Samsung Galaxy S5 & New Gear watches

Dash: CF noob · 24-02-2014, 19:49

The new galaxy S5 just being announced.
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Cat 4 LTE with up to 8 bands. 802.11ac*Wi-Fi with MiMO, too. And a Download Booster, which combines Wi-Fi with LTE. 1GB in 30 seconds.

Centre stage is its quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor, which runs at a blistering 2.5GHz. 2GB of RAM.

The phone comes with Android 4.4 KitKat and a new version of Samsung’s TouchWiz interface.

Meanwhile, a 2800mAh battery should give the S5 enough juice to easily last a day

there’s both 4G LTE (supporting the speedy Category 4) and fifth generation Wi-Fi 802.11ac and 2X2 MiMo,

One major improvement over the S4 is IP67 waterproofing, bringing the S5 into line with Sony’s Xperia phones.

It weighs 145g and measures up at 142 x 72.5 x 8.1mm

http://www.stuff.tv/galaxy-s5/samsung-galaxy-s5/review

Stephen · 24-02-2014, 20:25

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The GS5 offers a top-of-the-line 2.5GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB of RAM, an IR remote, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0 BLE/ANT+, Cat 4 LTE (up to 150Mbps down/50Mbps up) and your choice of 16GB or 32GB of internal storage

It also has a 16 Megapixel camera and Fingerprint scanner as well as USB3 and IP67 certified waterproof and dustproof.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/24/s...xy-s5-preview/

Dash: CF noob · 24-02-2014, 20:31

Also the Gear 2 and gear fit.
all to be available from April 11TH

Stephen · 24-02-2014, 20:52

You forgot the Gear Neo too. It drops the camera that the Gear 2 has.

All three running Tizen, Samsung's own OS.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/24/m...ear-2-neo-fit/

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both the Gear 2 and Neo feature 4GB of internal storage, 300mAh battery, an inbuilt IR blaster (paired with Samsung's WatchOn app) for controlling your TV, IP67 rating for water-resistance, Bluetooth 4.0 for connecting to a portable media player and heart rate monitor (located under the watch face) to aid with fitness-tracking.

If the price is under £200 I may get one.

Sirius · 24-02-2014, 21:14

Unfortunately for Samsung when they fecked up the S3 upgrade i decided enough was enough. I intend to upgrade to a different phone by a different company when my upgrade comes round. I am looking at HTC or Sony.

24-02-2014, 21:17

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Originally Posted by Sirius

Unfortunately for Samsung when they fecked up the S3 upgrade i decided enough was enough. I intend to upgrade to a different phone by a different company when my upgrade comes round. I am looking at HTC or Sony.

I bought the Nexus 5 instead and in May am looking forward to dumping high priced contracts

**Damien** · 24-02-2014, 22:20

Nexus 5 is great. This seems a bit meh from Samsung and as usual you'll be months behind Android updates, if you get them at all.

Dash: CF noob · 24-02-2014, 22:25

Nexus 5 available from £240 sim-free as well i believe.

25-02-2014, 10:58

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Originally Posted by Dash: CF noob

Nexus 5 available from £240 sim-free as well i believe.

yes Carphonewarehouse incredible value

I doubt I will ever have a contract again and I doubt I will ever buy a Samsung phone again . I do not like touchwiz and I do not like the fact you have to install custom software to get rid of it. I do not like all the Samsung bloat and the fact you have to root the phone to get rid of it. Then I also do not like the fact Samsung phones look girlie lol

Ive tried a smartwatch and found it pretty much pointless

ShaneC · 25-02-2014, 13:44

Specs look ok but not really a massive step up from the S4, that seems to be the Samsung way.

It's not really fair to compare the Nexus with the Galaxy S range. The Nexus reduces it's price by compromising features like slower memory and average camera. It's still a great device though and I'm not sure the extra bits in the Galaxy are worth the extra cash.

The heart rate monitor of the S5 is a bit of a con, you can get an app to do that on any phone with a flash.

BenMcr · 25-02-2014, 17:34

Coming to Virgin Media http://keepup.virginmedia.com/samsung

Stephen · 25-02-2014, 18:14

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Originally Posted by ShaneC

Specs look ok but not really a massive step up from the S4, that seems to be the Samsung way.

It's not really fair to compare the Nexus with the Galaxy S range. The Nexus reduces it's price by compromising features like slower memory and average camera. It's still a great device though and I'm not sure the extra bits in the Galaxy are worth the extra cash.

The heart rate monitor of the S5 is a bit of a con, you can get an app to do that on any phone with a flash.

Hmmm Apple have been doing this for years

MadGamer · 01-03-2014, 06:42

The S5 will be my next upgrade. My blackberry has had a good run, but it just doesn't cut the mustard any more

Russ · 01-03-2014, 07:10

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Originally Posted by Stephen

Hmmm Apple have been doing this for years

I think most manufacturers do that now anyway. But after the debacle of my S3 Samsung have lost my custom forever for phones now. Their spec might be impressive but not to a level where I'd take that over reliability which is what I had with my old 4s.

ThunderPants73 · 13-03-2014, 21:15

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Originally Posted by Sirius

Unfortunately for Samsung when they fecked up the S3 upgrade i decided enough was enough. I intend to upgrade to a different phone by a different company when my upgrade comes round. I am looking at HTC or Sony.

My thoughts exactly. Bought an HTC One, won't go back to Sony.