I'M a particular fan of Samsung's Galaxy Note 3, a phone with a large 5.7-inch screen and oodles of features. So the tech giant's new 5.1-inch Galaxy S5 is, from the off, a hard sell for the likes of me. To sweeten the deal over the Note and the (almost identical-looking) Galaxy S4, Samsung has added a few technical and lifestyle features that it hopes might catch the public imagination.
First, the S5 has a security fingerprint scanner (on the home button) that acts as a replacement for a security pin check. (It can also facilitate Paypal account payments.) Second, it has a pulse monitor on the back of the phone that can measure your heart rate. Both of these features work, though I do wonder about their appeal: time will tell on this.
On the technical end, the S5 has a marginally better 16-megapixel camera and (what it claims is) faster connectivity to 4G networks. Under the hood, the S5's power comes courtesy of a quad-core 2.5Ghz chip and 2GB of RAM supporting Android 4.4. There's a choice of 16GB or 32GB of storage, while the large 2,800mAh battery promises to comfortably see a user through until the end of a day.
Aesthetically, the phone is very, very similar to its predecessor, the Galaxy S4, with the exception of a more tactile back cover (which strongly resembles the Note 3). Although Samsung has added four colours, the device has not been significantly altered in look and feel.
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