Originally Posted by erinp:
The iPhone is to face its biggest challenge for supremacy in the smartphone market this week with the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy.
In what has been described as the most eagerly awaiting technology release of the year, the Galaxy S4 will be unveiled in New York on Wednesday and rumours are the device will feature eye control.
The S4âs predecessor, the S3, already had a feature called Smart Stay that detected if users were looking at the screen.
Revolutionary: The Samsung S4 is set to launch on Wednesday in New York with rumoured features such as wireless charging and eye-controlled scrolling
But the S4 is expected to have revolutionary functions such as âeye pauseâ and âeye scrollâ, which will let users scroll around apps and websites simply by moving their eyes.
Since its launch last year, the S3 briefly outsold the iPhone 4S but after the release of the iPhone 5, Apple have regained the top spot.
However, the S4 is predicted to become the biggest seller when it hits the stores in a few weeks thanks to rumoured technological improvements such as wireless charging,
It is also expected to be powered by an eight core processing chip, compared to the iPhoneâs two, and to have a larger screen - 5in compared to 4.8in on the S3.
Old rivals: There was fierce competition between Apple's iPhone 4s, left, and Samsung's Galaxy S III, right, last year as the battle between the two technology companies continues
Other leaks suggest it will have a 13 megapixel camera, as opposed to the iPhoneâs eight.
I currently own the Samsung Galaxy S3 and have done so since shortly after release. It's my first ever mobile that I bought and paid for. As a smart phone I have enjoyed it and found the Internet usage great having a larger screen.
However all those "revolutionary features" have not been used. I've taken a few snaps and downloaded the odd application (all freebies), but by and large I have used the text facility the most.
I read the text you included Erin and had to laugh at a couple of the sentence they used.
"The iPhone is to face its biggest challenge for supremacy in the smartphone market this week with the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy."
Because they are all out of synchronisation with their respective release times, they are all playing catchup to a certain degree. The recent release by Google and Sony are pretty well received. The Google Nexus 4 being a very good smart phone and really cheap at just over ÂĢ200. The LG Optimus I understand is good too. Also look at the HTC One, a great looking phone with an aluminium uni-body. Apple will be releasing their next iteration of the iPhone in around September.
"Other leaks suggest it will have a 13 megapixel camera, as opposed to the iPhoneâs eight." Although the megapixel count has some effect by a long way the CCD and lens make the biggest impact on image quality. Compare images taken with a real camera with a good lens and CCD at a lower pixel count than a phone and you will still get better images. Phones are great for quick snaps and as image notepads and probably for many people the results will be ok for them.
"functions such as âeye pauseâ and âeye scrollâ" My current phone has some form of eye monitoring, but as I say never used it. I do wonder how many people actually use these types of functions.
As an S3 owner, I will be interested to see how much of an advance they make over my current model. Being in the strong position of buying my phone outright, I could if I wished sell and upgrade, but I probably will not, after all I have not had it a year yet!!
Yes we've hit that age lol
