Dauertest-Urteil: 4 von 5 Sternen

The Galaxy S4 is a great phone with outstanding hardware and performance, but it's not flawless. We're disappointed with the build quality considering the handset costs a fair bit more than its rivals and while the S4 is packed with features we find a lot of them to be gimmicky.

There's no doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S4 is a significant step-up from the S3. It's impressive that Samsung has managed to slim-down the device even though it's added a bigger screen and a host of new goodies. ...

The Galaxy S4 is likely to be one of the best-selling handsets in 2013, despite it being not as physically different from its predecessor--as the HTC One or the Xperia Z are from their earlier models. While the software enhancements that Samsung has introduced do sound attractive, we're not too sure how it will hold up until we actually give the retail set a try. ...

In den letzten Jahren hat auf dem Mobilfunkmarkt ein regelrechtes Hardware-Wettrüsten stattgefunden. Nun entdecken Samsung und Co. Inhalte für sich und versuchen die Kunden, die in Scharen ob des Galaxy S4 in Lauerstellung stehen, mit umfangreichen Software-Ideen zu überzeugen. ...