Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 and rivals

Off the bat, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is a truly impressive powerhouse smartphone. On paper, it’s Samsung’s most impressive handset to date, not least as it jumps from the 4.8-inch S3 to a 5-inch screen without any added bulk.

At 7.9mm thick, 136.6mm tall and 69.8mm wide, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is actually 0.8mm narrower and 0.7mm slimmer than the S3. It tips the scales at just 130g – 3g less than the S3 and a genuine featherweight. Unlike past models, however, it doesn’t feel unnervingly light, instead, balancing its weight evenly and reassuringly across the handset’s full length.

Samsung Galaxy S4

Samsung hasn’t just made the screen larger. The stunning 1,920 x 1,080p Super AMOLED Samsung Galaxy S4 screen is a serious boost from the S3’s 720p screen that creates an instant wow factor. It’s arguably the best screen ever seen on a smartphone and proves the Samsung Galaxy S4 is more than a spec baiting feature fest – it’s a quality product.

But it’s far from the first phone to have a 1080p full HD display, and the Samsung Galaxy S4 faces stiffer competition than its most recent predecessor. It goes head-to-head with a reinvigorated collection of high-end Android handsets, with both the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z lining up as the best smartphones ever produced by their respective manufacturers. There’s always the looming presence of Apple and the iPhone 5, too, though if anticipation is anything to go by then Samsung’s execs won’t be losing any sleep.

Samsung Galaxy S4

How To Find And Use Coupon Codes Online

Diapers are expensive – that isn’t debatable – but I use Huggies coupons when buying to lessen the cost.  I don’t buy diapers when I don’t have these coupons to present to stores or when I place my order online.  With online buying, I get the most savings because I usually get wholesale deals and then they send me the diapers right to the doorstep.  Online shopping gets me to save fuel, too.

How do I find these coupons and get good deals?  The simple answer is: online.  That’s where you should spend more time.  Do the following steps to make sure that you benefit from these deals:

Huggies Coupons Hunt:  Step Number 1

Not every store accepts printable coupons.  You must have heard of online scams involving printable coupons.  Because of that, many stores have stopped dealing with manufacturers and will not accept these coupons unless the manufacturers correct the problem first.  So, before you ever attempt to print those coupons, make sure that they will be accepted.  Call stores or give them a visit and confirm with them.

Visit The Huggies Manufacturer Website:  Step Number 2

This can solve some parts of the problem presented above.  But you have to make sure that you are visiting their OFFICIAL website and are printing genuine coupons from the manufacturer.  These coupons are honored even by those stores that have restrictions.  They have ways of knowing if the coupons are coming from legitimate sources.

Huggies Coupons Hunt:  Step Number 3

Some parents visit websites, get to see those diaper coupons and then leave without printing coupons.  They’re probably thinking that those coupons are always available.  The truth is there is always an expiration date for this kind of discount offerings.  Another thing is these coupons change values and can get lower in value as days go by.

Make sure that as soon as you see these coupons online, print them right away.  If you are not going to use them now, keep them in your purse for your next shopping.  Just make sure that it’s there for your use.

Get As Many Coupons As Possible: Step Number 4

Even in the presence of restrictions on using printable coupons, you should get as many coupons as possible.  There are stores that honor multiple coupons on single purchases of diaper products.  For as long as you are getting these coupons from reliable resources, you have fair chances of getting multiple discounts.  So, you better print from this website and that website.  As they say, there’s no harm in trying.  That goes the same for diaper discount deals and with other purchases as well.

Websites Solely Used For Offering Diapers

I don’t have to mention the names or addresses of these websites.  Google search it if you have the time.  I am talking about websites that are offering only diapers.  They are not offering any other products and services.  Get to visit them because they have deals that are quite different from the regular online stores.  I had two or three-time deals with them involving some of those Huggies coupons I got from other websites. 

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Google Nexus 10 - Introduction

It’s getting on for three years since Apple revolutionised the tablet market with the launch of the original iPad. A slew of 10-inch Android imitators, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, quickly followed in its wake, but for the most part they were judged to be, at best, a poor relation to Apple’s designer device. Compounding this basic problem for Android was the fact that hardly any decent Android tablet optimised apps were available, whereas iPad owners found the Apple App Store to be positively teeming with goodies. Little wonder then that the first wave of Android tablets completely failed to inspire consumers or sell in any great numbers.

Last year Google finally decided to take matters into its own hands and enter the tablet hardware market itself. In July 2012 the Nexus 7 was launched, beating the iPad Mini to market by several months and going on to sell more units than any other Android tablet that had preceded it. This was followed, a few months later, with the full-sized Nexus 10 that we have here, a device that has unfairly been subject to rather less fanfare. Of course, Google doesn’t (yet) have the capacity to manufacture its own hardware, so all Nexus devices are manufactured on Google’s behalf by the company’s manufacturing partners: LG makes the Nexus 4, Asus makes the Nexus 7, while Samsung produces the Nexus 10.

