Galaxy Mega

SAMSUNG HAS EXPANDED its range of Galaxy smartphones with the Mega, a 6.3in  handset that fills the gap between the flagship Galaxy S4 and S-pen packing Galaxy Note 2. The device, which had been rumoured to exist for some time before being made official in March, uses LCD display technology rather than AMOLED, which is reserved for premium handsets such as the Galaxy S4. It also has reduced specifications in order to hit a lower price when it launches later in the year.

Continuing Samsung’s design cues of rounded edges and a plastic rear, the Galaxy Mega lacks the modern squared-off edges of the S4, but it’s still an attractive headset. Its 1280x720 resolution display may not be able to match the 1080p S4, either, but at 6.3in it has a considerably larger surface area.

Powered by a dual-core 1.7GHz processor and 1.5GB of RAM, the Galaxy Mega should easily be fast enough to run Android. Samsung has used the latest 4.2 Jelly Bean version of the operating system, along with its own Touchwiz customised user interface running on top. The usual suite of applications are included as well, including MyFiles, S Memo, S Planner and S Translator.

An 8-megapixel rear camera sits on the back and a 1.9-megapixel webcam faces forward for making video calls. The handset will include either 8GB or 16GB of internal memory depending on the model, but both include a MicroSD card slot for adding extra capacity later. To keep the massive screen and 4G modem juiced up, the Mega uses a powerful 3,300mAh battery, which should help it get through the day without needing a top-up from a mains socket.

“We are aware of a great potential in the bigger screen for multimedia) web browsing and more,” Samsung’s CEO JK Shin said of the new handset. “We are excited to provide another choice to meet our consumers’ varying lifestyles, all while maintaining the high-quality features of the Galaxy series.”

The Galaxy Mega will be available from May onwards, although Samsung has yet to fix a firm launch date or announce pricing. We’re hoping that it will cost less than a Galaxy S4 when it goes on sale later in the year, although the massive screen size could bump up the price. 

Tech Specs

Network/Bearer and Wireless Connectivity

Infra	VOICE & DATA, HSPA-PLUS, LTE
2G	EDGE / GPRS (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHZ)
4G	LTE
3G	HSDPA 42Mps HSUPA 5.76Mbps
Wi-Fi	802.11a/b/g/n/ac 2.4+5GHz
Wi-Fi Direct	Yes
Bluetooth Profiles	PBAP, PBA, A2DP, AVRCP, GAP, HFP, HSP, OPP, SAP, SPP, HID, PAN
NFC	Yes
Connectivity Support	DLNA, MHL 1.2
PC Sync.	KIES, KIES Air

OS

Android, 4.2

Display

Technology	Super Clear LCD
Size	6.3"
Resolution	1280 x 720

Chipset

Type (Dual, Quad)	Dual Core Application Processor
CPU Speed	1.7GHz

Memory

8GB

Camera

Camera Resolution(Front)	CMOS, 1.9MP
Camera Resolution(Rear)	CMOS, 8.0MP
Flash	Power LED (1EA)
Auto Focus	Support

Sensors

Accelerometer, Gyro-sensor, Digital Compass (Magnetic), Luminance (RGB), Hall, Proximity

Physical Specification

Dimension (HxWxD)	167.6 x 88 x 8mm
Weight	199g

Connectors

USB	USB 2.0
Earjack	3.5pi 4pole, Stereo
External Memory Slot	MicroSD (up to 64GB)
SIM Support	3FF (Micro SIM)
Connector	Micro USB (5V, 2A)
MHL	Yes

Battery

Standard Battery	3200mAh
Internet Usage Time(3G)	Up to 10 hrs
Internet Usage Time(LTE)	Up to 6 hrs
Internet Usage Time(WI-FI)	Up to 12 hrs
Video Playback Time	Up to 11 hrs
Audio Playback Time	Up to 82 hrs
Talk Time(W-CDMA)	Up to 17 hrs
Standby Time(W-CDMA)	Up to 420 hrs
Standby Time(LTE)	Up to 390 hrs

