clear: both; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 10px 0px; position: relative; width: 600px;"><a class="tool previous" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Previous</a><a class="tool next" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/#" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-color: rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) rgb(204, 205, 211) black; border-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border-width: 1px; clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 5px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">Next</a><a class="tool plain" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?article_id=1535829" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: subpixel-antialiased; background-color: #f4f4f4; background-image: none; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 205, 211); clear: none; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; min-width: 20px; padding: 6px 8px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: white 0px 1px;">View all</a></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: #0d0d0d; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; clear: both; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.1; padding: 0px 1em 1em; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1/14</span> That 5.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen is the perfect playground for mobile gamers. The powerful internal tech also offers up robust performance, with games like NOVA 3 looking particularly attractive.</div></div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">The Galaxy Note 2's massive screen is matched by an equally formidable 3100 mAh battery. Some of that additional stamina is naturally required to satisfy the demands of the 5.5-inch display, but even so, the power cell has impressive staying power.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">As is usually the case when reviewing a handset, we indulged in some pretty heavy use on the first day of the test - surfing the web, playing games, watching HD videos, that kind of thing - yet the Galaxy Note 2's battery was still goading us for more punishment as the day came to a close. With a more moderate usage pattern you can easily get two days or more out of a single charge - something that, in our personal experience at least, has never been possible for Android power users. Even better, the battery is replaceable, so you can always carry a spare for those long trips.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">The original Galaxy Note was a mobile gamer's dream - the massive screen provided the perfect platform for portable entertainment. Given its enhanced specifications, it should come as no shock to discover that the same is true of the Galaxy Note 2; games such as NOVA 3 and Jetpack Joyride look beautiful on the large display and the powerful Exynos 4412 chipset appears well equipped to handle more advanced titles. Performance is impressive overall and the S Pen comes in handy as a surprisingly effective alternative to using your fingers.</div><div class="pullquote left " style="border-top-color: rgb(228, 230, 235); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px -330px; padding: 10px 0px 0px 30px; position: absolute; text-align: right; width: 310px;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 24px; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 4px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">"We really enjoyed using this device, and once again it illustrates just how far Samsung has come in the past few years."</div></div><div class="image-gallery " style="clear: both; margin: 0px auto 20px; padding: 0px;"><div class="illustrationPreview " style="background-color: transparent; clear: none; color: white; float: left; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 300px;"><a href="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133301.jpg.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="1" data-uri="2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133301.jpg.jpg" src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133301.jpg.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/91" style="border: 0px; clear: none; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="illustrationPreview " style="background-color: transparent; clear: none; color: white; float: left; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 300px;"><a href="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133457.jpg.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="2" data-uri="2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133457.jpg.jpg" src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133457.jpg.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/91" style="border: 0px; clear: none; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="illustrationPreview " style="background-color: transparent; clear: none; color: white; float: left; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 300px;"><a href="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133638.jpg.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="3" data-uri="2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133638.jpg.jpg" src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133638.jpg.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/91" style="border: 0px; clear: none; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="illustrationPreview " style="background-color: transparent; clear: none; color: white; float: left; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 300px;"><a href="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133731.jpg.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #0069ff; cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="4" data-uri="2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133731.jpg.jpg" src="http://images.eurogamer.net/2012/articles//a/1/5/3/5/8/3/1/20121212_133731.jpg.jpg/EG11/resize/300x-1/quality/91" style="border: 0px; clear: none; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 300px;" width="300" /></a></div><div class="caption" style="background-color: #0d0d0d; border-bottom-left-radius: 2px; border-bottom-right-radius: 2px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; clear: both; color: white; float: none; line-height: 1.1; padding: 10px; text-shadow: none; width: auto;">The phone's 8-megapixel camera boasts BSI (back side illuminated) tech which allows for better quality shots in dimly-lit locations. The speed with which the camera application takes photos is remarkable and overall quality is decent. 1080p video recording is also supported.</div></div></section><section class=""><h2 style="clear: both; font-family: Proxima, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;">Galaxy Note 2: the Digital Foundry verdict</h2><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Samsung has taken a fairly traditional upgrade path with the Galaxy Note 2; it's larger and more powerful than its forerunner, with better software and vastly improved interface. However, none of this matters if you found the original Note to be too gargantuan for your Hobbit-like hands and skinny-jean pockets; the phone's dimensions are unquestionably a bone of contention and push this device off the radar of many consumers.