As with the S4, the S5 is an evolution of the prior year's model, placing a particular emphasis on an improved build with a textured rear cover and IP67 certification for dust and water resistance, a more refined user experience, new security features such as a fingerprint reader and private mode, expanded health- ...

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Samsung announced that it would release the S5 on 11 April 2014 in 150 countries - including the United Kingdom and United States.

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Make no mistake: this is a very good phone. And Samsung did nearly all the important things well. With a great screen, great battery life, and a good camera, the S5 leaves me with few reasons not to recommend it - and the waterproof body is a fantastic bonus. But I don't love anything about this device.

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The Samsung Galaxy S5 is the best phone Samsung has ever built and it stands up well to the other flagships out there. The days of the Galaxy range being the last word in Android handsets are over, as Sony, HTC and LG are producing similarly impressive phones, but if you're a Galaxy fan you won't be disappointed.

Android 4.4.2 The Samsung Galaxy S5 runs Android 4.4. 2 and is powered by a 2800mAh removable battery. As far as the cameras are concerned, the Samsung Galaxy S5 on the rear packs a 16-megapixel camera with an f/2.2 aperture and a pixel size of 1.12-micron.

We got an exclusive look at the assembly of the Galaxy S5 in Gumi, Korea.

The Galaxy S5 handles it with relative ease. It's the screen – as much as the powerful processor – that makes the Galaxy S5 such a great gaming phone, though. The deep blacks, rich colours and large expanse of screen space make the phone hard to beat.

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The Galaxy S5 handles it with relative ease. It's the screen – as much as the powerful processor – that makes the Galaxy S5 such a great gaming phone, though. The deep blacks, rich colours and large expanse of screen space make the phone hard to beat.

Of course, that S5 was running since the release so it was already in a bad shape. It remains usable with LineageOS, continuing to receive updates for Android 11, but it's slow. For general modern-day app usage and web surfing, I would not recommend it.

Tap About device. Tap Software update. Tap Update now. If a new software version is available, it's displayed.