Customer Ratings & Reviews

The phone is great. screen is big and the picture quality is good. its really light and takes great pictures. Battery life is decent.

Everything I wanted my Iphone to be, but it wasn't: Decent size screen, customizable screens, ability to download and organize different kinds of files, and a web browser that can actually access full web pages! I understand it is not perfect, I get the most battery life because I disabled all the (useless) bells and whistles, not as snappy as the iphone and the sound is definitely not to par with the Ipod and music oriented Iphone quality, but overall I feel like I can finally get the most use out of my smartphone and have about 99% of the same apps I had before. Sorry Apple, I have no need for your next-gen phone, larger screen or not.

Overall I am very happy with this phone. The picture quality is outstanding and the screen is large, yet the phone does not feel bulky because it is so thin. Voice calls come through with great clarity. The camera works really well. I have no major complaints. The touchscreen sometimes does not respond as quickly or precisely at I would like. Using Google maps for turn by turn navigation runs down the battery fairly quickly

I love my Samsung Galaxy S4. It is the perfect size for my big hands. The one bad thing about this phone is all of the bloatware that samsung has pre-loaded on to this phone. All of the bloatware runs all the time and takes up about half of the processing power. You can not even choose to turn off most of the useless programs they have put on here.

I'm still exploring all the features of the Galaxy s4 and trying to customize it to my preferences and needs. I like the big screen and picture quality. I've also been stepping through the many features of the phone, one-by-one, in order to set the phone up. Some are easier than others. The online manual is a big help. I also like the Android operating system. I can see that this phone will give me many years of good service.

I recently was due for an upgrade and through my carrier they wanted $199 for this phone. Around Black Friday, Best Buy had this for free as long as you extended your contract for 2 years with your mobile provider. I jumped on it and glad I did. I had a Motorola Droid Razr and wanted something that was similar in features and size and this phone is that and more. I can even control my smart tv with it which was pretty awesome. A co-worker has the same phone and can start his truck with his. Amazing what things can do these days. Definately a must buy and would recommend this phone to anyone looking to upgrade. Well worth it!!!

Coming from a Galaxy Nexus I was amazed by the battery life of the S4. I would estimate around 1% of the battery life per 2 hours of standby, but even with heavy use it'll get you through a day and a half to two days (with SynergyROM, and most Verizon/Samsung bloatware apps frozen or uninstalled with Titanium Backup Pro). The screen is the perfect size and pretty tough; I've dropped it a few times with no issues. I love the option to use multiple windows at the same time rather than switching back and forth between apps, very convenient. I highly recommend this phone, so far only benefits with no problems.

I had been due for my upgrade for a long time now. Haven't been excited for the latest crop of Android phones, mainly because the screen size is getting ridiculous. But decided to go with the S4 anyway, and have been pretty happy. The screen IS huge, but still fits in my pocket okay. I wish it was maybe a hair smaller, but the large screen is nice when actually using the phone. Jellybean is pretty slick. A big upgrade from the Froyo I was on before. I also came from HTC Sense, and the Touchwiz is pretty nice. I don't like how it takes up nearly half the onboard memory, but aside from that I enjoy it. Battery life seems great. I can get almost 2 days with moderate usage. One day with heavy usage. All in all I am quite happy with this phone, and am happy I purchased it.

When i purchased my S4 I picked it up the day of release for verizon. I loved everything about it -- only problem i had was that the camera was defective. I kept gettin an error message about the camera failing, with no good solution. I took it right back to BestBuy the next day and they traded it out. Ever since, my phone has been the best. I love the different camera modes-- and i love how fast and smooth it is. The ram is awesome for the phone and i never notice a slow down.

This is my first smartphone so I'm still figuring out all of the functions that this phone is capable of performing. I will say that the call quality, picture quality, processing speed and overall user friendliness of the phone is excellent. My only complaints with this phone is that the battery life is a lot shorter than what I'm use to and it is larger than what I'm use to as well (even without a protective case) so I'm still trying to get use to that. Other than that, this is a great product that I would recommend to anyone who is in the market for a smartphone.

