Samsung Galaxy S4, aka the Galaxy S3S: The hardware race is over – software wins again

Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy S4 — but looking at its hardware and software specs, I wonder if the Korean chaebol should’ve instead taken a leaf out of Apple’s playbook and called it the Galaxy S3S. Beyond its larger, 1080p screen — which by all accounts is a wonder to behold — there is almost no difference between the Galaxy S3 and S4′s hardware. At the presentation in New York, various Samsung execs spent a couple of hours detailing the S4′s new features — and, really, with almost no exceptions, they were all software-based.

Mostly I can agree with that, only difference apart from better screen is a better SoC, but it still remains a quad core phone in reality. That out of the way, I too can't see utility of adding redundant features such as S translate or S Voice etc. Anyway, my personal feeling is S3 owners doesn't really need to upgrade to S4, unless they really want that display.

I agree you probably don't need to upgrade if you've got an S3 already.
However the important thing is this: Staying ahead of the iPhone ^^.
People should know there's better stuff than that junk. So Samsung is
just trying to stay in the lead ! : D

There is one big plus for iPhone, I.e. iOS, which can run efficiently on reasonable hardware. Whereas, Android is nearly rubbish if the specs aren't there to back it up.

I would've thought it was the other way around, as Android is
based on Linux. And as is known by many, Linux has been forged in
the fires of epicness; which we'll hopefully be seeing with the advent of
Ubuntu on smartphones for example.