In fact, the S4 is a zippier experience in general compared to the S3 when it comes to downloads. It’ll tax the battery, of course, but it’s worth investing in if you’re into streaming from services such as BBC iPlayer. Tested against a 3G network, a 4G connection certainly downloads apps and loads videos much faster. The S4 handset itself will cost you around £600 SIM free, but you can get it free on various contract deals with O2, 3G, Vodafone, T-Mobile and Orange. Along with standard wi-fi, 3G and HSPA+ connectivity, the S4 is a 4G LTE handset, with contracts available on the EE 4GEE network in the UK priced from £41 per month. You’re also spoilt for choice when it comes to keeping the Samsung Galaxy S4 connected. Naturally, the two different Samsung Galaxy S4 phones may deliver different sound quality. We're looking to confirm this with Samsung and Wolfson, and ultimately bring you a review of the Exynos 5 octa-core model S4. We also understand that the two models may well have different DACs, with possibly only the international version having the Wolfson Micro WM5102 chip and the Galaxy S4 released in the UK sporting a more typical Qualcomm DAC. The rest of the world gets an Exynos 5 octa-core processsor. For the UK, Europe and the US, we have a Galaxy S4 with the 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor. Now it's worth clarifying that there are two versions of the Samsung Galaxy S4. (Some phones could skip to Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie.)Ĭombined with this Android software is a 1.9GHz quad-core processor. At the time of writing the Galaxy S4 and the Google Nexus 4 are the only Android smartphones to run with this update – the flagship HTC and Sony models are currently running version 4.1.2, with official updates probably (though not definitely) on the horizon. The S4 runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) – the latest version of the Android OS. Regardless of what we did, though, rival smartphones such as the HTC One and iPhone 5 do offer a more neutral colour balance. The S4’s display is subtler and more detailed than the S3’s, though, so we were happy to keep it on Standard. Movie mode dials things down, but you pay the price in terms of punch and vividness. We stayed clear of Dynamic it over-exaggerates the colour and contrast levels even further. I already had them turned off, but they didn't help.The Adapt Display option optimises the screen performance, but to our eyes it was too subtle a difference from the Standard mode to make any difference. I also have driving mode and TalkBack disabled. Now if you go back to Settings -> Accessibility -> Text to Speech there should be nothing left in the list and your home screen will finally be silent. I had 2, so I did it again for Samsung TTS. You'll want to do the above step for each Text to Speech option you had in your list. If there is no disable button, you will have to click Uninstall All Updates first, then go back, and the button should now read Disable.Find Google Text to Speech and disable it.Go to Settings -> Accessibility -> Text to Speech and there will be a list of current text to speech providers (I had 2, Google and Samsung) This was the only way I could kill it off for good. I tried other ways, but found that if I turned the phone on and off again, the speech would come alive again. A bit late I know, but I've just been having a similar problem with a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini.
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