Samsung Galaxy S5 Review

Feb 27, 2014
Samsung revealed its latest member in Galaxy family the Samsung Galaxy S5 at MWC 2014 at Barcelona. The Korean manufacturer is in talks with various mobile carriers worldwide, before it launches its new device internationally. It is also believed that the price of Samsung Galaxy S5 will be lower than that of S4's price at launch in India i.e Rs 41,500. S5, the most awaited device of 2014 will be available by mid April at stores. Here are some interesting features of Samsung Galaxy S5:

  • Fingerprint scanner on the home button
  • Air gestures
  • Heart rate sensor
  • Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
  • Dust and water resistant 
  • Wireless charging

Specifications: 

GENERAL
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE (market dependent)
SIM
Yes
Announced
2014, February

Dimensions
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight
145 g (5.11 oz)

- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes

DISPLAY
Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.1 inches (~432 ppi pixel density)
Multi-touch
Yes
-Corning Gorilla Glass 3

- TouchWiz UI


MEMORY
Card slot
microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal
16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM


CAMERA
Primary
16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Video
Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
Secondary
Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call
DATA
GPRS
Yes

EDGE
Yes

Speed
HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL

WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE

NFC
Yes

Infrared port
Yes

USB
Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host

BATTERY

Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery

Stand-by
Up to 390 h

Talk time
Up to 21 h

FEATURES
OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Chipset
Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801
CPU
Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU
Adreno 330
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, heart rate
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors
Black, White, Blue, Gold

- Wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
- Air gestures
- Image/video editor
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
- Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out (via MHL 2 A/V link)
- SNS integration
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Organizer