The embargo for the Samsung Galaxy S4 was lifted on Wednesday evening and several news sites rushed to post reviews about Samsung's latest smartphone. It appears that Samsung has set the bar so high that even they have trouble keeping up with their own achievements.
“The S4 is still made of plastic - lightweight and grippy, but not as classy as the iPhone's glass or the HTC One's metal,” David Pogue of the New York Times says. He wasn't alone in his criticism.
"It’s an evolution of the prior model and despite some improvements, it still is especially weak in the software Samsung adds to basic Android. I found Samsung’s software often gimmicky, duplicative of standard Android apps, or, in some cases, only intermittently functional," says Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal .
Josh Miller of CNET gave the Galaxy S4 the most positive review by referring to it as the "everything" phone and giving it 4.5 stars out of 5 -- that is a very difficult score to earn from CNET. He was not only impressed with the design of the phone, but the camera quality as well.
Despite some mixed reviews, pre-orders for the Galaxy S4 have gone through the roof for all carriers. We hope to get our review unit soon so we can give you a detailed exploration of the smartphone.
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