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<h1>Smartphone Wars: Enter the Samsung Galaxy S4</h1>
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<p>Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/MacleansMag">Maclean&#8217;s Magazine</a>&middot; Thu, Mar 14 2013 19:00:18 </p>
<div>Try to keep up with all the smartphones currently on the market (or coming soon).&nbsp;There&#8217;s the iPhone 5, BlackBerry Z10, HTC One, and you can add a new one to the list: the Samsung Galaxy S4. Unveiled at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, the Galaxy S4 will have a host of new features.</div>
<div>You can control the Galaxy S4 by waving your hand in front of the camera sensor http://cnet.co/14orNMO #GalaxyS4 http://pic.twitter.com/zV59hPmBWaCNET</div>
<div>On the Samsung Galaxy S4 you can add SOUND to your pictures! That&#8217;s pretty cool.amplwp</div>
<div>The Samsung Galaxy S IV will have &quot;pictures with sound.&quot; So, basically, video. #Samsungunpacked #unpackedJohn Cross</div>
<div>The rumors were true: The Galaxy S4 has eye-tracking software http://cnet.co/14orNMO #GalaxyS4 http://pic.twitter.com/nl7VbZxhzjCNET</div>
<div>Samsung Galaxy S4 wireless charging pad. http://pic.twitter.com/mB3yck31d0M()D3</div>
<div>The Galaxy S4 will also include a feature called Eraser, that lets you remove <a href="http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/the-3-most-notorious-photobombers-internet-part-2/" class="">photobombers</a> who jump into the background of your pictures.</div>
<div>The #Samsung #Galaxy #S4&#8217;s eraser mode composites photos to delete people in the background http://tdy.sg/Z2mFYa http://pic.twitter.com/YchQ47d1ScTODAY</div>
<div>So now the Galaxy S4 will ruin every awesome photobomb ever. I hate you. #GalaxyS4James DiGioia</div>
<div>Galaxy S4 photobomb remover feature.. hahahaha!madi-madz</div>
<div>It will also be able to double up as a TV remote.</div>
<div>Samsung</div>
<div>While the trend of tablets is to get smaller (like the iPad mini), Galaxy smartphones are just getting bigger and bigger.</div>
<div>How people even hold this big a** phone in their hands? It keep s getting bigger and bigger. #samsung #S3 #S4 http://pic.twitter.com/Qf4oWA1EuJiMohsin</div>
<div>Samsung Galaxy S4 “Does it fit your lifestyle?” “Yes”. “Does it fit your pocket?” “No.”Muzo</div>
<div>My @BlackBerry still had the best feature: it can actually fit in my pocket! (poking fun at the new Galaxy S4)Malik Chabou</div>
<div>So underneath that hideous design there appears to be a solid device packed to the brim with features. #S4Ashik Sorake</div>
<div>No plastic &quot;indestructible&quot; screen on the #galaxys4 #s4. Otherwise it seems solid. Nothing game changing. Not sure about upgrading though.brenden bowers</div>
<div>So with all the new additions, how were people reacting? Some felt the Galaxy S4 might be the one that takes the smartphone crown from Apple&#8217;s iPhone.</div>
<div>Samsung galaxy s4. Nuff said. Goodbye apple. Years of loyalty and zero innovation has lowered your stock into my technological colon. #peaceSpaceman Spiff</div>
<div>Just saw the Samsung Galaxy #S4 presentation. Liked the #Knox feature. Samsung made #Apple look&#8230; well like a #Nokia or #BlackberryRobert</div>
<div>I&#8217;m a diehard apple user but this is kinda tempting&#8230;Samsung Galaxy S4 emerges to do battle on Apple&#8217;s home turf http://reut.rs/Zs4gGDThuy Ong</div>
<div>I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that the Galaxy S III poops on the iPhone. Switching.Christianna</div>
<div>Others were less interested in another phone in a saturated market.</div>
<div>Wohoo! #Samsung #Galaxy #S4! A rectangular phone with rounded corners and a flat glass screen. Available in white and black. #AMAZINGDaniel MacDonald</div>
<div>Great! More plasticky junk from #Samsung #S4shahroz</div>
<div>#S4 is&nbsp;available in &quot;black mist and white frost&quot; &#8211; that sound like the names of some hookersVishal</div>
<div>CNET review of the new Samsung S4 calls it &quot;the Gap clothing of smartphones&quot; and doesn&#8217;t seem overly impressed #s4 #stillplasticRyan Carlson</div>
<div>Blackberry Z10  Galaxy S 4  iPhone 5s  BLAHHH WHY CAN&#8217;T WE HAVE AN APPLE BLACKBERRY S  WHYYYYEdgar Gabriyelyan</div>
<div>The Galaxy S4 will be available at the end of April.</div>
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<p>JK Shin, President and Head of IT and Mobile Communications for Samsung Electronics, presents the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 during the Samsung Unpacked event at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, March 14, 2013 in New York.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)</p>


Smartphone Wars: Enter the Samsung Galaxy S4

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