[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buxz777:
in all honesty its a s4 with a faster cpu and better gpu and updated software , its selling because its the galaxy series not because its a great phone . For example

# the camera is no better then the s4 , infact it looks like the s4 takes better pics in many situations with less noise and more appealing pics , no ois , no xenon flash , no oversampling , no zoom , no raw , just an iso sensor that isn't performing that well and that Samsung are actually having troubles building -- hearing all kinds of excuses from users like the camera is good enough , if you want a decent pic use a dslr , its a phone camera , well I suggest people try out a Lumia camera and realise just how good a phone camera can be , phone cameras have come on leaps and bounds , well apart from samsungs that is :-/

# the water proofing is taken from the s4 active and isn't really improved since then with its gasket design , the s4 active was also known for leaking water when submerged

# still same design and the speaker is roughly the same size and is on the back so when its placed back down the sound is muffled , pretty bad design choice when others are putting speakers on the front and the bottom of their devices so it doesn't muffle the sound

# phone still creaks and squeaks and sounds like there is a spring inside , even the button vibration can cause it to make a noise through the housing , it may be solid but it doesn't sound like it or feel like it

# finger print scanner is just a ''we put it on there because apple did'' it isn't implemented well and is pretty hit and miss

# recording sound from a concert or dance event sucks , the audio recording is terrible , snap crackle pop with plenty of distortion to ruin the recording of your memorys , this has been here since earlier galaxy versions and shows the quality of the mics are pretty poor , use a original htc one or Lumia and you can hear the difference

I could probably go and on but the actual point I am trying to make is what have samung actually done to warrant people buying this phone over the s4 for a premium £600/£550 from most places , what exactly have Samsung done to warrant this as an upgrade , where is the innovation because all I am seeing is the usual , bigger screen , slightly bigger battery and faster cpu??? does that really make it an upgrade in peoples eyes? what does the s5 really do that a s3 couldn't do , they both take terrible pictures at night , they both have a shoddy speaker on the back of the phone , they both still creak and squeak , both have crappy audio recording when volumes get louder etc etc ...... lol

to me most phones do the same thing now , most apps are out on ios , windows phone , android , they all pretty much let us do the same thing in different ways , now what separates phones is unique selling points , advanced hardware , innovation and samsung have failed and literally given us another powerfull slab that excels at nothing but is good at most things and you still cant take a decent pic at night time just like the s2 , s3 , s4 and now s5

yes I may sound harsh/negative but I wont be buying the s5 , I tried one out , was disappointed and in all honesty would rather have a 1520 , 930 or even 1020 or z1 or z2 or save myself about £100 and buy a s4 with a 128gb micro sd card and a anker battery and charger lol

I know this post will anger some people who have paid £600 for the device to get it on launch day , if your happy then that is great , that's what life is about , don't let my post on some forum anger you , just enjoy your phone , its just my opinion that the s5 is a pretty rubbish upgrade over the s4 and Samsung haven't really done much apart from up the cpu/gpu/screen/battery/mp and that hasn't given us anything really that the s3 could give us ,

so yeah disappointed , wont be buying , now looking at the Lumia range of phones and windows 8.1 or the z2 as I love convergence devices and if a phone cant take a decent picture in all conditions I still need to carry a camera ....... that's not convergence so the s5 is out for me and I hope to see better from Samsung in the future :)