Samsung Galaxy S4 hits stores at Rs 41,500

Samsung Electronics has launched its flagship smartphone Galaxy S4 in India. The device will be on sale in four cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore - and online, starting April 27. It is priced at Rs 41,500.

The latest version of Samsung's Galaxy series will compete with the likes of Apple iPhone5, HTC One and Blackberry Z10, all priced above Rs 40,000.

The device, successor to Galaxy SIII, is quipped with a five-inch full high definition AMOLED display with a resolution of 1,920 by 1,080, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core processor and 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with 2 GB RAM for fast computing.

Galaxy S4 is operating on Android's Jelly Bean system with an internal memory of 16 GB, extendable up to 64 GB.

The Galaxy S4 also packs more features than its predecessor and comes with nine sensors like accelerometer, RGB light, geomagnetic, proximity, gyro, barometer, temperature and humidity reader and gesture recogniser.

The new features of the phone includes 'Smart Pause' function which enables users to control the screen by where they look. The 'Air view' and 'Air Gesture' features give the ability to preview and browse emails, messages and photos without even touching the screen.

The phone also has the ability to record sounds while clicking a still picture. It also comes with a voice and text translator.