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[Galaxy S 5 General] gtg465x:
Once you get your hands on a GS5, post your first impressions here for everyone to discuss.

Select Best Buys now have demo units available to play with, so I went and got my hands on one today.

First of all, they only had them in white, and the white version doesn't feel good at all. The back looks like it would have a soft texture, but it's hard slippery plastic.

The new version of TouchWiz definitely looks better, but it still seems very cluttered to me.

It doesn't feel as smooth and fast as my stock Nexus 5 running ART, but it's almost as performant as a Nexus 5 running Dalvik. TouchWiz is obviously still heavy because it should really be faster than the Nexus 5 with that Snapdragon 801.

ART is not available. I tried to enable it to see if it would make it as fast as my Nexus 5, but the option has been removed by Samsung.

Can't say much about the camera because it's hard to judge pictures of the inside of Best Buy. It did focus and capture fast though.

That's all for now. Will update as I think of more.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
http://www.sammobile.com/2014/03/20/samsung-galaxy-s5-supports-the-new-android-runtime-art/
[Galaxy S 5 General] gtg465x:
Maybe that was early software and now it's been removed. Or maybe only the Korean and international models will have it. It definitely wasn't there on the one I played with.
[Galaxy S 5 General] gtg465x:
Here's a picture I took. No ART.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
Is it the international model?
[Galaxy S 5 General] gtg465x:
Not sure. Guess I should have taken a picture of the about page. Oops.
[Galaxy S 5 General] BoneXDA:
Oh ART Runtime... It's such a joy walking into a store to stutter around on the latest and greatest of LG, Samsung, Sony, HTC, Huawei etc., then pull out my Nexus 4/ART and bring a big smile on my face. The S5 should be pretty snappy on ART.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
If it performs almost like a nexus 5 on dalvik that's EXCELLENT news. Touchwiz is heavy so that's really great.
[Galaxy S 5 General] ecparts:
very powerful

My first impression on the S5 is very awesome ! The design is very nice. The waterproof and Anti-dust functions are amazing, it protect the phone very well. But the back cover is leather, i don't like the ugly back cover design.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Hmm you don't understand what you read.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
lol

But is TW really that heavy? After using both TW and Google Play editon ROMs in my GS4, the RAM usage difference after booting is less than 300MB (~750MB vs. ~1GB) with the same setup.
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
Interesting. But 250MB is nothing to sneeze at on a 2GB of ram device.

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@dandroid13 which color will you be getting?
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
I guess I'll get the white one and will buy a blue back cover later, I don't like the black front panel of all the other colors.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 5 General] barondebxl:
I see. I love the black one. Blue is also cool.
[Galaxy S 5 General] dandroid13:
I had a black GS2 and it got full of scratches, so I kinda got bored of black. Before the GS3 all my devices were either black or silver/gray, except the SE W710.

Enviado do meu Galaxy S4
[Galaxy S 5 General] omersak:
I don't normally like white phones but I find the love the dots on the face of the white version:

Reminds me of an old flame:

Will decide when I get to go hands on with all colors within this week.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brivette007:
I went to try the S5 out today at the Best Buy. It figures, I have 4 or 5 stores in my area, and the S5 is only at the one that is the furthest away (25 mile drive).

I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the phone. Build quality seems typical of recent Samsung fare. Navigating through the UI was smooth and peppy. Unfortunately I didn't have too much of a chance to dig deeper -- I had a Samsung rep and a Best Buy salesperson hovering over me to explain all the features I already knew about. Plus a line of interested onlookers was forming, so I let the next person look at it.

Best Buy has a preorder promo to get a $10 gift card. Not the greatest perk, but any money saved is fine with me. So I went for it.
[Galaxy S 5 General] calvin35:
The S5 is a really good phone. I played with it for a bit today and I predict that there are going to be a lot of surprised people out there. I think this is probably the best Samsung phone ever. Fast and responsive pretty much sums it up.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sohebq:
So how does the Ugly back cover looks in real? As horrible as we have seen in reviews?
[Galaxy S 5 General] pihx:
No, the phone looks and feels much different in person. It really feels great and the cover has good grip and feel. I didn't really like the looks when i saw the pictures, but holding one and looking at it is totally different. I might actually get one.

