NTT Docomo – Samsung “GALAXY S4 SC-04E” – Featured at the 2013 “Summer Collection” new product press conference

NTT Docomo - Samsung "GALAXY S4 SC-04E" - Featured at the 2013 "Summer Collection" new product press conference

Samsung’s “GALAXY S4 SC-04E” was highly featured at NTT Docomo’s 2013 summer lineup roll-out.

It’s 8 mm thick – 1 mm thinner than its previous model. In its slim body, it’s got a large capacity 2600mAh battery and the world’s first 5 inch full HD organic EL display. 1.9GHz Quad Core CPU and 2GB RAM are built-in giving it serious processing ability and quick response.

The camera is 13.2 million pixel. Several interesting functions are included in the “GALAXY S4 SC-04E”: “Sound and Shot” that records sounds while taking a photo, “Keshigomu (Eraser) Mode” that allows you to erase anything you don’t want to include in a photo (like people in the background), and “Dual Camera” where you can use the outside camera and inside camera at the same time.

Other interesting functions include “S Gesture” that enables you to control the phone by moving a hand above the screen and “Smart Pause” that detects when your way of looking at the screen changes and pauses the video that you are watching.

Regarding colors, “black mist”, “white forest” and “blue arctic” are available. Blue arctic is a special color that was not included in the GALAXY S4 global model that was revealed in March.

Release date: May 23 (black mist and white forest), mid-June (blue arctic)
Size: 137 x 70 x 8mm
Weight: 134g
Display: Approx. 5 inch, 1080×1920 dot, full HD, organic EL display, 16.77 million pixel
External memory: microSD (2GB), microSDHC (32GB), microSDXC (64GB)
CPU: APQ8064T (1.9GHz Quad Core)
OS: Android 4.2

NTT Docomo – 2013 “Summer Collection” new product press conference

NTT Docomo - 2013 "Summer Collection" new product press conference

Today, NTT Docomo’s 2013 “Summer Collection” new product press conference took place at Bellesalle Shiodome in Tokyo and they revealed 11 models of new smart phones, 1 tablet and 2 new colors of their 2 existing mobile phones.

During today’s press conference, CEO Kaoru Kato emphasized several times that Sony’s “XPERIA A SO-04E” and Samsung’s “GALAXY S4 SC-04E” are the top two devices of the 2013 Summer Collection. Docomo has set a “Special Price” for these 2 models based on users who get 2 year contracts. If you apply to both “Hajimete Smaho Wari (first smartphone discount)” and “Arigatou 10-nen Sumaho Wari (discount for those who has have more than 10 years contract with Docomo)”, an extra 20,000 yen will be discounted, and regarding “XPERIA A SO-04E”, the price will become about 5,000 yen.

I will highlight both the “XPERIA A SO-04E” and “GALAXY S4 SC-04E” in posts to follow.

The number of NTT Docomo smartphone users increased from 10 million users in 2011 up to 18.7 million users in 2012. At today’s press conference, there was no announcement for new mobile phone models (they call their mobile phone “iMode keitai”) giving us the clear impression that the company is focusing primarily on smartphones. To support that, in exchange of new iMode keitai models, they introduced 2 models of smart phones featuring “Docomo Simple UI” that keeps iMode keitai’s usability and allows smartphone “beginners” to make full use of it. They are MEDIAS N-06R and ELUGA P P-03E.

Other features of Docomo’s 2013 Summer New Smart phones and Tablet:
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1) All models have a battery bigger than 2,000mAh that can run the device more than 45 hours.
– 5 of 10 new smart phone models have a battery bigger than 2,500mAh.
– “ARROWS NX F-06E” has a 3,020mAh battery that is the biggest among smartphones. The battery life is more than 60 hours.

2) Some models are compatible with the “Hover” function.
– “Hover” allows you to control a smartphone without touching the screen.
– Compliant models: ELUGA P P-03E, GALAXY S4 SC-04E, AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-06E, ARROWS NX F-06E

3) All the models are compatible with “Moba-cas” that broadcasts NOTTV. New function for Recording NOTTV is added.

4) Some models can receive the high-resolution Full Seg terrestrial digital broadcasting.
– Compliant models: ARROWS NX F-06E, AQUOS PAD SH-08E

5) Xi Network has been expanded and speeded up.
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On hand to give their thoughts about Docomo’s new Summer lineup were famous “talento”:
– Ken Watanabe
– Satomi Ishihara
– Tori Matsuzaka
– Ai Hashimoto