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Despite this barrier to acceptance, the track record of the Note proves that a market exists for large-screen handsets such as this one; you only have to look around you when you're next on the tube or bus to see how popular the product has been with the general public. Whether or not this sequel can emulate the stellar sales of its ancestor remain to be seen but we really enjoyed using this device, and once again it illustrates just how far Samsung has come in the past few years.</div><div style="color: black; line-height: 1.35; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><em>Thanks to Vodafone for supplying the phone used in this review.</em></div></section></article></div>

Samsung Note 2 Review

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Samsung S4 Review

<br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The Samsung Galaxy S4 brings a huge Full HD screen, an improved camera and faster innards, and fits it all in a chassis the same size as theGalaxy S3.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">However, many will struggle to tell the difference between the S4 and its predecessor, as the polycarbonate chassis is still in use; although the metallic banding around the side, while still plastic, is much sturdier and feels more premium.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">We've already seen a lot of the Samsung Galaxy S4 features, as it's been snapped multiple times in leaks – some more accurate than others, it has to be said – and the specs mooted have turned out to be pretty bang on.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">But that doesn't matter – megapixels and gigabytes don't mean anything if they're not wrapped up in a decent package, so how much of an improvement is the Samsung Galaxy S4 spec list and design over the S3, and more importantly, the competition?</div><div class="vams_video vams_embed_video" data-vams-id="cjH9F0HTCDreh" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; height: 354px; line-height: 19px; margin: 20px 0px; overflow: hidden;"><div class="vams_player_coull" id="vams_popout_playersRRSFM6dqzc" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: url(http://media.vams.futurecdn.net/default/img/vams/spinner.gif); background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; height: 354px; position: relative; width: 580px; z-index: 9998;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" class="vams_player_coull_frame" frameborder="0" id="vams_coull_framesRRSFM6dqzc" src="http://network.coull.com/activatevideo?video_provider_id=2&pid=7521&website_id=6551&plugin.share=false&video_provider_url=http%3A//www.youtube.com/embed/sRRSFM6dqzc" style="height: 354px; position: relative; width: 580px; z-index: 9998;"></iframe></div></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Design</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">The Samsung Galaxy S4 launch saw the Korean brand claiming the phone is built on four foundations: an improved camera, better connections with others, health and wellbeing improvements and simply making life easier.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">While this is all a little hyperbolic, the S4 at least brings an integrated feel to things while improving nearly every spec on offer. The outside is still plastic, but harks back to the mesh design, if not feel of the Galaxy S2.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_17-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Colour wise you've got a choice of 'White Frost' and 'Black Mist', which adorn the large device, which runs in with dimensions of 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9mm, despite still having to pack in a 5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">That means it will have a larger screen, but smaller chassis than the Galaxy S3, which is a superbly impressive feat of engineering, especially when you consider the specs.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_18-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">But like its predecessor, the plastic feeling of the Galaxy S3 won't appeal to all. It feels very lightweight (tipping the scales at 130g) in the hand, and while people have been conditioned against this feeling cheap, compare it to the HTC One and you'll see that it's a long way from premium feeling.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">However, it's exactly the same sensation as we found on the Galaxy S3, and given the record numbers of sales that had Samsung is sticking with a winning formula, plus there's more than a market for a phone that you'll barely notice in your pocket most of the time.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; 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color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Compared to rest of the Galaxy line, the S4 continues in the same vein as the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and the S3, (as well as myriad other devices) showing the Koreans are keen on creating a design heritage here.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The home button is roughly the same size and the same menu and back buttons remain from the prequel.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_20-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Overall, the effect is a much more well put together Galaxy S3 – so this means that when you take it out down the pub people won't notice you've got the latest phone, which is a bit of a shame.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The Samsung Galaxy S4 feels like much more of an iterative update than new design, and while it will probably sell well there's very little to wow you when it comes to the overall shape. Specs are important, but if there was such as thing as a Samsung Galaxy S3S, this would be it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_03-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">But away from all that negativity! We have a new phone to check over, so let's take a minute and talk about the screen: it's even more beautiful than before.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Display</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">We almost feel sad that this isn't the first Full HD screen we've seen on a mobile phone, as it's kind of lost its lustre since the likes of the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z have all managed the same trick – but it improves the sharpness a lot, even though you're not getting that much different from the S3.