Location

AGPS, GLONASS Support

Services and Applications

Samsung Apps	Yes
Music Hub	Download
Readers Hub	Download
Game Hub	Download
ChatON, mFluent IM	ChatON
ActiveSync	Yes
B-to-B Compability	ODE, EAS, MDM, VPN, WebEX

Audio and Video

Video Format	MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC1, WMV7 / 8, Sorenson Spark, VP8
Video Resolution	Full HD (1080p) Video Playback
Video Frame rate	30fps
Audio Format	MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR, I-Melody, MIDI, WMA, FLAC, WAV, OGG, RA

Samsung Galaxy S4

Excellent 367 REVIEWS July, 2013alaTest has collected and analyzed 367 reviews from magazines and websites. People are impressed by the design and battery. The responsiveness and camera also get good feedback. Comments about the reception and sound are mixed, and there are some less positive views about the social networking functionality and reliability.

Driven by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.9GHz quad-core processor, the 5-inch Samsung Galaxy S4 runs on the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean platform, and includes a 13-megapixel camera along with proprietary features such as Group Play, ChatON, and S Travel.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 zoom has full telephony features (unlike the Camera), but it's not the most comfortable phone around. Photography is the full-time job here.
A 10x zoom lens with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) sits in front of a 16MP sensor. At the wide end, the lens is the very wide 24mm in 35mm equivalent, the aperture goes from f/3.1 to f/6.3 and there's a mechanical shutter. The Galaxy S4 zoom has a control ring around the lens like some high-end point-and-shoots do, a xenon flash and LED light.
That's just the camera specs, the rest is a full-featured Galaxy S4 mini hardware, including the IR blaster, which can control a projector (the one, most likely, you'd use to show off your photos).

More power, a better screen, a host of new exclusive software features and a larger battery to keep it going longer - the Samsung Galaxy S4 has all the right boxes ticked to be considered a worthy successor to what many considered the uber smartphone. It also has a key advantage over its direct rivals in running on the latest Android 4.2 platform.

The second Jelly Bean release isn't an incredibly massive upgrade, but offers some cool new features that take the user experience up a notch. Of course, Samsung will be more than keen to direct your attention to its home-baked goodies like Eye-scroll and Auto pause, which surprisingly or not, work pretty well.
Let's cut the teasing here - join us on the next page for the rest of our first-hand impressions of the Samsung Galaxy S4, garnished with a bunch of live photos.

Samsung Galaxy S4 at a glance:

• General: Optional 2G/3G/LTE connectivity
• Form factor: Touchscreen bar phone
• Dimensions: 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9mm, 130 g
• Display: 4.99" 16M-color Super AMOLED HD capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels (441ppi)
• Chipset: Exynos 5410 Octa / Snapdragon 600
• CPU: 1.6 GHz Quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 and 1.2 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 / 1.9GHz Krait 300
• GPU: PowerVR SGX 544MP3 / Adreno 320
• RAM: 2GB
• OS: Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
• Memory: 16/32GB/64GB storage, microSD card slot
• Still camera: 13 megapixel auto-focus camera, face detection, touch focus and image stabilization, Dual Shot, Cinema Photo; 2MP front facing camera, video-calls
• Video camera: Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, standard microUSB port with MHL features (TV Out, USB host), GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC, Infrared port
• Battery: 2600 mAh
• Misc: TouchWiz UI, Impressively rich video/audio codec support, built-in accelerometer, Smart stay and Smart rotation eye-tracking, Smart pause, Smart scroll, S Health, Air Gestures

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Tablet or Phone?
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Specs Tech
832MHz Processor
External Memory: Support microSDHC™ card (up to 32GB)
Camera: 2.0 MP
Resolution: 480 x 320 pixel
Size: 3.2"
57.9 x 12.3 x 110.1 (WDH)

The battery lit is very good, we got a talk time of three hours, four hours of video and around live hours of audio on one charge. It also had long standby time.

All in all. Wave Y is a decent and stable phone with good performance and a decent battery life. If you’re confused among Wave Y and Galaxy Y our choice is Wave Y for its bigger screen, better resolution support and decent performance. Go for it unless you are smitten with the vast Android Market.

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