Samsung Galaxy S4: the wish list
In New York next week Samsung will announce the Samsung Galaxy S4 – Matt Warman lists his demands
The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the leading Android phone on the market today. With almost 50million sold – nearly one for every Briton – its successor has a lot to live up to. It will need to both excite and innovate, while also demonstrating the kind of eye-catching gimmick that made the S3 so popular.
But the key problem Samsung faces is the plateau in mobile phone development: there’s not an imminent leap, or an identified problem that users seek phones to solve today. So people may want a three-day battery and a 41 megapixel camera, but they’re not going to get it.
Samsung has already demonstrated flexible displays – and Orange CEO Stephane Richard said such devices could be on sale within the next few months – but it’s unlikely that the S4 will be the first bendy phone either. Rumours that it will offer eye-tracking technology to make scrolling through web pages easier are much more likely.
But while that’s likely to be present, building on Smart Stay in the S3, it’s unlikely to be perfect: Samsung knows that gimmicks are not enough in comparison to solid, basic functions.
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