The Samsung Galaxy S5 was unveiled as MWC kicked off in Barcelona this week. The Twittersphere was buzzing and from the look of some of the videos I’ve seen, everyone was clambering to catch a look at the next gen galaxy device. Here is my first impressions of the device.
Samsung Galaxy S5
The long wait is over for all of you Galaxy lovers. The S5 is here sporting a shiny new 5.1 inch 1080p display. The have upgraded the memory to 16 GB and 32 GB and if that’s not enough they have given you a microSD slot for memory expansion.
New to the list of features is Water resistance. Apparently, the new flagship device can handle being submerged in water up to a meter for up to a half an hour. Now that doesn’t mean can take it with you when you do a few laps in the pool, but in the event that you have rowdy friends like mine, the occasional, “accidental”, push into the pool is bound to happen, and at least you won’t have to get a new phone.
Quite possible the most interesting new feature is the heart rate monitor located on the back next to the flash. You simply open up the S health app and put your finger on the small area next to your LED flash and it shows your pulse on screen with your heart rate and other useful information for those fitness nuts out there.
To combat the super popular fingerprint scanner of the IPhone 5s Samsung incorporated its own fingerprint scanner into the home button of the S5. All you do is swipe your finger across the home button and the device unlocks. It also allows you to make PayPal transactions.
Those of you who know me know that there is no love lost between me and Samsung and this is no different. I don’t hate the galaxy line and I do think they are top of the line as far as the spec sheet goes. They are simply “not my cup of tea.” The few added features don’t really do much for me. In fact I’m more interested in Samsung’s new sportsbands and wearable tech, than I am there flagship phones.
I’ll give a full review of the Galaxy S5 when it hits stores this April. Let me know what you think so far of the list of new features. If you have a questions please leave them below! Thanks for reading!
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