As the flagship model in Google’s hardware range, the Nexus 10 is designed to showcase the best of Android and to do it in style. As such, it’s the biggest and best-equipped Android challenger we’ve yet seen to Apple’s mighty iPad. As an additional sweetener, the Nexus 10 is even priced at around £100 less than its comparable iPad 4 model. So then, does Google’s flagship tablet have what it takes to bring about the end of the iPad’s dominance, or is more a case of the emperor’s new clothes albeit in digital form? Let’s take a closer look and find out.

Google Nexus 10 - Design

First impressions of the Nexus 10 are pretty much all positive. Overall build quality is very good, although some may find that the rubber finish on the back doesn’t quite lend it the same design kudos as its metal bodied rivals. It still feels robust enough to be manhandled, prodded and poked on a daily basis, but overall build quality isn’t quite in the same class as the metal-bodied iPad 4 or Asus Transformer Pad Infinity. It’s not all bad though because the rubber finish is extremely tactile and offers excellent grip thanks to its slightly tacky feel (that’s tacky as in ‘sticky’, not tacky as in ‘cheap’ obviously). On colder days, it’s also warmer to hold.

Likewise, while the Nexus 10 is rigid enough and doesn’t bend or flex should you exert a bit of pressure on it – not that any sane person would actually try and do this to their tablet. That said, prodding the back of the tablet with a finger does reveal a millimetre or so of give in the rubber, along with the odd audible creak. Again, this isn’t necessarily something you’ll notice unless you purposely go looking for it. Perhaps more of a concern for most users, assuming you haven’t bought a case to go with it, is that the rubberised back is prone to picking up dirty marks from sweaty hands, which can be slightly awkward to clean off. On the plus side the rubberised back of the Nexus 10 is much less likely to pick up scratches – something metal-backed tablets are much more prone to.


The front of the Nexus 10 is covered with a sheet of Corning Gorilla Glass 2, thereby protecting the screen from accidental scratches. You’re free to buy a screen protector of course, but in our experience Corning Glass 2 is pretty tough stuff and renders this somewhat unnecessary. A protective case is still a good investment if you plan to be carrying your tablet inside a bag though. In use, not only does the screen feel especially silky to the touch, it also appears to have had some kind of oleophobic coating applied – even after a long session of typing and swiping the screen on our review unit still manages to look pretty clean. Not by any means spotless, but noticeably cleaner than the screen on our Transformer Prime does after a similar amount of use.

Thanks to its curved sides, rounded corners and front-facing speakers that bookmark both sides of the screen the Nexus 10 does a pretty neat job of distinguishing itself from the myriad of Android tablets already on the market. There’s also quite a bit of symmetry between the Nexus 10 and its 7-inch stable mate, the Nexus 7. Indeed, it appears that Google has a few design principles it’s keen to extend across its Nexus range – or at least it’s Nexus tablet range – the tactile rubber finish and bold ‘Nexus’ branding being two areas where the Nexus 10 follows the lead of the Nexus 7 (the Nexus 4 with its glass-covered back does admittedly tread a different path in this respect).


In terms of shape and size, the Nexus 10 is much more rectangular than the squarer iPad thanks to the 16:10 aspect ratio of its screen – something that’s common to all 10-inch Android tablets. Because of this the Nexus 10 is much more comfortable to hold and use in landscape orientation – held in portrait mode it feels a bit long and thin and isn’t nearly as comfortable to hold for extended periods of time. There’s no right or wrong with respect to shape, but ultimately the 4:3 aspect of the iPad is better suited to reading websites and eBooks in portrait mode, while the 16:10 aspect of the Nexus 10 is better suited to watching video content and playing games in landscape mode.

With regards to its Android tablet rivals perhaps the most distinguishing feature of the Nexus 10 is the shape of the bezel that surrounds the screen. Whereas the vast majority of Android tablets come with straight edges and relatively sharp corners, the Nexus 10’s sides are noticeably convex while the corners are much more rounded. It’s all down to individual taste, of course, and while some might contend that the bulging sides and softly rounded corners give the Nexus 10 a bit of a ‘toy tablet’ appearance, we actually rather like the fact that Google has opted to tread a slightly different path.



In any case, it’s worth noting that the Nexus 10’s curves don’t actually look as pronounced when the tablet is in your hands as they do in photographs of the tablet. Besides which, there are actually some practical benefits to the accentuated curves; when holding the Nexus 10 two-handed in landscape mode – as most users probably will be 95% of the time – the rounded edges sit really nicely in the palm of the hand, making the Nexus 10 more comfortable to hold than say, any of the current Asus Transformer range or indeed the iPad 4. At just 603g, the Nexus 10 is also 50g lighter than the iPad 4. This might not sound like much on paper, but in your hands the difference is noticeable.