The GS4 has some impressive hardware beneath its smooth outer shell. Beating at its heart is the mighty 1.6MHz Exynos 5 OCTA 8-core processor, or depending on the region, a 1.9MHz quad-core Snapdragon CPU. The 8-core CPU is the first of its kind on a smartphone, and, while we haven’t had a chance to compare the OCTA chip with other phones, 8 cores will certainly provide a very capable foundation for running many different processes, tasks and apps at once.
Other hardware features include WiFi 802.11 a/b/n connectivity, NFC, Bluetooth 4, and super-fast LTE is on-board too, which will work on Australian 4G networks.
When it comes to taking photos, the GS4 weighs in with a new 13 megapixel camera that offers an incredible amount of photo detail for a smartphone. There’s also a 2 megapixel camera on the front. The phone also supports 1080p video recording.
And with the ability to shoot such massive photos, the GS4 needs plenty of memory. There are choices of 16, 32 and 64GB of RAM, and if you need more, it supports up to 64GB of MicroSD memory. The GS4 also comes equipped with 2GB of on-board RAM.
With a big screen, fast processor and LTE support, battery life is certainly important. While we weren’t able to test the battery life yet, the GS4 does come with a larger 2600 mAh battery, which, while not as big as the Note II’s 3100 mAh, is more than the GS3’s 2100 mAh capacity and should ensure at least a day’s battery life under heavy use.
