Samsung Galaxy S5 release in April of 2014 across 124 markets across the world has more sales on the first day compared to its predecessor S4 during the same period of launch according to trusted reviews website. Also many network carriers worldwide have open promotions for pre-order releases of the S5 a phone comparable to the Xperia Z2 or the HTC one 8 released during the same periods. The Samsung galaxy S5 comes with the latest and faster quad-core 2.5GHz processor in the market. Alongside the Galaxy S5 Samsung also released the Samsung Galaxy gear fit a wearable smartwatch compatible with most series Samsung smartphones. Samsung claims that S5 will surpass the sales of S4 but will have to see how that eventuates at the end of the year.
Design elements
Many critic reviews say that the S5 is still made of plastic cover material compared to the classic steel material of the Apple 5S or the HTC one 8 which comes in stylish colors, However Samsung engineers have done a fine job with the material they use for the back over. A dimple soft plastic back over gives a comfortable grip even for a big 5 inch display and a thing to note is the improved security on S5 compared to S4 with a fingerprint reader located on the home button.
The display panel of the Galaxy S5 is Super AMOLED with around 5.1 inches in diagonal length , 1920 x 1080 pixels and 432 ppi making the colors of the screen much more vibrant than the S4. The size of the S5 is approximately 140mm x 72.5 mm x 8.1 mm which is not much of a big difference to the S4 (5 inches)at merely a fraction of 0.1mm.
Also significant improvements to durability of S5 over its predecessor S4 is the IP67 water resistant and dustproof certified. That means it can be submerged in 1 meter of water for about 30mins similar specs to the Z2. More impressive with the S5 is the removable back cover and battery including tight water sealed caps for the usb and microphone ports.
Hardware Specs
Core to the design of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the current worlds faster processor a 801 Snapdragon 2.5Ghz quad-core chip with a 2GB RAM. The S5 also offers an option of 16 GB internal storage and expandable memory of up to 128GB using a MicroSD card. Device connectivity includes the Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.0 and 4G LTE. Samsungs Download booster helps with the time spent downloading big size files using the combination of 4G and Wi-Fi connections.
Battery
The battery capacity that powers the Galaxy S5 is a 2800mAH Li-Ion battery that can remain for a full day with normal usage. It has a standby time of about 390 hrs and talk time of 21hrs. The best thing also with Galaxy S5 is that its removable battery, so you can always take along a spare cell with you on long trips instead of charging it.
Samsung Galaxy S5 with detachable battery and unlock SIM card.
Camera
Galaxy S5 rear facing camera has about 16 Mega pixels that can take 4K video recording. The camera features also customized shot features that allow you to adjust the coloring, contract, composition and even image stability.
I took a shot of my computer keyboard using the Samsung Galaxy S5 camera HDR mode and it really shows a sharp and bright image that I can even also customize to things like Autofocus, beauty face, shot & more to Panorama a very common feature now with most smartphones.
The front camera on the Galaxy S5 is about 2 Mega pixels with dual video call support available.
Network & Connectivity
The network frequency of the Samsung Galaxy S5 sold out of Asia region has both 4G/LTE and 3G ranges. The 4G ranges from 800/850/900/1800/2100/2600 MHz, 3G- 850/900/1900/2100 MHz and GSM at about 850/900/1800/1900 MHz.
TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0 app only available on the Samsung Galaxy S5
If you are a Samsung android user you will notice the big difference in the UX design UI interface of the Samsung Galaxy S5. Thats because Samsung developed a new ecosystem called TouchWiz that has its own pre installed apps on the latest series of Galaxy S5. You can notice the design of icons and colors are much vibrant and similar to that of other UI smartphones. Touchwiz is used by Samsung for high end features on its phones and tablets and is not currently available with third party vendors.
TouchWiz is used internally by Samsung for sophisticated feature phones and tablet computers, and is not available for licensing by external parties. The Android version of TouchWiz also comes with Samsung-made apps preloaded below.
One of the coolest feature of the touchwiz is the toolbox icon which appears as a floating circular object in the menu. So without having to move down to the menu bar, you can customize the toolbox icon with the most frequently used apps and they will be visible when you click on the floating menu object. The above picture on the right illustrates the drop menu selector of the toolbox icon.
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