My love affair with the Samsung Galaxy S4 is over. It is due to be returned, so is all boxed up.

There are many positives about this phone, and I think if Samsung had spent a little bit more time prior to release resolving some of the bugs, this would be a force to be reckoned with. Personally I believe Samsung wanted to get this phone out as early as possible prior to any new iOS official announcements and new devices. Apart from the fact I believe this should have been a 32gb device for a flagship phone, it does many other good features.

It is excellent to hold, the range of included software is impressive although some bugs existed, the motion and air controls whilst erratic whether they worked or not, still showed clever thinking by Samsung. Problems with the screen and audio clipping were frustrating.

In 3-6 months I hope that all the above problems have been fixed, because at that point the S4 will be a worthy flagship. I also hope Samsung has provided a way to buy the larger memory models at a reasonable cost.

The problem Samsung will face that in 3-6 months there will be new products from the likes of Apple, HTC, and others.

What ruined it for me was the overall experience. At times I was smiling, but then I got frustrated by the bugs and issues which killed the good feelings.