Hot off announcement, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is now official! It’s different from what we predicted by a long shot, and is surely varying from all the hype, but it does offer a few surprising things. It packs a slightly larger 5.1-inch 1080p display, a faster 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core CPU with Adreno 330 graphics, water-resistance, a fingerprint scanner and a revamped design.
The Galaxy S5 doesn’t offer anything new in the display technology section; they simply made it a bit bigger without much changing the size of the device. The processing and graphics power is improved on the other hand, paired with 2GB RAM. A 16 megapixel camera with better autofocus & 4K video recording that takes sharper photos is also on the way. However, there was no mention about it being the company’s ISOCELL sensor; it’s one at 1/2.6″.
In terms of design, Samsung employs a soft touch finish on the back, replacing their old and glossy hyperglaze. The handset is now also IP67 certified, making it dust and water resistant (we won’t be seeing S5 variants soon) and a heart rate monitor is found beside the LED flash made to pair with S-Health. To add, Samsung also retained their set of capacitive buttons with their signatory physical home button, incorporating a fingerprint scanner within it.
TouchWiz is also facing a few upgrades. New icons and design elements can be found just as teased, and it also features the My Magazine news reader that can be accessed with a swipe. Better power saving modes can also be found and one of the main highlights is Samsung giving the ability to get data through both 4G & WiFi simultaneously with the Download Booster.
Samsung Galaxy S5 specs:
5.1-inch 1080 x 1920 Super AMOLED display, 432ppi
2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 8974-ACÂ CPU
Adreno 330
16, 32GB internal memory
Micro SD expandable up to 128GB
WiFi
Bluetooth
NFC
IP67 water & dust resistant
Fingerprint scanner
LTE
16 megapixel camera with AF, LED flash
1080p @ 30, 60fps, 4K @ 30fps
2 megapixel front-facing camera @ 1080p
Android 4.4.2 KitKat with TouchWiz
2,800mAh removable battery
The device is coming in various colors such as charcoal black, shimmery white, electric blue & copper gold soon. No details yet on pricing and availability so stay tuned as we will have more coverage of Samsung’s flagship phone.
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Why would people need dust proof phones? araw-araw naman yan hawak ng tao? What we need is scratch resistant phones. And yung design.. reminds me of Samsung Corby. I was happy with S2 when it first came out, but this won’t make me buy S5 kahit may cool techie features siya na minsan… di naman talaga kailan. IMHO lang naman po
Anu ba yan? Anong phone to? Throwback to 2011?
Nakakaumay na. Why can’t they do a redesign?? They have the specs, but they don’t improve on the WOW factor.
4K video @30 fps, and waterproof features are nice but 720p @120 fps is missing. That’s the video mode that’s more important than the 4K.
water & dust resistant lang ang S5 hindi water & dust proof.
Looks cheap. Feels cheap. Materials are cheap. Copycat and lack of innovation and imagination. Too much bloatware. It’ s for the diehard samsung fan. Bleh.
HTC pa rin!
Ang gusto ko lang eh ung 4G & WiFi simultaneously hahaha… masaya pa rin ako sa note 3 ko…
I cant believe what samsung has come up with the s5, in terms of the design dept. Considering the comoetition, i dont think s5 will sell that much. But we know samsung spends so much in marketing, so we dont know.
Another plastic phone. Time tomove up Samsung
Xperia Z2 FTW. Kakaumay na ang Samsung.
While I adore my Ipone 5s gold, i think i like the new design of s5 very comfy and strikes cool to me , only wished they should have made the backside of the pone in aluminum or gorilla glass like the old ipone 4s or the experia z1 ..i also like the wrist band very nice parang bracelet pwedeng gawing accesories sa damit mo…
Not this boring design again!
Guess those people looking for a sexy flagship smartphone will choose between the LG G2 or the Sony Xperia Z2.
Whoever designed the Samsung Galaxy S5 needs to be fired for real. Uninspired, tired, and overly used design.
bakit yung nagdesign lang?? haha!
di ba muna pinaaprobahan yung design nya/nila sa top management?? LOL!
Z2 dominates in any department, S5 always win on bloatwares. Yeah, marketing will tell, but not me:D
What a LAZY upgrade
Mukhang nagpalaki yata ng bayag ang mga Samsung engineers.
Ima tell ya , with price drops looming, the S4 will be a far better deal.
Tama. I think wala na yung magic touch ng Samsung.
Yup, totally agree. What’s even more frustrating about this is that Samsung can actually manufacture great hardware. You can just look at their Ativ ultrabook lineup. Those are inarguably on par with Apple’s macbooks in terms of build quality. Sigh.
naghihintay pa ang samsung na maglabas ng latest yung isang sikat na brand, saka dun sila kukuha ng idea,, haha! ika nga eh… kopya kopya lang kahit walang time! LOL!
mas malaki pa ung bezel ng s5 kesa note3 at boring ang design. hirap pang linisin ng likod pg ngkaroon ng dumi ung mga butas2
LOL. ANONG MAHIRAP LINISIN? DUST PROOF NGA DIBA??? BASA BASA RIN. GAMIT DIN PO NG UTAK. JUST SAYIN.
dust proof lang ung loob ng phone hindi ung external. ibig bang sabihin ng waterproof hindi mababasa ung external part? hehehe. sabi dustproof, hindi dirt proof. tignan mo ung backcover, and daming butas2 na design, sa tingin mo d mamalalagyan ng dirt at pawis, madali bang alisin un? dpat smooth na lang ung back part pra madaling punasan at tanggal lahat ng dirt.
parang parehas to nung sa nexus 7. madali naman sya linisin. :)
@all:
correction … water and dust RESISTANT lang po ang S5. iba po ang WATER & DUST PROOF than RESISTANT.
Tandaan nyo na ang s2 super amoled. Eto yung kasunod. Thus will be a great phone at tandaan nyo rin na ang iphone ay super under spec’ed pero no lag. Super amoled FTW. And i think mas safe itong ihold kesa sa s4. Pero lets see. Wala pa ring papalag dito sa s5, it wont be last if there is no special in it.
Nakakadismaya ang Galaxy S5. Good thing na G2 ang kinuha ko. I think the sales of S5 will even be smaller compared to S4. Just my opinion.
Hmmmm, feeling ko sa price babawi ang S5, mukang madaming nadismaya sa specs i. Toinks*
Really? Gold? Fingerprint sensor? Copycat haha
Sorry to burst your bubble, but your precious Apple did not do either first. Motorola had a fingerprint scanner and gold phone long before the iPhone did.
FAGGOT. Try to research before you say such things. Fuck you
Who said Apple did it first? duh! But they did it good and right and so others followed! Nung gumawa ba ng phone na may fingerprint scanner ang motorola ginaya agad?
did he even mention apple? lol. basahin mabuti.
I think he mentioned Gold.. ngayon isipin mo kung anong gold phone na sikat ngayon lol
@zzzzmukamo:
so sa tingin mo sino ang kumopya?
Z2 ftw!
well S5 disappoints. I think this will bomb. Theres competition now LG makes super specced phones with great displays. Sony is coming strong with every flagship release. HTC well theyre HTC.
Z2 wins as the best phone of MWC 2014