Samsung Galaxy S5 Reviews: The android phone was launched at MWC 2014, with Samsung's fifth unpacked conference packed with journalists looking to see what the latest Galaxy device has to offer. According to Laptop Mag, the S5 sports a faster CPU (Snapdragon 805), a bigger screen (5.1 inches) and a beefier battery (2,800 mAh). It has finger-based heart rate monitor on the back of the phone and a built-in app to log meals; and a fingerprint sensor, which, like Apple's latest iPhone, will let you unlock the phone with the touch of your finger.
According to Yahoo Tech, the Galaxy S5 ships with a technology called NFC, which allows you to pay with your phone by "bumping" it against a mobile cash register. Samsung's fingerprint sensor will allow you to verify your identity before paying.
The Galaxy S5 is also the first phone with a built-in heart rate monitor. The phone features a sensor under the rear camera. When you place your finger on the sensor and the phone can read your heart rate.
Samsung is also thrilled about the S5's 16-megapixel camera, which declares it has the fastest auto-focus feature of any smartphone available. It also has "Selective Focus" feature, which allows you to focus on certain areas of a photo while blurring the background.
As quoted from Yahoo Tech, the Galaxy S5 is water- and dust-resistant and features an "Ultra power saving mode," which closes all non-essential apps and services, to extend battery life into the double digits of hours. (A Samsung representative claimed that, with 10 percent of battery life left, your phone could last 20 hours on Ultra Power Saving Mode. That elicited some Oohs and Aahs from the crowd.) The Galaxy S5 runs Samsung's colorful version of Google's Android operating system, called TouchWiz, on top of the latest version of Android, dubbed KitKat.
The S5 will be released in April on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, MetroPCS and U.S. Cellular. Available colors include blue, white, black and gold. Samsung did not announce a price at the time of the unveiling.
