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Here you will find the latest news and most recent developments on the Samsung Galaxy S4, with regular updates and all the information you need.
After the Exynos variant, Samsung has just started to roll out Android 4.4.2 KitKat upgrade to the Snapdragon variant of the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505). For the first time ever the Exynos variant has received a major update before the Snapdragon variant, usually it's the other way around. The new Android 4.4.2 brings minor UI changes, […]
It looks like Samsung wants to update its last year's flagship devices to the latest version of Android, 4.4.2 KitKat, before the release of its next flagship device, the Galaxy S5. After the Galaxy Note 3, Samsung has now started rolling out Android 4.4.2 KitKat to the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500). The latest Android 4.4.2 update brings […]
It's been a few weeks since the official Android 4.4 KitKat release for the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy S4 has still not received its update by Samsung. Plus, it's been a while since we released a test build, so we decided to release one of the latest test firmwares – I9505XXUFNAD – for […]
Samsung has not yet released the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Google Play edition Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505G) but it looks like it will start the initial roll out very soon, as Samsung has just dropped the kernel source code at its Open Source Release Center. Samsung has a good reputation of releasing kernel source code […]
Samsung promised at its Mobile UNPACKED Episode 2 event that it will start rolling out Galaxy S4 updates in October and we are very pleased that Samsung has kept their promise. As Samsung has just started rolling out Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update to the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500). Samsung is always a bit late with […]
Earlier this month, Samsung announced that the over 10 million units were sold of the Galaxy S4 in under one month. Obviously, The sales will slow down as the time passes but, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mark Sue, Galaxy S4 sales will hit 80 million units this year. “Galaxy S-4 demand in the first month […]
As soon as the Galaxy S4 hit the market in the end of last month, customers started to complain about getting half of the advertised storage space on their devices. Now Samsung has issued a statement regarding this issue after the Galaxy S4 got featured on BBC's Watchdog, last night. “We appreciate this issue being raised […]
Google has just unveiled the Samsung Galaxy S4: Google Edition which runs stock Android Jelly Bean. The Google Edition SGS4 is coming only in the U.S. and supports both T-Mobile and AT&T LTE networks. The device will be sold directly from Google's Play Store and will be available starting from June 26 for $649. The Google Edition […]
As we all know Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 in 2 colors: “Black Mist” and “White Frost”. Today a new colour variant showed up by a Japanese provider, docomo. The new Galaxy S4 colour is called “Blue Arctic” Blue Arctic is expected to launch in Japan first, starting from next month. The information showed up by […]
Samsung has just started to push Sprint Galaxy S4's (SPH-I720) firmware to the KIES server. Today, we received a huge amount of GT-I9500 and GT-I9505 firmwares and we were wondering when we would see the first U.S. carrier branded firmwares of the Galaxy S4, and as we were wondering around Sprint Galaxy S4's firmware hit the […]
Today, Samsung posted a video explaining the inspirations behind the Galaxy S4's design. After the unveiling of the Galaxy S4, many people started to say that the design of the Galaxy S4 is more of an evolution than a revolution and Samsung does agree on that. Samsung did a lot of research and development on the Galaxy […]
Samsung has just started to push Galaxy S4's (GT-I9505) firmwares to the KIES server as the device is soon going to be launched in various countries. Samsung always releases the firmware before the device itself and it's the same case with the Galaxy S4, as well. The firmware is based on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean […]
A month after the unveiling of Samsung's latest flagship device, the Galaxy S4, it finally goes on sale! The Galaxy S4 was the most anticipated device of the year and it was really worth the wait. People are showing a huge amount of interest in Samsung's latest creation and due to the overwhelming global demand, initial supplies of […]
Samsung has just released Galaxy S4's kernel source. The Galaxy S4 is not even on the market, yet, but soon will be released in various countries and as always Samsung has released the device's kernel source before the device itself. The good this is that as soon as some developers get their hands on the Galaxy […]
Just few days ago, Evleaks posted a picture of a prototype Samsung device, which he claimed featured Samsung's new design guidelines. We have just confirmed with our insider that the picture Evleaks posted is actually fake. In reality, the picture is of a Galaxy S4's developer prototype. Our insider also has the developer prototype and has […]