It also feels way smoother then S4. No S Lag at all and the camera is very fast.
[Galaxy S 5 General] amsguitarist:
Where are you having issues with range? Bluetooth tends to work much better indoors because it uses walls to bounce the signal all around. It is actually a little more directional when used in wide open spaces.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tenderfoots:
I thought that it's only an S4 with a Fingerprint and Heart Rate Sensor but in fact it looks way better and harder than expected. Camera blows me away!
[Galaxy S 5 General] ScrapMaker:
I used it both indoors and outdoors. I was very surprised to see the range drop out after 4-5ft on my Auris FreeDa adapter in my car. Normally I can get out and my music will continue to play while I pump gas. This was not the case on the S5. I ended up returning the phone and back to my M7 for many, many other reasons, and my range is back up to what I would consider rock-bottom performance. I can only go about 8-10ft reliably with the M7. I am used to my Evo 4G, Evo 3D, and Asus Transformer ... these would go 30-50ft without compromise. I used BT headphones in the data centers I would work in, and leave my phone on a work bench as I moved about the racks of equipment. I did this because only one spot in the room got cellular signal, but the BT would blanket nearly the hole area, despite major RF from equipment. I could travel about 30-40ft in those rooms. I was also similarly-impressed by Wi-Fi performance. Ever since I tried the S3, GN2, M7, M8, and now S5, I have been very disappointed in both BT and Wi-Fi. S5 seems to have the best Wi-Fi of the group though. Slight improvements.

I wish I had subjective test data, but after using each device for a good amount of time, (minus the M8,) I have definitely seen a downtrend in flagship radio performance, including the base cellular connection.
[Galaxy S 5 General] bnight:
I do got my S5 on Monday however before that I did have an S4 mini which unfortunately got smashed in an incident and the repair of the screen cost almost as much as the phone so I decided to wait for the S5 to be available on the presentation though I wasn`t impressed by what was showed I`m not a fitness maniac nor I do believe in the finger print scanning technology which we see failed miserably on the PC market so why it would be any different in the smartphone market ?

I could say that after 2 days of usuage of the S5 it looked like the software is downgraded from the S4 mini a lot of functions like voice controlled alarm clock are missing the S4 mini for me has an amazing software which was really very well designed. On the S5 this is not the case.

However phone is amazing in some departments:

1. It`s really fast so fast that you will be impressed any time you use it. Apps install fast and software is updating fast.

2. Wifi modul is amazing it`s fast to connect as well it download really fast which is impressive.

3. Screen is simply stunning it`s large it has great colours and watching anything on it is great.

4. Some of the new features like download booster are really useful at some cases.

5. Camera is stunning it`s fast and make great photos even without much configuration which is good for me. And looks like the camera is much better then the one in the S4 Mini.

What I don`t like in the phone:

1. Lack some important software features which were available at the S4 family like the voice control for Music and Video Player as well as Alarm clock (this is actually an issue).

2. It`s big in size which make it very uncomfortable for day to day usage as I usually put it in my jeans pocket and it will not fit in all my jeans pockets not comfortable for talking as well.

3. Call sound is really loud by default and since this is a big phone it`s not really comfortable as i work in open space and I think anyone can hear my phone calls.

Overall it`s not that much premium as I was thinking it will be especially after the S4 which was an amazing phone. I really believe that in the future there will be a more premium version of the S5 because the S5 just it`s not even on a par with the S4 in terms of software not to mention that Note 3 is even better. It`s clear that with the S5 Samsung are going to start a new line-up which will explain why the software is in the way it is now but still for a premium phone missing features from the previous premium model is not really that great especially since both phones use the exact same version of Android.
[Galaxy S 5 General] arlulez:
Not that good impression. But it's okay overall.

My previous phone is S4.

I am really satisfied with Galaxy S2 i use long time ago, that make me buy the next S3 and S4

so when S5 came out i am thinking to buy it. But after seeing the specs, i am thinking, is it worth to spend my money for a little upgrade?