Love this phone. The camera longer battery, and processor makes it a great phone. I really recommend getting one.

Easy to use! Talk to text is great. Takes great pics. Many great features like S-beam to share files. Battery life great. Love the Samsung product line.

I like the phone because the only that I changed on the phone was a better battery. The one that comes with the phone drains fast when you are talking, I got a extended battery. so I can talk longer without have to recharge it is as much.

This phone really does make life easier. Samsung has definitely perfected the phone market where Apple failed at. The operating system is easy, functional and smooth. There are advanced settings and apps, but even navigating those are simple. It's the perfect size between too small of screen to see too much and the massive impossible to justify Galaxy Note. The battery life is easily managed and can do advanced functions far further than the competition.

After getting my new S4 and setting it up the way I wanted it, very easy I might add. The phone is great. does more than I could ever need. The clarity in the screen, pictures and sound is amazing. The battery life is insane w/out the internet on and even w it on the battery still will go for 12hrs plus depending the amount of internet use. Either way it blows away the i5 battery.

I'm not going to get into an Apple vs. Android debate, but in terms of Android phones, this has to be the best phone on the market. The only true rival would be the HTC One, which isn't out for Verizon yet. While you're not going to go days without charging it, after a full day of normal use you won't have to charge the S4 until you go to bed. The screen is beautiful, it's very quick, and if you want the best Android available, this is the phone to get.

Upgraded from a blackberry and I wish I got a galaxy a long time ago! what an amazing phone. long lasting battery, lots of features, big bright screen. takes amazing photos if you know how to use the focus.

This phone just isn't worth the hype or the $750 pricetag (which btw is $100 more at BestBuy than the $650 Verizon charges for the phone). It has an excellent screen and a decent camera (panorama mode works wonderfully!) but that's about all it's got going for it. You can't move apps to the SD card, so the tiny 16GB internal memory gets chewed up fast. The antenna is absolutely HORRIBLE, and places I was getting full bars of 4G on my old HTC Thunderbolt, I'm getting maybe 2 bars on the S4, if I'm lucky. The phone also runs incredibly hot out of nowhere sometimes. All of a sudden I'll be at work and the phone will start burning a hole in my pocket. The TouchWiz touch interface has crashed a number of times, leaving no other remedy but a battery pull. The audio is weak and tinny and directs the sound away from your face, leaving you to cup your hand in front of the speaker to direct the sound back towards your ears. On top of that, it has pretty weak battery life and most of the gestures they feature in the ads do not work properly, if at all. Wave hand over screen to answer the telephone works maybe 1 in 10 times. Look away to pause video and smart scroll (which is supposed to track eye movements) have never worked, not a single time! Basically all of the groundbreaking features they prominently bill to sell the S4 don't really work and you are left with a nice looking and feeling piece of plastic in your hand that doesn't do anything better (and most of the time does things worse) than your old phone. If you prefer form over function, this is the phone for you. On a rare positive note, Samsung's S-Voice is a Siri-killer. It has better voice recognition than Apple's Siri and can carry out a broader range of tasks than Siri does, and it can do it pretty much flawlessly unlike Siri.

It is a nice phone and I've had no problems with its basic function of phone calls and call quality. My previous phone was the Samsung Stratosphere and I find this phone easier for typing due to the size. I like the screen for viewing videos on youtube and internet browsing. The photo quality is very nice and taking pictures is much quicker. The negatives: 1) I haven't been able to get the sports mode to work for me. I still get blurry pictures. 2) When I text pictures, it is hit or miss if they go through. 3) The vibration is set at its highest intensity and it is very hard to detect. 4) The Weight Watcher application scanner function does not work. It continually tries to focus without success.

I made the switch from the iPhone 5. I like the S4 so far. It was a fairly easy switch after I figured out what apps to use for music and photos since I was used to using iTunes and iPhoto. The screen is nice and videos look great on it. So do pictures. The camera is good for a phone camera. I am having trouble with the air motions, but may not be doing them correctly.