Samsung officially unveiled their new flagship phone is last
week’s Mobile World Congress which was held in Barcelona, Spain. Every gadget
and smartphone lover in the world was enthusiastic about this new phone.
Without losing time I am directly jumping to the review portion of this post,
because no one wants to wait for a review of most awaited phone like Samsung
Galaxy S5.
Processor and RAM:
Samsung has packed it with latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
processor which is clocked at blistering 2.5 GHz. Everyone was expecting that
Galaxy S5 will come with 64 bit architecture based processor, but it did not
become reality. Apple’s iPhone 5S is having this type of 64 bit processors
which are said to be future of mobile phone processors. Another drawback of Galaxy
S5 is only 2 GB RAM. I am personally using a 2 GB RAM phone and it is more than
enough, but for a flagship like Galaxy S5 we always expect mammoth
specifications (Samsung’s own Galaxy Note 3 is having 3 GB of RAM). Especially
when Samsung’s own TouchWiz Android OS preloads RAM with their own customized
apps, which consumes lot of RAM space and gives us least amount of RAM space to
use.
Battery Life:
Samsung Galaxy S5 packs a 2800 mAh battery that company claims can run up to 10-11 hours for heavy usage like LTE or video playback. They also included one new battery optimizer feature called Ultra Power Saving mode which can offer 24 hours of standby time when the battery is about just 10%. Another cool feature is you can use your phone in black and white colors, thus it will not consume battery for color reproduction works and give you more usage time.
Storage:
You will get two variants of 16 GB or 32 GB on board storage capacity models of Samsung Galaxy S5. It can be expanded up to 128 GB using micro SD card. Apart from that you will also get free cloud storage provided by Samsung.
Camera:
Samsung Galaxy S5 packs with a superior 16 MP rear camera
which is having variety of new features.
- This camera is capable to shoot 4K video recording
- It can autofocus in up to 0.3 seconds
- Real time HDR
- ‘Live’ image preview
- Selective focus for capturing near, far and pan images
Fingerprint Scanner:
Same like iPhone 5S, Galaxy S5 having finger print scanner
on home button. Unlike, iPhone 5S, you have to swipe down your finger to unlock
your phone. Apart from that Samsung have included PayPal payment functionality,
which can be done by using fingerprint scanner. So, this will surely improve
Samsung Galaxy S5’s security issues.
Water Resistance:
Copying Sony Xperia phones, Samsung have made Galaxy S5
water and dust resistant. Read twice my last sentence, the phone is water
resistant. So, you cannot use phone directly into water. So, this is limitation
of this phone which is not there in Sony Xperia Z, Z1, Z2.
S-Health Heart Rate Monitor:
One of the stand out element of Samsung Galaxy S5 is its
heart rate monitor. Samsung concentrated heavily on health related features for
this phone and they included this innovative feature. The sensor is located on
camera and you can measure heart rate by putting finger on that. Samsung’s own wearable
range Galaxy Gear 2, Galaxy Gear 2 Neo will be capable to integrate with all
these health related apps.
Final Verdict:
Samsung Galaxy S5 is undoubtedly packed with all optimum
specifications and it will be sold like hot cake because of grand success behind
its predecessors Galaxy S series. But
still all geeks are not very much impressed with Samsung Galaxy S5 because they
thinks that Samsung copied many things and did not included any special
feature. So still, Sony, HTC, Nokia would be hoping to dent in Samsung’s market
share.
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