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The Galaxy S5 is here, but it was revealed in a much less over-the-top fashion than last year’s unveiling of the S4. Samsung chose to use Mobile World Congress is Barcelona to show off their newest flagship phone.
The most notable features are a fingerprint scanner, water and dust resistant body and a heart rate monitor. It seems Samsung is taking a few pages out of Apple and Sony’s books.
A Focus on Fitness
The Galaxy S5 features S Health 3.0 and a heart rate monitor that gets a reading from your finger in about 8 seconds using the new fingerprint scanner. This fitness focus fits hand-in-hand with new Samsung Gear Fit, a wristband/watch combo that tracks your activity – walking, running, cycling, etc.
Galaxy S5 Specs
Running Android 4.4 KitKat, the Galaxy S5 features a quad-core 2.5GHz chipset, 2GB RAM, 2800mAh battery, 5.1-inch 432 ppi HD Super AMOLED screen (1,920 x 1,080) and 16 or 32GB storage with up to 128GB of expandable storage. The camera is pretty impressive, and Samsung touts it as the “strongest on the market.” It features a 16MP sensor capable of shooting 4K video. The front camera is 2.1MP.
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Samsung added more color options this time around, with Electric Blue, Copper Gold, Shimmery White and Charcoal Black. The body itself is similar to what we’ve come to expect from a Galaxy device, except this time Samsung made a slight change to the back. While still plastic, they added a more grip-able style. Although it is this style change that Twitter users likened to a band-aid, a tweet that HTC president Jason Mackenzie retweeted.
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