Samsung Galaxy S5 review: Fab Five

08 April 2014
Every time the Samsung Galaxy S counter flips a digit, the world is getting ready to be amazed. The lineup that stood up to the iPhone and has been pulling Android to the very top of the food chain, is under new leadership effective last month...

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  • Fruitcake
  • 3p9
  • 11 May 2014

The Galaxy S5 is similar to the S4,but you can see the differences easily,the Screens alot Brighter an the Menu totally different to use,plus the batterylife as been improved alot,just wished the menu was alot easier to use like the S4,as you could add Advance Task Manager to your screen on the S4 an stop things running,but with the S5 you have to press the settings button an then search for the Advance Task Manager to stop things running which can be Annoying,just hope someone can create application so we can get to this alot Quicker on the S5,Just wish we had better Speakers from Samsung on there Smartphones,an instead of just one Speaker but two

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    • gk
    • tZb
    • 10 May 2014

    This is the worst phone I have ever used. You can experience all kind of issue. Starting from lag, hanging even you can find display outage. Guys take me as an example and don't go for this

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      • Kyembe
      • 3sE
      • 06 May 2014

      libr, 19 Apr 2014please could you guys now finally do the review for the exy... moreNo, its not the same, bro. Don't buy it these guys discriminates. Let's make them lose customers because of their stupid marketing stratage.

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        • Kyembe
        • 3sE
        • 06 May 2014

        Dory, 05 May 2014After my bad experience in Samsung Galaxy S4, the unit get ... moreYou are very right.

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          • Anonymous
          • IaH
          • 05 May 2014

          After reading your S5 review, I bought a Sony Xperia Z2 :)

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            • Dory
            • nt6
            • 05 May 2014

            After my bad experience in Samsung Galaxy S4, the unit get extremely hot and the battery become swollen, and even charging time on USB is very very slow, .Also MMC issues every time I connect my mobile to laptop the laptop hang than I discover that the problem is from the MMC.
            Therefore I don’t recommend any body to buy Samsung mobile there is a lot of other brands 100 times better than Samsung mobile like HTC one LG G2 Xperia Z2.
            Samsung are number one in marketing only……………….

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              • Anonymous
              • 4QS
              • 05 May 2014

              AnonD-260596, 04 May 2014Guys, I had z1 and now I bought this s5 .......first , it l... moreThe S5 should hook up the controller no problem.

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                • AnonD-260596
                • fCx
                • 04 May 2014

                Guys, I had z1 and now I bought this s5 .......first , it looks like s4. ...bt no matter , it's performance is mind blowing. No lag ...This has the best camera ....its quite faster than my z1.....bt the things I like in my z1 is it has dedicated camera key and can connect dual shock 3 controller. .z1 looks stylish ...let's come to a conclusion. ....If u want a gaming phone go for z1 .If u want a professional like camera and phone that suites daily need then go for s5.....If u need to contact me....ashwin.lal.10/Facebook.com this is my fb id

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                  • testfire
                  • KSE
                  • 04 May 2014

                  Anyone knows how to zoom in/out of the camera? Other than that its pretty decent..

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                    • sks
                    • kf2
                    • 02 May 2014

                    All of you note that this phone is a US version with a Snapdragon 801 chipset. The version sold in south Asia is the lousy Samsung home grown chipset which has piss poor performance. Samsung does this everytime. They release a phone in the US with a good chipset and mislead others in other countries to save $$. I burnt my fingers on the GS III, become cautious afterwards.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 4QS
                      • 01 May 2014

                      vineel, 28 Apr 2014It's a sexy phone in performance and excellent features nd ... moreIt's not the first true octa core though.
                      It does have the best display though. And best all around camera only beaten in photos and only by 8o8 and 1020.

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                        • vineel
                        • fCx
                        • 28 Apr 2014

                        Anonymous, 25 Apr 2014i want to stick with s3 its better in shape and performnce...It's a sexy phone in performance and excellent features nd it's d world's Frst true octa core processor nd has fastest auto focus in d world nd Frst mobile phone to have a in built heart rate sensor nd Frst phone to achieve minimum brightness upto 2 nits which is grtly useful fr d ppl who love browsing at night's

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                          • Anonymous
                          • fCx
                          • 27 Apr 2014

                          In heating problem& hanging problem. Looking are same all phone.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 4QS
                            • 25 Apr 2014

                            ottisb, 13 Apr 2014I'm glad I kept well away from the S5 handset after playing... moreSo in other words you have not actually used any of them. Just trolling online and had to make a bias post.

                            Try using them and telling the truth next time.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • uC8
                              • 25 Apr 2014

                              i want to stick with s3 its better in shape and performnce...

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                                • Amit
                                • S35
                                • 23 Apr 2014

                                Samyshah, 14 Apr 2014The phone S5 eats up about 6 to 7 gb of space in 16 gb capa... moreIs it a good phone to use and how is the battery Backup compare to Note series?

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                                  • Npx
                                  • 23 Apr 2014

                                  it looks like a cheaper nd uglier version of MeeGo Harmattan..hats off nokia n9 true linux mobile phone..even maemo5 is better than android..

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                                    • libr
                                    • 9xe
                                    • 19 Apr 2014

                                    please could you guys now finally do the review for the exynos version now please.... I live in Nigeria and we're" getting the exynos verson. ireally want to know if its on par with the snapdragon version. please......

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                                      • riah
                                      • 0Cn
                                      • 17 Apr 2014

                                      i have my s5 here. but ithnk, they have the same features w s4. the dif is the s5 comes w 16mp cam. period.

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                                        • QMX
                                        • 15 Apr 2014

                                        Samyshah, 14 Apr 2014The phone S5 eats up about 6 to 7 gb of space in 16 gb capa... moreThe OS and carrier bloats add up to 4.4GB. Users are left with about 11GB. Did you know that? Don't pick a number out of your butt.