Samsung Galaxy S4 Hands-On Preview

Last Thursday was the Canada wide Samsung Galaxy S4 launch party held in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The three parties were held at exactly the same time coupled with live acts in each city and a holographic performance by Feist. Samsung courteously invited us to the launch event to check out the new flagship. While it wasn't enough time to get a good grasp of all the new features of the Samsung flagship, we still want to be able to give you guys a hands-on preview.

Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S4, headed to just about every carrier in Canada

After month of speculation, rumors and supposed leaks, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is now official. The new Samsung flagship will be sporting 1.9GHz Quad-core Qualcomm processor (Snapdragon 600 we presume), 2GB of RAM, a 5 inch Full HD 1080p Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 at 441 DPI, 16/32/64GB storage configurations with microSD expansion, 13MP Rear facing camera, 2MP front facing camera, NFC, a 2600mAh battery and LTE connectivity.

New features for the camera include, Dual Shot / Dual Recording/ Dual Video Call
Drama Shot, Sound & Shot, 360 Photo, Cinema Photo, Eraser, Night, Best Photo, Best Face,
Beauty Face, HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Sports.

Other features include; Group Play, Story Album, S Translator, Optical Reader, Samsung Smart Scroll, Samsung Smart Pause, Air Gesture, Air View, Samsung Hub, ChatON (Voice/Video Call, Share screen, 3-way calling), Samsung WatchON, S Travel (Trip Advisor), S Voice Drive, S Health, Samsung Adapt Display, Samsung Adapt Sound, Auto adjust touch sensitivity (Glove friendly capabilities), Safety Assistance, Samsung Link, Screen Mirroring and of course Knox as well as a slew of other features.

According to information given to us from Samsung, the Galaxy S4 will launch on almost every single carrier in Canada including; Rogers, Bell, TELUS, Wind Mobile, Mobilicity, Videotron, Fido, Virgin Mobile, Koodo, SaskTel and Eastlink.

We don't have any official word on release dates or prices, but we expect a Q2 launch not too long after the expected end of April worldwide launch.

Check out the official press release and press images after the break.