Customer Ratings & Reviews

My husband is a big fan of Samsung. He has had numerous phones in the past and this one is by far his favorite. The screen is huge and the phone itself is easy to handle. There is a lot of storage space and the download speed is fast. The battery life and camera resolution are equally superb. He had his eye on this phone for a while and with the deal and extra warranty protection offered by Best Buy, I am very pleased with my purchase. I would highly recommend this product, and Best Buy, to a friend or family member.

This phone is an upgrade for my wife's LG, and it was long overdue. She loves the larger screen and sharper images that come with the Galaxy S4. Next stop is the Galaxy S5 or whatever version they are on, when this one gets close to dying.

I came from an iDont 5 and I must say, this phone is incredible. It allows me to do everything and anything. The screen is awesome, no lag in apps, LTE rocks, and the battery life (for an android phone) is impressive! But why samsung, WHY the hardware buttons!?! It's not what Google wants it to be! Quit trying to emulate crApple!

Great phone, easy to use. Good quality camera. Big fan of Samsung products.

it is very hard for me to upgrade to a phone without a physical keyboard. I didn't have any choices except going backwards with a flip phone. I chose this phone because my husband has the same one. his freezes all the time but I have not experienced that yet but I've only had my phone for one month. I'm still getting used to using the onscreen keyboard. not an easy task for someone that has nails and has been used to using a physical keyboard for many years. besides the keyboard issue I like this phone. It is fast and has lots of apps and allows me to do word processing without any issues.

This is a wonderful phone. Very fast & responsive. Camera takes beautiful pictures. Battery lasts longer than the extended battery in my Bionic. My only gripes are 1) Too much bloatware that you can't remove without rooting and voiding your warranty and 2) the features that Verizon disables or removes from the phone that the same phone on other carriers have. Though that's a Verizon issue not really a phone issue.

This phone is easy to use and the screen size makes it easy to read.

Purchased the Samsung Galaxy 4s as my first smartphone. Liked the compactness of the phone. The screen colors are very sharp. Battery life is very good. Purchased the III for my husband. His first smartphone. He really likes the touchscreen and the fact that you can change the size of the letters. Have owned Samsungs for several years and have always been very satisfied them their products.

Before this phnoe I had an HTC Thunderbolt that was a great sturdy phone, but had seen better days. This phone plus Verizon coverage has meet all my expectations. I have large hands so the screen size is great. the scrren si beautiful even with a scratch guard. Im used to HTC android OS, but the S4 is very intuitive. It seems to learn what I want to do and ask questions and adjust along the way. Overall I would recommend this to anyone. My friend had an iphone 4. when I let her play with it she was like WoW! my phone does do that, and the screen is so clear. My gf's mother had the same reaction to the phone. The only thing I can say about the phone is the weight and feel of the phone out of the box its very light and plasticy. Buying a case for this phone is a must, to have a good grip, good weight, and protect this thin phone.

Best Phone yet. The s4 unlocks everything Android has to offer. Huge screen makes it easy on the eyes. Excellent call quality and lightning fast. Battery life is great. I charge at night, and sometimes not every night. Only knock is the plastic case and lack of OE accessories. Would like a charging dock, like I had for the Droid Bionic. Great phone I would purchase it again

Overall, this phone goes above and beyond what's needed on a day to day basis. The screen flow is smooth, application management is easy, and the battery life is over a day. The phone works much nicer if you turn off the animations, for which you have to go into the 'developer' options. Easy to do, though. The gorilla-glass is awesome! The camera in the dark, however, needs a lot of help. In the daytime, the pictures are wonderful and the interface is pretty good. The phone is very thin, but sometimes I can't use just one hand to operate everything easily. Also, there are *too many* features, some of which are useless like waving your hand over the screen to scroll. These 'extra' features don't work that well, either. As with nearly every phone, Samsung tries to get you to go 'all Samsung' in terms of syncing information (especially when tied with Google). My previous phone did have a feature called "Smart Actions", which would turn on GPS automatically when my bluetooth connected to my car. I don't see that on the S4.

