Samsung Galaxy S5

**Samsung Galaxy S5**, **Galaxy S5** or just **GS5** is an Android smartphone made by Samsung Electronics. The phone was released on 11 April 2014 in 150 countries as the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S4. Like the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is similar to the prior year model, placing a large focus on a better build with a textured rear cover and IP67 rating for dust and water proof (up to ), a better user feel, new security items such as a fingerprint scanner and private mode, expanded health items (such as a built-in heart rate scanner), and an updated camera.

The successor of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the Samsung Galaxy S6. The Galaxy S5 became the first Samsung smartphone to have a fingerprint scanner.

## Features

Galaxy S5 has 5.1 inch Full HD Super AMOLED screen, 2800mAh battery capacity, 2GB RAM, 16MP single HDR back camera, 2MP single selfie camera, 16/32GB storage options, 128 microSD card and fingerprint scanner.

## Software

Samsung Galaxy S5 ran Android 4.4 KitKat, it can upgrade to the other versions like Android 5.1 Lollipop and Android 6.0 Marshmallow when they came out. It had a 'Download Booster' in settings menu that making WI-FI and LTE faster.

## Problems

BBC reported Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner has been hacked in less than a week after the phone went on sale.

## Reviews

Wired reviewed the Galaxy S5, it has good reviews like beautiful all-screen design, ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, wireless charging with power sharing and headphone jack. It has bad reviews like wireless power sharing is slow and the camera is great but still not as good as the Pixel 3's night shot. The overall rating 9/10.

## Related pages

- Samsung Galaxy

## Infobox (mobile phone)

- **name**: Samsung Galaxy S5
- **modelnumber**: SM-G900
- **logo**: Samsung Galaxy S5 logo.svg
- **logosize**: 200px
- **image**: Samsung Galaxy S5.png
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **manufacturer**: Samsung Electronics
- **slogan**: _My Life, powered by Samsung Galaxy S5_
- **series**: Samsung Galaxy, Galaxy S
- **networks**: (GSM/GPRS/EDGE)
- **predecessor**: Samsung Galaxy S4
- **successor**: Samsung Galaxy S6
- **related**: Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini
Samsung Galaxy S5 Active
 Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport
- **type**: Touchscreen smartphone
- **form**: Slate phone
- Slate
- **size**: 142 mm (5.59 in) H
72.5 mm (2.85 in) W
8.1 mm (0.31 in) D.
- **weight**: 145 g (5.11 oz)
- **os**: **Original:** Android (operating system), Android 4.4.2 "KitKat"
**Current:** Android 6.0.1 "Marshmallow"
- **soc**: Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 5422
**LTE:** Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
**LTE-A**: Qualcomm Snapdragon 805
- **cpu**: 1.9 GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 and 1.3 GHz quad-core Cortex-A7
**LTE versions:** 2.5 GHz quad-core Krait 400
- **gpu**: ARM Mali T628MP6
**LTE versions:** Adreno 330 (Snapdragon variant)
- **memory**: 2 Gigabyte, GB LPDDR3 RAM
- **storage**: 16 GB, 32 GB
- **memory card**: microSD up to 128 GB
- **battery**: 2800 mAh Lithium-ion battery, Li-ion
- **display**: 1920x1080 Pixels (432 Pixels per inch, ppi) Full HD Super AMOLED
 Gorilla Glass 3
- **front camera**: 2 megapixels (1080p) High-definition video video recording @ 30 fps back-illuminated sensor
- **website**: [http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/galaxys5/design.html Samsung Mobile]