This is the Indian 16gb Octa Core Samsung Galaxy S4.
Here are it’s specs.

Quadrant Sys Info.

Samsung says it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before but It looks JUST like the S3. and even more like the iphone now than ever before. LOL

Pic from -> www.iphonehacks.com/2013/04/iphone-5-vs-galaxy-s4-display-shootout.html

Alright lets get to the phone.This is what the phone looks like IRL, not like you see it after full blown photo shoots

Here are a few shots of the Samsung Galaxy S4 just chilling.

Here are some shots of the S4 with it’s weaker sister , the S3, which will either be to the left or on top in case you get confused ;D Also these pictures are reminiscent of National Geographic mating documentaries.For this, I am sorry.

Now for some shots so you have an idea of the screen real estate as compared to the S3.

Now that you know what it looks like lets talk about the phone a bit.

Observations : 

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is a little lighter than the S3, and fits well in the hand , not more so than the S3 though, strangely.The S3′s curves seem to create a more comfortable experience. This however is only something a previous S3 owner might notice. Maybe it’s because the S3 was designed for humans, and the S3 is a life companion.And we all know how life companions can be.

I find the Galaxy S3′s screen to be sharper and slightly more vivid, as compared to the S4′s screen which seems more “fuzzy”.

I also find the S4′s lowest brightness setting to be much lower that that of the S3. It actually feels like the display uses less power. ( as compared to the S3 ) Which would explain the battery life. ( I’m coming to that ) The last set of pictures above demonstrate this a bit.Check the difference between the “APPS” icons in the pictures above,  with the S3 and S4 side by side, on lowest brightness settings.

Are all these Amazing Features Awesome ??

Some really interesting features on the Galaxy S4 but mostly gimmics.Stuff that can(&will) be done via software/apps & the proximity sensor.

— José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 27, 2013

Android is full of amazing features and apps.But the features Samsung sells the S4 on are more a function of the Os than the phone itself.Features like Air View, Air Gesture, Smart Stay, Smart Scroll, Motion etc,although pretty cool, will suck battery and in some cases you end up looking like a mental person trying to get it to work consistently. Personally, I think WatchOn is really cool although

The Galaxy S4 has an iR blaster on it.Control your TV! It IS really easy with “WatchOn” & quite brilliant.But that’s a +40k remote control. — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 27, 2013

Questions and Answers : 

(& screen) Yes. RT @amoddhage If we switch off the new s4 features like air view & gestures,is it just an s3 with better camera & processor? — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 29, 2013

YES. RT @skinyskank @hoezaay I don’t own any samsung product, should I go for #S4? Yes or No. — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 29, 2013

I’d do the S4 again. No expandable memory on the others. RT @em_brabbit @hoezaay you’d prefer S4 or HTC or IPhone, if you had to again? — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 29, 2013

Battery Life :  This is tricky.Battery Life is relative so please draw your own conclusions.Relative to the Galaxy S3, is the battery life better ? Yes. How much better ? Not SO much,but noticably better.3G and the Screen are your biggest battery killers.
On the S4 though, the minimal battery drain is the first thing you notice.

First thing that stands out in Galaxy S4 – the battery drain is much slower, at least compared to my old S2. I like that. — Karthik Srinivasan (@beastoftraal) April 30, 2013

For me the S4 easily lasts a day. Where as with the S3 , I’d be looking for a charger by the end of the day. Here are some screenshots of battery consumption.Will update this as I go along as this WILL change, since I’ve only just started using the phone.The problem with smartphones is that we just can’t stop touching them.And more so when we first start using them, so IMHO battery life should be checked a couple of weeks into using a device. During First Battery Cycle

Phone at 1% Battery – 1Day 7 Hours 46 Minutes

Time to Charge :  1:06am start charge with phone off 1:15am put phone on.It’s at 8% charge 1:35am 30% charge 1:48am 44% charge 2:17am 75% charge 24:6am 95% charge 2:53am 97% charge 3:01am 99% charge 3:06am 100% charge Red Led still On 3:10 100% charge Red led still On 3:16am 100 charge notification pops up ! Green Led On !

2 Hours 6 minutes for a full charge on the Galaxy #S4. Not bad at all. — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 29, 2013

Does all this power translate into a better experience ?  Well, No.Not that I’ve noticed.Yes, everything is much snappier ( when compared to the S3 ), I keep thinking , “butter” Butter “butter”.It really does feel lke butter.But there are times when there’s that liiiiiiitle bit of lag. ( When opening your phonebook, or when opening something JUST when your wi-fi is connecting ) Now you could say that these are things that happen for a SPLIT second, but considering it’s the most powerful device out right now you would expect it to jump before you ask it to.Of course , these are problems with ( edit : Samsung’s tweaked ) Android that need to be fixed, and they DO get fixed over at xda, if you’re brave enough to root your phone.

Check out these 2 posts.

@hoezaay nicely done man but I don’t agree that the lag is Android’s fault. My Nexus 4 is smoother than SGS4 IRL

— Rajesh (@ePandu) May 1, 2013

DAMMIT !

Very powerful device.You can actually FEEL it All this power however doesn’t turn it into an iOs experience.Stock Android is Android. #S4 — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 27, 2013

When I say you can feel it I mean it gets pretty hot sometimes( hotter than usual, understandably ), right under the camera led. Things you should know : Don’t freak out when you see that you have only 8.82 gb of space on your 16gb S4, Or Do. Check out this article at Extreme Tech.

