Samsung Galaxy S4 launched in India for Rs 41,500

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has been launched in India for Rs 41, 500. The MRP  for the Galaxy S4 is Rs 45,000. Samsung has launched the 16 GB version of the smartphone. It has a microSD card slot with a 64GB limit. Point to be noted is that the HTC One device, which was launched in India this month, costs Rs 42,900. To see how the S4 stacks up against the HTC One you can click here. Samsung had revealed the device on 14 March in New York and had indicated that the device would be available in most countries by April. In terms of specifications, the Galaxy S4 has 2 GB RAM, has a full HD AMOLED display with a five-inch screen and a pixel density of 441 pixels per inch. The screen resolution is 1920×1080 pixels. [caption id=“attachment_730249” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Samsung Galaxy S4 is all to launch today.  AP[/caption] It has a removable 2600 mAh battery. S4 has eight sensors, which includes the usual acceleromter, Digital compass, Gyrometer etc. The new sensors are the IR Gesture sensor aka the infrared LED for remote control functions, which allows users to turn their smartphone into a remote for their TV and a sensor for temperature and humidity control. In terms of processor, the S4 has a 1.6 octa-core (eight core) processor. The device runs Android 4.2.2. version of Jelly Bean overlaid with Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. The device of course supports 4G LTE and Samsung is launching two versions of the phone 4G and 3G. The device also supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC. The rear camera is 13 megapixels while the front one is 2 megapixels. The smartphone also comes packed with a ton of software features such as Air Gesture, which allows users to pick up calls, unlock the phone by just swiping their hand over the device without touching the screen. It also comes with Smart Pause and Smart Scroll, which lets the phone detects if you’re not looking at the smartphone and will pause a video. Also you can simply tilt the phone to scroll up or down while reading. Samsung also has a live web cast running for the smartphone’s launch which you can watch here. But for the moment, the link seems to be down. We’ll update with the latest as soon as we have it.