So i decided not to buy, and wait for Note 4 (never use Note, so quite excited by the premise of use it)

Then i bought S5 anyway :| (me and my changing mind)

When the waiter help me to try my S5, the phone wont turn on. the people who help me is quite confused about it. She try to charge the phone, but it's not charging at all. Finally, she decided to switch that S5 to a new devices. She is quite sorry when looking at me.

So finally the new device is okay... after 1 hour wait just for that. This is the first time i got a defective product. :(

Checking out the phone, the display is fantastic! The camera is good at outdoor, but indoor, not so much. Sometimes takes a little bit longer when taking photo. I try selective focus, but it's so hard.

when i check the system, it's 4.46 GB compared to my S4 before, 7.06 GB. It's a good sign.

i slightly like my S4 sound better than this S5. i feel a vibration on phone when playing audio? Quite strong make me notice it immediately in first use :(

oh for Fingerprint sensor and heart rate blah blah, i never care about it. not even try.

well that's my first impression of few things.

Overall, it's just normal for me.

G900H
[Galaxy S 5 General] Sensamic:
Seems like the vibration issue while playing audio through the speaker won't go away. It's there because of bad design, build quality or whatever.

Won't buy the device because of that. Problem can't be fixed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] sohebq:
That's good then. One should get the black one or white which feels better than other colors. I am surprised about no S lag and that too with 2gb Ram only as I know that even the mighty N3 lagged on the first factory firmware. Looks like Sammy has debloated apps.
[Galaxy S 5 General] CLARiiON:
I am sure everyone knows that lag is not a function of RAM. There can be lag/stutters even with 8GB of RAM. My N4 stutters few times even though it has more than 1GB of free RAM. Does that mean if I double the RAM, the lag will vanish? There are lot of reasons for lag, RAM is not the only factor.
[Galaxy S 5 General] brivette007:
+1

I think the lighting in the pictures of the phone make make the dimples stand out, which doesn't look good. But in person, didn't look bad at all.
[Galaxy S 5 General] tomesiek:
Hi to all

I just notice that there is no support for DNLA in S5. Can anybody confirm that? Is there other "thing" that aloud send media direcrly to your tv (in WiFi network of course) ??
[Galaxy S 5 General] xeizo:
There's lots of UPNP apps out there that should work anyway ie Bubble UPNP. Also, Chromecast will of course work if you've got a Chromecast dongle .... but I think it has DLNA because I see no reason why it shouldn't ...
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
lovely looking phone, fantastic feel and well built
[Galaxy S 5 General] The-Last-Hylian:
I'm really looking forward to playing with one of these - I think that they did well with the S Health suit of apps and the functionality is there for the Gear Fit/Gear 2 - which will work out well in their favour.

I recently wrote a blog post on Samsung's time at the MWC 2014.

If you fancy a read pop over here: http://www.tuffphones.co.uk/blog/Samsung-mobile-world-congress-2014/
[Galaxy S 5 General] omersak:
Had a good 20 minute hands on session with the GS5. Unfortunately it was available only in the blue color, which i don't like.

Disclaimer: This is merely my opinion.

It's pretty good, I liked it much better than the GS4. However, unfortunely, I probably won't be getting it as it doesn't offer too much of an upgrade over my nexus 5.

Things I didn't ike

-It was consistently slower and and less smooth than my nexus 5 (running ART) - Side by side, launching mundane things such as the dialer, contacts etc, the nexus smoked it every time. It's UI also seems to run at a smoother frame rate.

-The fingerprint scanner is absolutely useless. I was wanting to use it one handed, with the same thumb that presses the home button, but that's not possible. Two hands and a perfectly vertical swipe are necessary.

-It creaks and squeaks when squeezed hard - it's a personal pet peeve of mine.

The things that I did like are as follows:

-The screen is nigh on perfect

-The camera is amazingly fast and a joy to use - the results looked great on the screen

-The phone actually looks great and feels good in the hand - i really like the grippy back.

