Skip to content On the first day of the Mobile World Congress Samsung held a long-awaited presentation “Unpacked 2014 Episode 1”. It was clear that the central event will be the announcement of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S5. The South Korean manufacturer did not disappoint expectations.
What are the key features of a new smartphone? They were presented in five categories: design, camera, communication, security and fitness opportunities. Let’s see what was made in each of the categories.
Design and security
Overall, the Samsung Galaxy S5 preserved main design features typical for Galaxy smartphones. The main difference between Galaxy S4 and S5 is more straight lower and upper edges. The type of buttons and their location remained unchanged. Moreover, in spite of previous forecasts Samsung Galaxy S5 didn’t get metal case, it remained plastic. However, there are two important novelties.
First of all, the back surface is perforated. Samsung highlights it as an important element of a new design. All promotional materials place emphasis on the perforation. It’s hard to say whether this innovation is successful or not. As for appearance, on the one hand, perforation distinguishes Samsung Galaxy S5 from its predecessors. On the other hand the smartphone doesn’t provoke a desire to immediately buy it. Though, of course, it’s a matter of taste.
The second novelty is its impermeability to water and dust (protection meets IP67 standard). Thus, we can talk about security. Samsung is trying to imitate Sony, which made security one of the trump cards of the Xperia Z line.
Another aspect of security is connected with program security – Samsung Galaxy S5 supports corporate services Samsung Knox. Finally, last but not the least, Galaxy S5 is equipped with a fingerprint reader located right on the screen (its lower part). So now you can forget about remembering passwords and authorization in Play Store.