In the build-up to last Saturday’s long-awaited release, much attention was paid to the handset’s Smart Scroll capabilities and the notion of controlling your phone with your eyes. Although this feature gives us a sense of omnipotent power over our puny smartphone servant, in terms of ‘killer features’, Smart Scroll is a little wide of the mark. It’s barely more than headline-baiting, marketing-appeasing filler. It doesn’t really track your eyes as you read, unless you nod your head up and down while reading like a simpleton. That said, however, and with Smart Scroll inevitably set to be disabled shortly after first use, Samsung has failed to mention many of the hidden, less publicised S4 features. We’re talking about features that will come to the fore in use and continue to impress long after Smart Scroll has been forgotten. How about the Kinect-esque Air View that Samsung has pushed?
We hear you ask. Or perhaps the personal postcard making Dual Shot camera mode you’ve heard so much about? Well, erm, no. These follow the Smart Scroll path of being gimmicky headline-grabbers of little practical use.
Avoid this marketing speak and scratch beneath the surface, however, and a raft of innovative features and highlights are hidden away, simply waiting to enhance the experience. Kal 3000 Multimeter Manual. That woman who strolls aimlessly across your perfectly framed picture of your wife and kid – gone. That idiot mate of yours who thinks it’s funny to jump in and flip the bird whenever he spots a camera – gone.