-The speaker is loud and clear

To conclude, I feel that the GS5 would be a great upgrade for people running S600 and older phones, but perhaps not for S800 ones. As already advised on this forum, I'm probably going to wait for the Note 4.
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
The back is very nice to look at and has a nice feel in r/l, i too thought it was ugly in photos until i played with it today
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Yeah I absolutely despised the plastic creak on the S4. Hoped they would fix it :P. I figured the fingerprint scanner would be trash though. On the 5s, it's absolutely flawless on iOS 7.1. Waaayyyy better than before the update (which still wasn't that bad.
[Galaxy S 5 General] msavic6:
I have seen countless videos of the finger print sensor on the S5 working one handed where you use your thumb instead of your index finger and it performs quite well.
[Galaxy S 5 General] microspock:
volume button as camera shutter ?

Is it possible to use volume button as as default camera shutter for both photo and video ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] msavic6:
In the small time I spent with the S5, the volume buttons acted as a shutter for the Camera. I didn't try out video though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] TECH NIQUE:
Hi guys check out my latest video as I do a hands on Samsung Galaxy s5 at the Samsung unveil event at Stratford Westfield.

My first time doing a video like this, apologies for the occasional stutter and noisy background.

Click here to watch the video
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Ok so I went to a local AT&T store and used the M8 and S5 one in each hand for about 20 minutes tonight, and this is what I noticed (in a pros-cons list of each). Note I am 6'3" with pretty large hands. I didn't test the cameras, as 1. I don't use smartphone cameras and 2. We all know the S5's is way better. This is more subjective stuff with build, feel, and UI.

S5 Advantages:

-SCREEN!! The AMOLED screen on the S5 was absolutely gorgeous. I put the setting on "professional photography" or something like that, and everything looked absolutely superb. The M8's screen was also nice, but I liked the color on the AMOLED display much better (especially the whites).

-The lock button on the right side was very natural and comfortable to press. Much more so than on the M8.

-White model felt nice in the hand (not an advantage, but notable)

-Haptic feedback. This is probably adjustable, but the S5's was shorter and not as "deep". The M8 shook a little much for me.

M8 Advantages:

-Length and on screen buttons. With the S5, I found myself having to reach my thumb down a little too far to reach the buttons. On the M8, the buttons were in a perfect spot and were very pleasant to use.

-Motion gestures. It was very nice and natural to unlock the phone by swiping up when the screen was off. (I put this in a couple threads because I felt it was relevant).
[Galaxy S 5 General] Mwinggg:
are those in besybuy 32gb version or 16? if they r 16gb how much free space left for users?
[Galaxy S 5 General] atg284:
the one I was checking out at an at&t store had 11GB left for apps. If I remember correctly the system needed 4GB no matter what.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
That's a lot of Samsung bloat. Probably can unbloat the unnecessary things.
[Galaxy S 5 General] atg284:
Yeah my current phone only has around 1.2 GB (htc evo 3d) for apps so this will be a huge increase for me. As long as I can have photos and videos to directly save to the SD card that is.

I'm not a phone gamer so I think I should be ok. I sprung for the 32 GB Note 2014 tablet for when I want to play android games :)
[Galaxy S 5 General] CLARiiON:
Well, M8 has about 9GB left for user. That's even more bloat.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51368072&postcount=18
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Remember: the demo version could have an incomplete software build on it. The final version may have less free space.
[Galaxy S 5 General] hovax615@hotmail.com:
I think I'll keep my moto x till after the new x2 or nexus device is announced then I'll make my decision then. I got the gs4 and just felt like better devices just came out later on in the year so I'm going to wait on more announcements before I make the jump on a new phone again, not really sold on the gs5 or m8 at the moment maybe if I played with them at the stores I will be.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Using the M8 really sold me on it in a big way! S5 too.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jamezr:
I think the opposite is true.....all demos have a video loop on the phone that runs constantly. they have promotional content that a retail phone will not have......
[Galaxy S 5 General] degast:
I think a demo version has less space due to inefficient apps (extra debugging material,...etc), while the final one has got all those things removed.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Yeah that's probably more likely :P

Final should be more refined, faster, and have a couple more features enabled.
[Galaxy S 5 General] jim99:
ART is going to replace Dalvik ?

