Samsung Galaxy S4, White (AT&T)

My contract was up for a new phone. I had my eye for the iPhone 5S. I was a previous iPhone 4 user and never thought I'd look for another brand because I was perfectly happy with my Apple phone. A couple of my friends own the Samsung Galaxy S4 and I had saw theirs but not really looked at the phone enough to be wowed. After purchasing a Galaxy camera and saw the features it had it made me have a second opinion to my phone choice. I compared the iPhone 5s to the Samsung Galaxy S4 for a couple weeks before I had to my make decision. When I went to update my contract, I was told if I wanted to give the Samsung a try, I had 15 days to exchange it, so basically I had nothing to lose to try it. My husband went for the iPhone 5S, but I can honestly say he had a lot of thought after seeing my phone to switching to the S4. The drive mode that allows the phone number and texts to be read allowed while driving is such an advantage and to reply back is as easy as saying reply and your message or to call back the person. The only downside I can think of to my S4 would be the battery life, but with a 5 inch screen I knew that would be a factor, granted, the battery life is still very decent if I don't surf the web or watch videos a lot in the day. The next cool thing I can brag about though to the Samsung Galaxy S4, if battery life is a worry to someone wanting this phone, it has a simple open cover back to easily carry around more batteries for the phone if you are constantly surfing the web and on the phone. Not many phones have that feature, so I can't complain. I absolutely love my new phone purchase and couldn't be happier with this phone!

Blows every other phone on the market today out of the water. Features are incredible, no crashes like the other popular phone platform, and does not required software on a computer to load music like the competitor of new Android phone does. Samsung phones are the best phones out on the market today. Camera quality and features are exceptional. Only flaw is Samsung did not put a power cut off switch to stop excessive charging and in turn will reduce the life of the battery. Seems to be intentional so they can expect another battery purchase every few years

I consider myself a phone expert. Being in the cell phone industry for about a decade and I always want the latest and greatest devices. I have to hand it to the S4 for having that special something that keeps me loving this phone. All other Android phones that I had in the past I either had to flash custom ROMs to and tweak everything to make it perform well, I haven't had to touch anything with this phone. It is like it was made specifically for me. Anyone from the new Android user to the most demanding techie will love the S4. If your experience is half as good as mine has been you will be in for a treat! WTG Samsung!

A little back story: I was going to get the S3, but then I heard that there was going to be an announcement for the S4 first quarter of 2013. After being disappointed that my upgrade wasn't till July (Thought it was May) I've been using my trusty Galaxy S2. Months later, I traded in my S2 and got me the white S4, four days ago, and I'm very happy with it! Design: I love the design way more than the S3 because the back is less rounded, as well as the edges of the phone. But I was disappointed in how similar it looked to the 3. It feels nice in the hand; really thin! To me, the phone also feels durable and It's way more sleek. It's hard for me to text with one hand, since I have small hands, but there was no other phone that stuck out to me as much as this one! Display: Not much to say other than it being absolutely stunning. At max brightness everything looks bright and crisp! I'll describe the color a little more down below in the camera paragraph! Camera: Simply one of the best cameras I've seen. I had so much fun with the drama shot, even though my drama shot "model" had a hard time listening to my directions! The model was a family friend's daughter and I asked her to help me with something outside. So we played around with it for 15-20 minutes and finally got two good shots! (Though the camera crashed, I believe. Every time I'd open the camera it would just be a black screen with all the camera options, sometimes it would say camera error. Just restarted my phone and hasn't happened since) I brought the finish photo in and showed our parents and they were amazed and asked how they could do it on their phones! Best shot was also amazing, we got some really good non-blurry, great quality pictures of her jumping on the trampoline in mid air. All the pictures were crisp. Greens looked amazing, photos were clear, and there's even an option to be able to take a picture with the volume rocker! Which was a feature I've wanted for a long time for my S2! I sent some of the pictures to my computer, which has an HD 1080p display, and they looked saturated compared to the S4 high ppi. Unfortunately I don't know the ppi of my computer screen! I don't know if it's suppose to do this but when I recorded, around 7pm, when the sun was still up and shining, the screen recording got really dark and I could barely see the deer I was recording! Even was dark while playing back the video. I noticed the camera would do it too, when taking a picture of trees on a mountain, the photo would get a lot darker. (Both pictures uploaded with the review are from the s4 and look twice as good on the display of the phone!) OTHER: The one other feature I like is the WatchOn, TV remote feature. After failing to do it correctly the first time, I set it up with DirectTV and my Samsung TV. I got it to be fully functional and it's an amazing feature I'll be using often! I often misplace the remote! You don't have to be too close to the TV, but I found that it won't work with the living room TV from the couch and it's about 15 feet away from one another. The phone is fast and loads in everything without delay! The one thing I don't enjoy, is that Google Play Music updates automatically, and once it updates the app is always on and using up ram. I can't get it to stop automatically updating, so I completely disabled the app after having to uninstall the update 5 times. Which isn't the phone, but the app so I'll have to figure something out! Too long, didn't read; S4 is amazing. Camera is fantastic with brilliant features. Screen has amazing resolution. Design is better then the S3. The remote feature is awesome to have. Overall amazing phone and I'd say it's the best on the market. I always compare specs to many phones, as well as features, and all other little bits of info and in my opinion, GS4 wins!

At first I thought the camera was the only appealing function to this phone. I've come to learn that I have had this phone for a little over a month and still have not tapped into every function that it has. I like the true multitasking windows, the hands free pickup, and the screen is stellar. Like any phone clear the RAM and restart now and again. I have had zero lock ups and no APP freezes. Better battery life and great pictures with lots of options. Can't go wrong with this phone. My only DISLIKES are the fragility of the plastic border around the phone; literally chips or bends with the slightest bump, and the tiny speaker on the BACK of the phone isn't conducive for music playback.