It was remarkably easy to set up. The folders keep it uncluttered. And, when you open a folder and choose an app, the folder automatically closes -- love that. I was even able to clean up the apps menu with folders. I like to have control over my computer and android phones. The Samsung S4 gives me more choices in handling the apps and everything else. Bravo for that. The camera takes great photos. The screen display is simply excellent and my iPhone friends rave about its quality and size. I can now communicate faster and easier with my friends. Helps me with scheduling, navigating and so much more. Thank you Samsung -- you rock it with this phone.

I bought this phone through BB instead of Verizon and saved a boatload! Love the options coming from an old rooted Evo 4g with JB rom. Moving up to the real thing is amazing. The phone is lightning fast and stable. Went back and forth on which color but finally landed on black and LOVE it. The S4 is probably already an 8 or 9/10 when stock. For those who are tech savvy and chose to run a custom Rom, its super customizable, light, fast, dependable, and totally blows anything else away. I looked hard at the One, especially coming from an HTC... but no battery access and a very difficult to repair phone is not what I need, even if it looks super sleek. Aluminum looks awesome, but damages easily and add weight. The S4 "feels light" and I'm actually very okay with that. The One is a Lamborghini kit car...looks great on the exterior. But unfortunately HTC stopped short. The S4 is a twin turbo and European leather hiding inside a nice looking "average" car. (And still looks pretty sweet to me).

Discussed the anticipated purchase of my first smart-phone with several people. (I had never even texted before this phone!) I liked the size of the screen (don't need to put on my glasses to read the screen); moving thru options is easy; still learning. But very glad I chose this particular phone in comparison to others. Would purchase the Galaxy 4S again = without hesitation.

I can't say enough about this cell phone. Clearly, it's feature set is more than I need but many will find a use for everything it can do. It's a very user friendly phone as well. I own several Samsung products and I will continue to buy them and upgrade with Samsung in the future. They are always high quality and worth the money.

Love this phone! Excellent call quality. Super clear and big screen. Pictures and videos look great. The things that can be accomplished without touching the phone (Air Gestures) are really cool. The eye tracking used for scrolling through emails and such doesn't work consistently but it's cool when it does work. The phone is very thin but the battery suffers for it. I've already upgraded to a much bigger battery and get significantly more time between charges. The drawback is obviously a heavier, thicker phone. To me, it's worth it. The camera is very fast with very little lag time. One small but very helpful feature, is being able to hide the programs that I'll never use but can't be uninstalled because Verizon, in their infinite wisdom, thought they would try to cram some bloatware in there. Very nice feature to keep things looking tidy. Overall, I highly recommend this phone and very much enjoy making the Iphone aficionados in life more than a little jealous.

Coming from a Galaxy Nexus I bought several phones before the S4, but eventually returned them because of battery, lack of SD, no removable battery. But this phone has it all, and really is the complete package. This phone will last a full day with my usage of about 4 hours screen on time with moderate cpu usage. If in standby it could probably last 2-3 days easy. This was one of the major factors I upgraded this phone. The software features such as the split screen multitask is exclusive to the Samsung phones is also a huge plus, along with some of the other enhancements such as air preview that I use for outlook. I never felt lag with the quad core processor, full 1080P display, the removable battery, removable SD, and a huge aftermarket accessory support for this phone is a plus! It is also the first phone my family members who are not so technology literate could just pick up and use. I think android has come a long way, and this is the best example yet.

Great sound quality, fits easily in hand and camera is amazing! Blows the iPhone away.

Excellent phone. A bit overpriced for the time, but affordable with a contract. Handles games and CPU intensive apps with ease. Above average sound quality and excellent video quality with strong battery life. Everything all in a compact size. No complaints yet!

The battery life on this phone is definitely decent. With minimal use, it'll last days. With heavy use it'll last a day. The screen is big enough to read easily while still not being too big for hand or pocket. Decent picture quality and calls are pretty clear