Can we install ART in other S? devices ?
[Galaxy S 5 General] amsguitarist:
I think you conveniently left out the fact that the M8 blows the S5 out of the water in terms of fit and finish.

I wish we could combine the best things of all the phones. M8 build, S5 screen and camera, Moto X touchless controls and active display.
[Galaxy S 5 General] msavic6:
The M8 has one supposed advantage and that is the metal material used for the body, I call it a supposed advantage because its dependent upon the end user to decide if its beneficial or not.

The metal serves more of a beauty purpose than any other. In reality It adds weight, decreases reparability, makes the device slippery and tends to look quite bad when scratched or dinged. It does look premium and pretty though and that is what ultimately is a main priority to some people.

In terms of fit and finish, disregarding material choice I would still consider the S5 above the M8 in this regard. Now put down the pitchfork and hear me out, metal is an extremely hard material to work with, let alone perfect thus HTC is bound to encounter hurdles in there attempts to build M8's without any manufacturing defects. Plastic is quite easy to manufacturer and work with and Samsung has been doing it for years so they should have the process mastered by now. The S5 is truly a solid device, relatable to the solid feel of the Moto X, gone is the squeaky back and flexing. What Samsung has been able to create is a sturdy yet light weight device that feels premium, not as premium as a metal device but that's the nature of the material choice.

HTC still hasn't proven they have mastered the metal device manufacturing process as the M7 was plagued with manufacturing defects from the beginning, the M8 seems to be fairing better with fewer reported defects but the fact is that some are still present. Once the M9 rolls around I feel HTC will have the process down and will have sorted all the nagging defects.

For the time being, Samsung has nailed fit and finish on all there new plastic smart phones(S5/Note3) as there is such a miniscule amount of defects while HTC is still struggling to fix the defects that come associated with building metal smart phones.
[Galaxy S 5 General] amsguitarist:
I think you mean in terms of manufacturing and engineering capability as well as quality systems. I am talking about aesthetically. There really is no comparing the two phones. I'm sure if you had the choice, would you take an S5 in the M8's chassis with the same footprint as the S5, most people would likely say yes.
[Galaxy S 5 General] nestafaria:
Played with the M8 today. Sure, the metal is nice but it's unbelievably slippery. There's no way I could use that without a case. And once you put a case on it, what's the point? It's heavier and I lose wireless charging. I was pretty impressed with the S5 today......and I went in thinking I would get the M8.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Yeah same. I don't really like the metal actually as it's fairly difficult to hold. The silver one is a bit better, but the S5 holds way nicer in the hand.
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
This is the reason why I don't get the obsession with metal

everyone i see with a htc one m7 especially the black one either has a rubber case, the flip case specially made for the phone, a leather case or a plastic one and once you have that one. the premium metal feel is gone! those who don't have a case their phones look like somthing they have had over 5 years with alot of scratches, chips and dents, what is premium about that once its in that condition?? the same goes for iphones.

This is why I am not so obsessed with having a metal phone as i would end up having a case on it in fear of it dropping or gettin scratches.
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Actually, for the 6 months I had my black iPhone 5, it came away in insanely nice condition. 99% of others I'd seen looked like trash. If you never drop it, put it on a hard surface, or have anything else in your pocket with it it'll be just fine.

Impractical, but some can do it (me included). I agree with the overall idea that metal phones get beat up quickly, though.
[Galaxy S 5 General] RCJ89:
Definately not saying it is everyone who does it but everyone i see when im out with a HTC M7 or iphone some part of it is battered or scratched unless they have a case on it. One of my cousins dropped his M7 7 times in the last week alone! good thing he has a plastic gel case on it
[Galaxy S 5 General] SolarTrans:
Yeah I'd have to agree. Thing is, I don't see either without a case XD

Heck, I've got the Apple leather case on my 5s, but only because I think it feel better with it on. Everyone I know has a case because they drop their phones all the time.