Even though it has been rumored to be launched on May 1, the Samsung
galaxy S4 has been officially announced in India today following launch
events like the one in new York City with a Broadway show, the event at
the Sydney Opera House, and the awkward helicopter ride in Romania. The
Indian people should consider themselves lucky to be among the first to
buy the Galaxy S4 and should be happy to hear that all the details about
the device have been made public and we are talking about availability,
price, and other useful information.
I know you all eager to find out which processor will be powering the
device in India, and you pop the champagne because you getting the
Galaxy S4 underpinned by the Exynos 5 Octa CPU. Actually, India is one
of the few countries to receive this model, at least for now. When it
comes to other technical details, they are the same meaning that the
handset has a 5-inch full HD Super AMOLED screen with a pixel resolution
of 1920 x 1080. Apart from the processor, the Galaxy S4 also integrates
an Adreno 320 GPU, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of on-board storage, which can be
further expanded via microSD card, a 13 MP primary camera and a 2 MP
front-facing shooter, and a 2,600 mAh battery. As for the operating
system, there is not need to say that it runs the latest Android
iteration, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, which will probably be updated to
Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie.
Now let’s find out how much the Galaxy S4 will cost in India. The
company revealed that the 16 GB version will be available for Rs 41,500
(~$783). At first glance, the price seems reasonable considering that
the HTC One costs Rs 42,900 (~$809). However, the HTC One comes with 32
GB of internal storage. Due its high price, the Galaxy S4 could be
bought taking advantages of the EMI offers, which will be available with
certain credit cards.
The Indian customers will be able to buy the Samsung Galaxy S4 as of
tomorrow. At first, the smartphone will be put on sale by the Samsung
eStore and the company’s premium brand stores in Mumbai, New Delhi,
Bangalore, and Hyderabad. The customers who buy the handset from noon to
4PM, will receive all sorts of “surprise gifts” from the manufacturer.
After 4PM, all the major retail stores in India will start selling the
smartphone.
The company said that it closed a partnership to mobile operator
Vodafone and will provide the customers who purchase the Samsung Galaxy
S4 with special voice and data offers. The offers will be available for
prepaid as well as for postpaid customers. The company is offering a
special all-in-one plan that includes unlimited data, 3000 local and STD
minutes, and up to 750 local and national text messages. Unfortunately,
we don’t know the speed of the provided data.
Further, the company makes the same offer as with the Galaxy Grand
and will provide the Galaxy S4 users with free access to Rs 12,000 worth
of My Services app content, which consists of more than 2000 films,
previews and trailers, but also of lots of English and hindi audio
files, 10,000 educational videos, live streaming of various events such
as concerts, textbooks, online publications, ebooks and many others.
Now all you have to do is head to the nearest retail store and buy
the Samsung Galaxy S4, and be happy that you can do that as the
customers in other countries have two wait a few days longer.