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_02-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Side by side you can see the difference close up, and the brightness and efficiency have been tweaked to make this a more compelling screen in a phone. Talk all you want about the benefits and colour saturation of LCD – the Samsung Galaxy S4 is leagues ahead when it comes to jaw-dropping screens.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The 441ppi pixel density doesn't match the HTC One, but is more than good enough for the average user.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn1.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_12-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">We'll be mightily surprised if the combined popularity of the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 don't prompt Apple into a re-tooling of the screen with the iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, as the sharpness will definitely wow users on the shelves.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Aside from the initial impression of the design, in the hand the Samsung Galaxy S3 feels just dandy. The design contours well against the palm, and while the screen size may be a little big for some (you'll need a bit of shuffling to reach the upper section of the screen) it's definitely useable in the hand.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_08-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">So in short: if you don't mind plastic and you like cutting-edge HD screens in your pocket, this is a phone definitely worth checking out.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Interface</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">Samsung hasn't really re-tooled the Touchwiz overlay for the Galaxy S4, but has added some clever upgrades that will have some users talking about innovation.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="lft" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_02-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">For instance, the lock screen doesn't have the water rippling any more, but does register your finger from up to two centimetres away, so a little beam of light will follow your digit as you unlock. It's something you'll definitely play with for ages.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">It's clear with the Galaxy S4 that Samsung has worked out there's only so much it can do on the hardware side these days – not to say that we're pretty impressed with the spec list - and as such has tried to bring the unique flavour through the interface instead.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">As before with Touchwiz, there's a definite sense the whole process has been simplified, as the phone has got a much easier feel to it when swiping around. That's not to say there aren't loads of widgets to be played with, but there is less clutter on the larger screen.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The dock at the bottom of the display pervades, and there are more widgets to play with. Thanks to the Galaxy S4 running Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 you've now got an addition in the notifications bar of a toggle in the top-right hand corner where you can turn on and off pretty much anything, from NFCto Group Cast to eye-tracking.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="rght" src="http://cdn3.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_09-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px -100px 10px 20px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Swiping around the display was easy as pie – it's not exactly taxing on the processor, but we did note that there was a slight pause as we swiped through the menu screen on this pre-production model.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">However, there is a worry that the octa-core (yes, you read that right) 1.6 GHz Exynos 5 CPU, with 2GB of RAM as well, could suck power a little too dramatically – but we've yet to hear the full details of how the CPU will work before we can pass any judgement on that.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Smart Stay, which tracks your eyes to tell if you're looking at the screen, has stablemates now. Smart Pause will note if your gaze leaves the screen and will pause the video, and Smart Scroll will check when you're reading a web page and scroll up and down as you tilt the device.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">It's a novel idea for replacing things you do already but in practice we didn't find either that useful. Smart Pause takes a second to register your gaze has gone, which means you'll still miss part of the video, and Smart Scroll (again, pre-production model) was far from accurate when we tilted the phone.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="lft" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_08-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">That said, the internet browsing as a whole was sublimely fast (when our conference room Wi-Fi played nicely with the phone) and we were impressed with the clarity of web pages as we zoomed through them.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">If Smart Scrolling was the way we'd always used our phones, and then someone invented scrolling with the finger, that would be amazing. It just seems that this is a way of doing things for the sake of it - we can't see the likes of Apple or HTC ever doing the same thing.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Smart Voice hasn't been upgraded beyond improving the accuracy of the voice recognition and Driving Mode, which will give you more voice-related feedback when you're in your motor.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Smart Alert has been upgraded: now it's joined by Air Gestures, which allow you to swipe the phone without touching the screen. So this means you can flip through pictures or music tracks ("good if you have messy fingers" says Samsung) flick to the top of a list by wiping upwards on the screen and Air Call Accept starts the camera… no, we're joking. It accepts a call without touching the screen.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="rght" src="http://cdn4.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_05-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px -100px 10px 20px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">On top of that there's Hover mode, which is the same as Air View on the Note 2 which used the S Pen and tracked when it was near the screen to give previews of emails, video scrolling without disturbing the action, and seeing who is on speed dial.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">A quick test with this saw the preview being activated a little too easily, but it's definitely a neat feature and something we could get used to.