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hey guys this is Austin and today mute the review of the new Samsung Galaxy s4 at first glance it looks nearly identical to the galaxy s3 and as far as the hardware goes the changes are definitely subtle it's still entirely made out of plastic with a carbon fiber like texture which looks nice on the white version there is a silver band that wraps around the phone gives you a bit more of a substantial grip but beyond that the layout is largely the same up front you'll find a larger 5-inch display that takes that nearly the entire front of the phone along with an array of sensors and the front-facing camera up top and the physical home button pair with capacitive menu and back keys below the volume rocker has been moved up on the left side and you'll find the sleep/wake button over on the right side up top is the headphone jack secondary microphone along with an IR blaster that lets you control TVs and set-top boxes and on bottom there's one more microphone along with the micro USB port for charging and syncing flip over the phone and you'll see the camera flash and speaker grille the back is coated in the same hyper glaze finish as before and I really don't like the feel of it it collects fingerprints and dirt easily and it just feels cheap on the flip side you can move the bank to get at the battery SIM card along with adding a micro SD card of up to 64 gigabytes overall the hardware feels decent it's definitely very light and it fits a huge screen without making the actual phone larger however it lacks the premium feel from the iPhone 5 or HTC one light up the 5-inch 1080p AMOLED display and prepare your face for awesome I mean this is a very nice looking screen colors were extremely saturated in fact they're a bit exaggerated however overall those very little to complain about viewing angles are great and the resolution means it's practically impossible to see individual pixels it is a bit dim in sunlight but don't get me wrong this is easily one of the best screens on a phone period on board you'll find it's running the latest version of Android 4.2 with TouchWiz as always Samsung includes a massive amount of extra features that range from useful to gimmicky something I found myself using quite a bit is watch on which keeps you up to date with TV shows along with allowing you to change the channel straight from your phone you can also use your finger to hover over some things like in the gallery app however I never really found myself you it with a 1.9 gigahertz quad-core processor the Galaxy s4 is a beastly phone as far as specs go take a look at the benchmarks and it destroys basically any phone out there in real usage it's incredibly fast and smooth practically everywhere however with my AT&T review unit I've noticed occasional bits of lag they're not common and probably easily fixable with the firmware update so it doesn't worry me but is something worth mentioning the 13 megapixel camera is fantastic the software is filled with cool features including the ability to take gifs which I tell myself using all the time as far as the camera itself goes and good light is one of the best phone cameras period there's actually very pleasant depth of field and thanks to having so many megapixels you can zoom way in and still have lots of detail left colors can be a bit oversaturated but overall it's awesome take shots in lower light and it's still alright however noise is a lot more prevalent and some shots are just not usable it's better than most phones but no match at all for the HTC One the video looks very nice however the stabilization is lacking in the audio is nothing impressive battery life on the Galaxy s4 is great thanks to the 2600 milliamp hour battery for me it was easily enough to last through a full day of use and quite a bit better than the HTC One or galaxy s3 overall I'm impressed by the Galaxy s4 as it's a solid upgrade pretty much across the board compared to the galaxy s3 now my one complaint is that the build quality really isn't anything all that special now don't get me wrong it's still totally fine compared to most phones if you take a look at something like an iPhone 5 or an HTC One they feel special they feel really premium what does the galaxy s4 pretty much just feels like a normal plastic phone however of course on the flip side you do have access to the micro SD card slot to expand your memory as well as being able to swap the battery so it is a trade-off overall though the galaxy s4 is a fantastic phone with an awesome screen a fantastic camera and of course a pretty solid operating system thanks to Android 4.2 so while some of the TouchWiz optimizations so if you guys are interested in the galaxy s4 I definitely do recommend it it is a very very good phone if you're interested more feel free to check out my speedtest between the galaxy s4 and the HTC one if you enjoyed definitely be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and be sure to subscribe for more videos like this anyway guys I will catch you next time you