You might ask just how many features you actually need on a smartphone, and in the case of the Galaxy S4 you get pretty much all of them.
Yes, there are likely to be many more features than you’ll ever need, and some of them, like Air View and Smart Scroll don’t seem quite reliable enough yet, though they can be fun to play with.
Yes, it costs a small fortune, there’s arguably too much on it and certainly too many ways to do everything, with multiple browsers, email clients, online stores and more.
But it does at least as good a job at virtually all of its functions and any other smartphone, including the popular fruity one. If you’ve already got an S3 and are wondering whether or not you should upgrade ahead of schedule, that’ll depend on the kind of person you are.
It’s better than the S3 in almost every way, so if you’re the type who needs to have the latest and greatest immediately -- dive in! But that said, it is expensive, and it should certainly be seen as an improvement on its predecessor than a radical reinvention, so if you’ve got your practical head on, you might find you can put up with your old phone for a little while longer, at least until you’re due for an upgrade.