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

Unrivaled performance; Gorgeous display; Long-life battery; Good camera

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

I have had this now over a month and can confirm it is a genuine Samsung mob with european warranty. Out the box the OS is KitKat with a firmware upgrade to KitKat 4.4.2. At the time of writing Android 5 is not available, however Samsung are releasing 5.1 within the first quarter.

Absolutely love my tablet. Massive fan of samsung and previously had the Samsung galaxy tab 2 and wanted to get a bigger screen so purchased this had no problems

big screen; holds alot of data

none

Phone was fine - looked good and worked fine over wifi. However it was not unclocked. I had to call At&T to get the unlocking code. Rest is all working fine.

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.

Display; Performance; Camera; Battery; Software features

Cheap design/material; Look of UI

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

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

Gutsy and powerful; Lush screen;

Underwhelming design; New gestures a bit gimmicky;

I loved my Galaxy S4 16GB 4G LTE the very moment I laid eyes on it. It just does everything, including things I can't even think of. The battery life is awesome when used properly. Love the Show Health app. It's been stated that this device has over a million sensors.

Overall, I can only say good of S4, as my analysis suggests, it works very well at all, does well what it promises, the only thing you should take into metal rim and not plastic, and the battery may be a bit of power, and must bring radio.

Camera; Display; Everyday usage; Call quality; Gorilla Glass 3; UI is user friendly; Removable Battery

Build quality (not have anything metal; No Radio FM/AM; Battery should be better (3000Mhz