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Fri, 15th Mar 2013
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It's finally here, so let's see what the industry thinks about Samsung's Galaxy S4.

Brought to the world live from New York earlier today, Samsung president JK Shin unveiled the device to the press with the slogan "The Samsung Galaxy S4 offers a richer, simpler and fuller life."

Heavy stuff it may seem, but let's see what the industry across the world has to say about Samsung's latest release.

Heikki Makijarvi, SVP, Deutsche Telekom:

"The new Samsung GALAXY S 4 is impressive. After the extremely successful launch of GALAXY S III, Deutsche Telekom is very proud to launch its successor in Europe.

"We are happy to work with Samsung to bring a new level of smartphone experience to our customers."

Yves Maitre, SVP Mobile Multimedia & Devices, France Telecom, Orange:

“Orange is delighted to be working with Samsung again to deliver a new evolution of smartphones to our customers. We have already rolled out new superfast LTE networks in seven countries in Europe to date, and are committed to launching LTE services across Europe by 2015.

"This partnership will deliver a rich suite of services to our customers, thanks to its 4G and NFC capabilities, ensuring our customers benefit from great looking products that provide fast and easy access to all of their favourite content wherever they are.”

Marieta Rivero, Group Devices Director, Telefonica:

“The Samsung GALAXY S 4 is a great device that will help to make a big step forward in the Premium Smartphone category.

"We are delighted to be partnering to bring this device to market across a number of our global channels."

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