Samsung Galaxy S5 - Specifications, Features, Review and Price

   After so many rumors and expectations, the wait is finally over. The Samsung Galaxy S5 was announced at the just-concluded Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Spain and it will be available for purchase starting from the 11th of April, 2014. Maybe you've heard of the Heart rate sensor, Fingerprint scanner and Download Booster on the Smartphone - they are all nice features that makes the Galaxy S5 amazing but that is not all the Samsung Galaxy S5 have for us.This post will be listing the full Specifications of the newest Galaxy S series smartphone.

Versions

Samsung SM-G900F/SM-G900H - for Europe
Samsung SM-G900I - for Asia
Samsung SM-G900K/G900L/G900S - for Korea
Samsung SM-G900M - for Vodafone
Samsung SM-G900A - for AT&T
Samsung SM-G900T - for T-Mobile
Samsung SM-G900V - for Verizon
Samsung SM-G900R4 - for US Cellular
Samsung SM-G900P - for Sprint

General

2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network -  LTE
Announced - February 2014
Expected Release Date - April 2014

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)
Others - 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)
Protection - Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other - TouchWiz UI

Sound

Loudspeaker - Yes
3.5mm Jack - Yes

Memory

Internal - 16GB / 32GB
RAM - 2GB
Card Slot - MicroSD, 128GB Maximum

Data

GPRS - Yes
EDGE - Yes
Wi-Fi - Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, 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
Secondary - Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call
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.

Battery

Type - Li-Ion 2800mAh battery
Standby - 390 Hours Maximum
Talk time -  21 Hours Maximum

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
Colours - Black, White, Blue, Gold
Others - 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)
 Price - Not yet officially announced but should cost something like $650

  What do you think about the Specs and features of the Samsung Galaxy S5 ? Would you still go for a Galaxy S5 when the Note 3 also looks good with only the Specs in mind ? At the MWC 2014, another amazing Smartphone was released - Sony Xperia Z2. Stay locked to StevenBergy.Com.Ng as we also review and stretch out the specs of the new Xperia Smartphone in our upcoming post. Peace !!!