Gutsy and powerful; Lush screen;

Underwhelming design; New gestures a bit gimmicky;

The simple truth is that the Galaxy S4 and high-end rivals the HTC One and iPhone 5 are all excellent, highly recommended phones. The One and iPhone 5 have stronger design points of view with focused, flagship features. The HTC One is about Blinkfeed, Watch, and Zoe.

A blinding number of features; Incredibly fast; Ships with Android 4.2.2; Relatively small for its display size

Plastic body; Low light photo performance isn't so hot

The Galaxy S3 firmly moved Android phones from iPhone wannabes to fully-fledged iPhone alternatives, matching Apple's baby in terms of performance and many features, and in the process became the best-selling Android phone in the world.

Slim and light; terrific screen; powerful processor; very good camera; loads of features

Possibly too many features; mono (not stereo) speaker; no HDMI port

Since it arrived last year, the Galaxy S III has been the world's best-selling, non-Apple smartphone. An impressive feat, but of course, this only builds expectations for the sequel, as does Samsung's Megatron-sized hype-machine.

It's good to be king, especially when Samsung knows that it reached the top position after some early missteps. The Behold didn't earn the Korean manufacturer many friends, but the Galaxy S showed that Samsung could twist Android's software just enough to combine interesting features with...

Polished hardware and software; Improves upon winning formula; Powerful quad-core processor; User-replaceable battery; Great camera; Expandable storage

Plastic design is not for everyone, particularly on a flagship phone; HTC One delivers tough competition

Last week saw the launch in Australia of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 , and let me tell you, they are absolute hen's teeth at the moment. Unless you've pre-ordered , your chances of getting your hands on one within the next few days (at least) are pretty slim.

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.

Bigger and better screen; exciting features; great snapper; excellent battery life

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

The Galaxy S4 showcases the best and worst of Samsung, featuring a great display, speedy processor and number of useful productivity apps that are let down by poor build quality, battery life and a bloatware-infested Touchwiz user interface.

Great display; fast; some useful software additions

Poor build quality; Touchwiz is full of bloatware; battery could be better

Samsung's latest and greatest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 has landed in Australia to a huge amount of marketing fanfare - the kind required to make it stand out in an increasingly crowded market that's populated with some pretty amazing devices. Was it worth the wait?

I got this phone on 4-27-13. I must say I love this phone! I love all of the stuff this phone is capable of doing. The camera takes great photos. I haven't used all of the apps yet, but the ones I have used, I love. My only complaint is it is 16GB, I would have loved the 32GB or 64GB.