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Any Android phone fans will be a little perplexed by some areas of the phone, unless of course you've spent some time working with Android 4.2 at any point. The first big change is the fact the notifications bar packs not just the standard icons for turning off Wi-Fi and the like, but a tile to tap that takes you to a whole host of other toggles, from things like AllShare Cast to NFC and more.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The settings menu has also been changed to split into four sections, making it easier to play around with connections, your device settings, accounts for social networks or syncing accounts and more, for the likes of device information.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">It might confuse those used to the original way of TouchWiz working, but we think Samsung has worked out a decent way to stop things looking so disjointed.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">But overall the good news is the large screen looks great, the improved CPU might not be needed but is welcomed and the little touches like the shining lock screen do actually feel like a real step forward.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">NFC</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">There's a lot riding on NFC this year - what's it going to do in terms of making the beepy technology worth using in the day to day lives of many?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Well, with a tie-in with Visa looks like you'll be able to use your phone to pay for bits and pieces more easily by including the PayWave app within the Galaxy S4, meaning you won't have to get validation from the networks for the payment mechanism.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">We're also waiting for Samsung's range of NFC-enabled docks to appear, in the same vein as Sony and it's NFC message, so we can get tapping our phones and make music appear in other places. Or you could just use something from another manufacturer and it will work as well, as it's all just Bluetooth connection really. It's your call.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Messaging</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">There's some good news for those that loathed the stock keyboard on the Galaxy S3, as it's now been replaced with Android's best keyboard around: Swiftkey.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">We didn't get the chance to test out this new implementation on our pre-production unit, but it will be using Swiftkey 4, which brings Flow for swiping out your words on top of the frankly impossibly good prediction engine - the same algorithm that's been partly used for the all new BlackBerry 10 keyboard in the <a href="http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-phones/blackberry-z10-1128348/review" style="color: #0099cc; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">BB Z10</a>.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Media</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">The Samsung Galaxy S4 follows in the footsteps of its predecessors in that it's designed for media – which is what you'd expect from a phone that's the sequel to the phone we dubbed the best out there for media on the go.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="rght" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_16-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px -100px 10px 20px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The video player is obviously taking centre stage here on the Galaxy S4, and combined with the improved Full HD Super AMOLED screen is just magnificent for watching movies.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The video hub now contains both personal and downloaded content in one place, and it looks really, really nice when viewing it on the 5-inch screen.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">It's an understandably excellent experience, with the screen veritably shining with quality contrast ratios and decent colour reproduction.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The navigation experience is easy as well, and slipping up and down the timeline to move through a video seems very intuitive.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">AllShare Cast is included as well, powering up the ability to stream to and from other devices. In addition to being able to send content from the phone to a TV and receive from a PC in your home network, you can also do this remotely now, as long as the device is turned on obviously.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="lft" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_12-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Another feature is mirroring, where you can send whatever is on the screen of your Galaxy S4 and have it show on a larger display, either through connecting your phone using a MHL lead or an AllShare Cast dongle / compatible Samsung TV.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">We've seen this on a number of devices, and while it's not going to allow big screen gaming on the go, as we've often noted that there's a lag between input and its realisation on the screen, it could be good for movies if it's less jumpy than found on the S3.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Samsung has managed to stay ahead of the pack when it comes to internal storage too – it will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB flavours plus up to 64GB through a microSD card as well. That's more storage than most will ever need on it's own, right?</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">This will be a killer feature for a lot of smartphone users, as while the internal storage is generally good enough for most things, many love the idea of having the choice to expand if they so wish – so combining this with an expandable battery is a great idea from Samsung once again.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Camera</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">The Samsung Galaxy S4 camera is a step up from its predecessor, with a 13MP sensor on the back, which now has to bulge slightly from the chassis.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Samsung promises excellent low-light snaps from the S4 as well, but we doubt it can take on the might of the HTC One when it comes to low light conditions, as the Galaxy S3 was decimated by the might of HTC'sUltrapixels - and that's before we even get onto the Nokia Lumia 920.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn4.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_04-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">From a blindingly bright flash to a backside illuminated sensor, our quick snaps came out crisply and clearly – and when we say quick, we mean it.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The UI has changed a bit to mimic that found on the Samsung Galaxy Camera, with a special mode wheel to move between items like the Macro, Beauty shot and smile setting, and while it's a little slow it's definitely an easier to use interface.