Samsung Galaxy S5
What is the Samsung Galaxy S5?
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is the latest flagship Android phone from Samsung. It replaces and upgrade the Samsung Galaxy S4, with a new 16mp camera with phase detection autofocus, a slightly larger 5.1in 1080p screen, faster processor and a heart rate sensor. Chief competitors are the HTC One M8, iPhone 5S, Sony Z2 and LG G2.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Specs
| General | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| 4G Network | LTE (market dependent) | |
| SIM | Micro-SIM | |
| Announced | 2014, February | |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2014, April | |
| Body | 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 |
| Size | 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.1 inches (~432 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | |
| – TouchWiz UI | ||
| Sound | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| Memory | Card slot | microSD, up to 128 GB |
| Internal | 16/32 GB storage, 2 GB RAM | |
| 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 | |
| Camera | Primary | 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels, phase detection autofocus, LED flash |
| Features | 1/2.6” sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR | |
| Video | Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec. | |
| Secondary | Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call | |
| 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 | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Radio | No | |
| 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 | ||
| – 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 | ||
| – 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) | ||
| Battery | Li-Ion 2800 mAh battery | |
| Stand-by | Up to 390 h | |
| Talk time | Up to 21 h | |
| Misc | SAR US | 1.20 W/kg (head) 1.58 W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU | 0.56 W/kg (head) 0.41 W/kg (body) |
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