The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be launched in Africa today, and here are reasons why Africans actually need this phone.
Apart from looking like its predecessor in a slightly thinner body, and a slightly larger 5-inch screen, the phone is good for soccer loving Africans who lose their remote control in the heat of a match (like when Barcelona scandalously lost to Bayern Munich 4-0), as the phone has an IR-blaster built into the phone allows it to replace your television’s remote control, and the Samsung’s WatchOn software acts as a TV guide to make the experience easier.
With epileptic electricity supply a constant headache on the dark continent Samsung’s S4 gives a battery power 2,600mAh which lasts longer with software that will help save battery life.
The Galaxy S 4 camera has 12 different shooting modes, so all those blackberry girls (and guys in some cases) who love the camera can drop their blackberry’s and begin the snap fest with this new gadget at parties, in the car, at events anywhere.
Africans, we love showing off; it is in our culture and life style, we suffer from “big mannism and big womanism” so often makes that it is impossible not to buy the S4 with its Smart Pause feature that lets you control the screen with your eyes, also the feature stops and starts video based on whether or not you’re looking at the screen.
Africans like to party so whether one is alone or with friends, it is easy to break in Azonto, or any other dance step and the Group Play that lets you share music, photos and games with the people around you gives the dance factor a whole new meaning. The feature can also be used to play music together as a group, For instance, your phone might play the role of the right speaker, while your friend Bob will be the left. If your friend Sarah decides to join in on the fun, her phone can be the center speaker in your system, and so on.
Health is wealth, and Africans have one of the worst health care systems in the world. Child mortality rate, for example, is still high in many parts of Africa, but with an S Health feature which works not only as a pedometer, but also a way to keep track of what you eat and your sleeping patterns, an optional ‘S Band’ syncs via Bluetooth with your phone and can be used when it might not be practical to tote your S4 along with you, keeping one healthy thereby increasing the average life span.
African business people travel a lot and come in contact with various cultures and languages. The S4 sports a software that helps you translate your email or text messages into one of nine different languages, using text or voice translation. The feature can translate from both speech-to-text and text-to-speech.
MTN and Airtel are now collecting pre-orders for the S4, as the gadget hits the African market today(25/4/2013). Have you ordered your Galaxy S4?