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_15-580-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Burst mode is predictably back, but it now comes with a 'Drama' setting, so you can take one shot and see all the pictures merge into one. It works really well as long as you don't have something that's just too close to the camera or too large – in our tests it showed you need a lot of space between each movement.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Eraser mode and Cinema mode also come straight from the Nokia Lumia phones we've seen recently – the former works extremely well though, noting an unwanted object moving in the background and erasing it by drawing a pink outline around the thing and letting you delete.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">However, you have to have the mode enabled, which takes multiple pics, rather than the standard shot, so you probably won't be able to make good use of it most of the time.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn3.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Camera%20shots/20130314_160220-580-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Cinema mode lets you shoot a short video and choose the part to keep static – this means you can have a background moving while the person stays the same, and is created in a GIF to make things properly early noughties.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">You also get a 2MP camera on the front of the phone for some decent personal snaps – plus you can also get HD video recording too.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn2.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Camera%20shots/20130314_160110-580-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">This has been updated to allow you to record video and pictures with the front and back cameras simultaneously, which doesn't really make much sense in the grand scheme of things, but at least you can put some clever frames around your face to make it more relevant.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Battery</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">Samsung has managed to lower the thickness of the Galaxy S4 compared to the S3 but upgraded the battery from 2,100mAh to 2,600mAh, promising a much larger capacity and therefore longer life.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"></div><figure style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(178, 178, 178); clear: both; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; margin: -1px 0px 20px; overflow-x: hidden; position: relative;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" src="http://cdn1.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/HandsOn/Samsung_Galaxy_S4_review_14-580-100.JPG" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; vertical-align: middle;" width="580" /><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div></figure><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">However, with all those extra pixels (1080 x 1920) to drive and more cores – we're not sure whether this will actually translate to better battery life or not. Samsung has promised that the power management will be more intelligent than ever before, but we're yet to play a good half hour of HD gaming and then watch a monster movie marathon on the S4 to really test it out.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">It was excellent on the S3 for the most part, so here's hoping that that octa-core will inspire even better battery life.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; width: 480px;">Features and apps</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; width: 480px;">There's a whole glut of new features on offer with the Samsung Galaxy S4, with elements like a more refined method of buying media to a dedicated S Health application.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="lft" src="http://cdn3.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_14-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: left; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div id="picad_div" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-shadow: none; z-index: 10003;"><div id="picad_overlay_div" style="color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 0px;"><div id="picad_overlay_holder" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px;"></div></div></div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The former of these two is pretty expansive, and a clear sign that Samsung is looking to take over even more of Google's efforts into monetising Android - Play Store is one of the big ways Google looks to cash in on Android use, and Samsung's ploy to create a unified hub that offers music, books, games and movies is going to get right in the way of that.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Irrespective of that, it's a much better of way of getting content onto your device, and the line up looks very strong. We haven't had a good root around yet to see the full limits, but here's hoping it's well connected with Samsung's Music Hub and the like to provide a fully-integrated system.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">S Health is an interesting proposition too - it's clearly taking the idea of wearable technology from Nike+ and FitBit and rolling it into its own ecosystem.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">The application is large and wide-ranging though - from a large database of food and drink you can tap into and note what kind of calorie intake you're rocking, to a an app that lets you note how many steps you've taken that day (using the phone's accelerometer / gyroscope as a pedometer) - and it can even tell when you're running and walking separately.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;"><img alt="Samsung Galaxy S4 review" class="rght" src="http://cdn0.mos.techradar.com///art/mobile_phones/Samsung/GalaxyS4/Screenshots/Samsung_Galaxy_s4_Screens_10-210-100.jpg" style="border: 0px; clear: none; cursor: pointer; display: block; float: right; margin: 0px -100px 10px 20px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">Anyone that's ever used Nike+ Fuelband and the iPhone app will think this seems very similar to that - add to that the fact Samsung is also releasing S Health accessories in the shape of an S Band and a set of wireless scales, and you can see why some people might see this as copying innovation.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">In reality, it's just Samsung taking some popular ideas around fitness technology and embedding them more deeply within the phone - copyright aside - and presenting it in a way that's easy to digest and schedule.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 480px;">It would be brilliant if this could interact with something like Adidas MiCoach to come up with tailored running and exercise plans, but as it stands it's a more fully-formed idea than anything we've seen from Samsung in the past.</div>

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