In the run up to the Samsung Galaxy S4 launch this evening leaks are coming in thick and fast, the latest of which consists of four videos claiming to show off various features of the upcoming handset.
The videos come courtesy of the YouTuber who brought us a video leak earlier this week, and the clips show a new lock screen, internet browsing, floating touch and Smart Pause.
In the first brief video we see the lock screen which will supposedly feature on the Galaxy S4, with the water drop animation from the Galaxy S3 dropped in favour of what looks like a shining light.
We're not overly convinced by this particular unit as the handset takes a little while to turn the screen on after hitting the lock button, and going from lock to home screen isn't the most rapid of transitions - especially on a phone which could be packing an octo-core processor.
The internet of things
Next up is a demonstration of the web browser which looks like it's been given a slight TouchWiz design tweak and the unit in question seems to have some gesture controls built in.
A swipe of the hand over the device appears to scroll the page in the direction of the movement, while a sideways glide of the palm appears to open a new tab - it's not overly clear and the handset doesn't seem to be responsive to every movement.
The browser does look snappy though, with the user in the video able to zoom and pan around a busy looking webpage at a decent speed without any hint of slow down.
Get Smart
Something we've heard many rumours about is the Smart Pause functionality, where the Galaxy S4 will pause the video you're viewing if you look away from the screen.
The premise appears to work in the YouTube clip, but the person moves their whole head away from the screen to show it in action and we're left wondering if the Galaxy S4 will be sensitive enough register your eyes flicking up, without any physical head movement.
Float like a butterfly
Last but not least is the clip showing off floating touch, which appears to be a development of the S-Pen hover technique you get on the likes of the Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Note 8.0 and Galaxy Note 10.1.
Head over to the gallery and hover your finger over an image thumbnail but don't touch the screen and the Galaxy S4 should give you a larger preview of the photo.
It doesn't seem to just work in the gallery app, with the user also heading over to the message inbox and hovering over one to get what looks like a preview without having to open it fully.
The handset which features in these videos looks very similar to the smartphone which was snapped in a number of photos earlier today - which backs up claims that this could well be the Samsung Galaxy S4.
We're going to reserve judgement until we see the real thing on stage in New York, and luckily that's only a few hours away. We'll be reporting live from the launch event to bring you all the news.
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Source : techradar[dot]com
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