Lovely! This is for 4.2 and above devices like the Galaxy #S4 . RT @epandu @hoezaay tap on Build Number 7 times to enable Developer options — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 29, 2013

The Galaxy S4 doesn’t have a Radio.Don’t think Samsung thought this one through.(Especially for countries like India) Deal breaker for some. — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 27, 2013

Having said that, and although I work at a radio station, I’ve realized that I have rarely ever used the FM radio on my phone.Although,India has a huge number of radio listeners, and people that DO use their Fm radios on their cell phones. So Basically.

If you own an S3 or EVEN an S2 you’re not missing much.Apart from the insane unnecessary extra raw power,the Galaxy S4 is pretty much an S3. — José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 27, 2013

Btw, I’m LOVING this phone, and once I’ve rooted I will move from my S3 to the Galaxy S4
I’m going to leave you with the lyrics to Ranveer Singh’s new Gangnam Style.

Please Demonstrate for our techniclarigy challenged friend.
Samsung Style Samsung Style Samsung Style
Samsung Style Samsung Style Samsung Style
If you like the S3 then this phone is even better,
It has an HD screeeen ..and is just a lot slimmer
441 ppi is not just a number
Look at THIS clarity, it’s brighter
Ismein Airview Hai Message pe Ungli lag-ao toh voh khulta hai !
Jab toh na dekho to yeh video- pause karta hai !
Upar se neeche dekho page scroll karta hai !
Khud se karta hai !
Awesome VeeeDieos and PHOTOs with 13 ! ( hai ! )
Mega Pixel Camera ( hey !)
Aage bhi camera peeche chi camera
DUAL SHOT ! ( Hai ! )
DRAMA SHOT ! ( Heeeyy ! )
CinemaSoundGeoTaggingAndWhatNOOOOOOoooooooOOOOT !

S4 Samsung Style
Samsung Style
More.Than.Just.A.Phone

S4 Samsung Style
Samsung Style
More Than Just A Phone
S4 Samsung Style

Aaaaaaaaay Reliance se Le Le !
Le Le le Le Le Le!
Samsung Style.

Aaaaaaaaay Reliance se Le Le !
Phone.Phone phone Phone
Le Le Le Le Le Le !
S4 Samsung Style

(Dish ! )

I’ve embraced trolls.Tis quite fun actually.There are times when I use twitter to even connect to them and give love. twitter.com/HoeZaay/status…

— José Covaco (@HoeZaay) April 5, 2013

It was a small, simple protest , more of a show of solidarity for the people in Delhi fighting the real battle, also possibly because Mumbai will only wake up when it’s hits them directly in the face.
Things are SO BAD , we’re blind to it because we’ve spent decades doing nothing about it.It’s just how India lives.We’re all used to it.Chalta hai.

Someone wise once said, “You don’t need everybody to care, you just need some people who care enough.”

Here are some pictures from that day.

People are seriously pissed off.I personally believe that the ONLY way anything is ever going to change is if we have some SERIOUS Police reforms and then clean out all the Politicians with rape and murder cases against them. If we the people can make it so, that it’s the one thing that’s not corrupt, everything else will fall in line.Of course that’s easier said than done.That or people will eventually get so fried that we’ll have no choice but to get onto the streets and protest.

1.We need to get our Police officers OUT from under these damned Politicians.Everything is about political pressure and money.Our Police forces have families too.They are forced to do what they have to do.

2.Politicians already have so many body guards, why do they need so many police personnel ? Shouldn’t they be saying this themselves ?

3.All scam money should go towards paying our Police officers more money. Maybe then our RTO guys will stop taking bribes and harassing rickshaw guys for 20 bucks.

This is just random, but we really do need Police Reforms.Real reforms.Not like the reforms we got after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.Yea, Terrorists came to our city , KILLED a shitload of people and 4 years later NOTHING has changed.

Who am i kidding, the people meant to protect us , beat the shit out of peaceful protesters.Men, Women, Senior Citizens.They didn’t discriminate.This post is pointless.Rape is the least of our problems.

Now suddenly this post goes into Past Tense.

10 minutes later I was disappointed with myself for doubting an honest man, and for wasting 10 minutes on this instead of going home.Just as I thought this, he jumped into his car and drove away, probably laughing about how clever he was.

As I walked towards my destination, I touched myself.But that has nothing to do with this story. If he had just said “Hey man, I don’t want to go there your place is shit there’s too much traffic there, can I drop you off here ?” I would have been like “For shizzle Bro, I totally understand.” But he didn’t do that. I noticed he was stuck at a signal up ahead , trying to take a U-turn ( just like he did in our relationship). I just happened to have my camera with me and decided to take a picture of him as he was taking the turn.

He was really shocked to see me standing there with a camera and probably checked out my rock hard body as well.As he made the turn,he smiled at me nervously and gestured with this hands “Why yaar ? No No Come come Sit Baitho ” I made the Facebook “Like” sign at him with my hand and walked home feeling #LIKEABOSS thinking I should write this as a blog post so everyone can know and protect yourself from Yogi Bear the lying cab driver.

Peace.

So here we go.