Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-i9500 16GB Reviews

Verdict: Samsung's Galaxy S4: there's life in the old dog yet, now with added Lollipop

Pros: Unrivaled performance, Gorgeous display, Long-life battery, Good camera

Cons: Some gestures feel forced, No Octa-core at this time for the UK, Only 16GB for UK

Verdict: Samsung's flagship is a real beauty. It feels good, looks smart and does more than previous smartphones have. On the other hand, just as most people only scratch the surface of the capabilities of their home computers, settling for email, word processing and a little light gaming, there are going to...

Pros: Range of innovations, Super fast processor, Great battery life

Cons: Too many gimmicks, Too big for some, Design lacks class

Verdict: Look and feel Slim and sleek. Although the plastic build doesn't scream 'premium', but it keeps the phone light and it still looks gorgeous and feels great in the hand. Ease of Use One of the most fluid uses of Android 4.2 Jelly Bean we have seen yet, and the changes to Samsung's TouchWiz interface...

Pros: Enlarged and improved screen, innovative features, great camera, strong battery life

Cons: Sheer number of options can be overwhelming, design is not wildly different to the S III, plastic body is off-putting to some

Verdict: You'd think Samsung's gameplan for this year would be pretty simple after shifting more than 50 million Galaxy S3s . Make last year's stonkingly successful phone slightly bigger and slightly better, sell bucketloads, then kick back and blow raspberries at the competition until 2014 rolls around.

Pros: Gutsy and powerful, Lush screen

Cons: Underwhelming design, New gestures a bit gimmicky

Verdict: It's improved in every area, but the Samsung Galaxy S4 isn't good enough to topple the HTC One

Verdict: The is so powerful and offers such great performance, that you feel it should be a bigger device. It does all that the S III does, in a smaller package. And it brings more to the table with useful and fun extra features. It's a thrilling insight into the future of smartphones.

Pros: Bigger and better screen, exciting features, great snapper, excellent battery life

Cons: There are so many options they can be overwhelming, design is similar to the S III, plastic body may not be to everyone's taste

Verdict: As we type this we have the SGS3 and the SGS4 on our desk. While, superficially, there's really not a lot of difference between the two, to hold, they couldn't feel more different. We really like the new, more square-feeling SGS4.

Pros: A brilliant phone in almost every way, subtly better design than SGS3, loads of new gesture and eye-tracking features, powerful

Cons: A bit complex now, incredibly expensive, not a huge leap from the SGS3, battery life is still bad

Verdict: Last year, I had few final words: "Buy the Galaxy S3, as there isn't a better phone on the market." This year, the scenario is complicated by the entrance of the HTC One and a few mystifying design choices by Samsung.

Pros: - Beautiful, high-resolution screen with improved colour accuracy over previous models, - Excellent camera quality and lots of opportunity for tinkering, - Many of the new features like Air Gesture, S Health and WatchOn are well received and useful, - Impressively compact for 5-inch device, -

Cons: - Low-light photo quality is lower than competition, - Build quality still below that of the HTC One and iPhone 5, - Comes with nearly half of its 16GB storage already in use out of the box, - Many features like Air View and Smart Scroll feel underdeveloped, - Emphasis on using Samsung-branded

Verdict: You can still buy a Samsung Galaxy S4, but the smartphone world has moved on and you can do much better these days

Verdict: I got the Samsung Galaxy S4 only 3 weeks ago and it had poor speakers and no sound notifications on messages. I took it to the Samsung repair center and they said the motherboard was defective but said I broke it by trying to access the admin functions which is complete nonsense, and therefore I...

Pros: Not a Whole Lot

Cons: S3 is a much better phone

Verdict: There's no question that the Galaxy S4 was the most-hyped device of 2013. Samsung's poured millions of dollars into marketing the S4 as a "life companion," which can translate your speech at the drop of a hat, beautify your photos and help you connect with the folks around you.

Pros: Display, Performance, Camera, Battery, Software features

Cons: Cheap design/material, Look of UI