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Testseek.co.uk have collected 1173 expert reviews of the Samsung SM-G900 Galaxy S5 and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung SM-G900 Galaxy S5.
Award: Editor’s Choice April 2014
April 2014
 
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The editors liked

  • The iPhone remains the best combination of hardware and platform
  • You likely already own one
  • Outstanding performance
  • Fast and smooth
  • Kids mode is a great feature for families
  • S Health has some great features
  • Battery life is fantastic. The pared-back look of the software is a definite improvement. The screen is absolutely lovely. The dimpled back panel makes the phone much less likely to slide out of your hand or off of your leg. IP67 waterproofiness should be
  • Great hardware
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • IP67
  • Excellent screen
  • Capable camera
  • Great battery life becomes excellent with Ultra Power Saving mode
  • Plenty of power and storage
  • Water resistant
  • S Health suite
  • Cracking camera
  • Improved battery life
  • Useful fingerprint scanner and neat health software.
  • Great performance
  • Crystal-clear display
  • Good camera
  • Decent portfolio of security services
  • Waterresistant body
  • Overall display quality
  • Responsiveness/fluidity
  • Fast camera with great picture quality in good lighting
  • Excellent battery life (and the battery's removable!)
  • Fast and powerful
  • Big
  • Replaceable battery
  • Colourful video
  • Quick
  • Decent camera
  • Eye-catching features
  • Amazing screen
  • Great battery life
  • Hugely powerful
  • Samsung's Galaxy S5 excels at everything that matters -- Android 4.4 KitKat OS
  • A bright
  • Beautiful display
  • Blistering quad-core processor
  • And an excellent camera experience. In addition
  • Samsung's efforts to streamline its own custom interface and redu
  • Stunning screen
  • Genuine useful features
  • Less gimmicks
  • Class leading specs
  • Great display
  • Good camera performance
  • Fast connectivity
  • Software makes good use of larger display
  • Reasonable battery life
  • Industryleading performance. Gorgeous HD screen is best on the market. Fingerprint scanner works flawlessly. Excellent camera with huge range of features. Impressive battery life
  • And battery saving mode
  • Plenty of power
  • Sharp
  • Vivid screen
  • Detailed snapper
  • Tons of features
  • Waterproof
  • Updated design
  • Camera innovation
  • Cleaner UI
  • Excellent display
  • Good battery life
  • Waterproof/dustproof
  • Download booster
  • Wealth of premium subscription trials
  • Fast
  • Powerful processor
  • Clean
  • Redesigned interface
  • Waterproof and dustproof
  • Built-in fingerprint scanner
  • Heart-rate monitor
  • Feels comfortable to hold
  • Competitive camera
  • MicroSD support
  • Removable battery with new Ultra Power Saver Mode
  • Great crisp vibrant colourful screen
  • In broad daylight the camera is really good
  • Memory card slot and removable battery make for a flexible device
  • Water and dust resistance IP67
  • Fantastic screen
  • Still one of the best cameras around
  • Now updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop
  • Update has improved fingerprint sensor
  • Better battery life than S6
  • Has microSD and water resistance
  • Beautiful screen
  • Slim build
  • Lots of extras
  • Smooth performance
  • Latest version of Android
  • Touchwiz is huge improvement
  • Great camera
  • Fingerprint scanner and heart rate monitor are worthwhile additions
  • Impressive power saving features
  • Reduced software bloat
  • Beefy spec
  • 4G support with download booster
  • Sharpest
  • Brightest display around
  • Beastly processor is never stressed
  • Waterresistant and highquality camera

The editors didn't like

  • If you want change Samsung is a good way to go
  • Looks a bit cheap compared to the competition
  • 4K recording but no playback
  • Expensive
  • But then again all premium phones are
  • While the software has gotten better
  • It's still well behind HTC's in terms of user-friendliness
  • And it's miles away from Motorola's and stock Android. There's just too much lag to be forgivable in a phone with so much horsepower under the hood. S Health
  • Ugly
  • Screen has issues with color accuracy and grayscale banding
  • Poor NAND performance
  • Ugly design
  • Mediocre speaker
  • Poor fingerprint scanner implementation
  • The design will divide users
  • And the innovations may be too few to please
  • Touchwiz
  • Average battery life
  • Display
  • Unfaithful colours
  • Fingerprint scanner could be better
  • Some lags and overheating in certain games
  • FM tuner has disappeared
  • Camera not great in low light
  • Average sound
  • Erratic Finger Sensor
  • Plastic design
  • Creaky design
  • Unnecessary heart rate monitor
  • Slow background de
  • Focus
  • The Galaxy S5 is a only small upgrade over the Galaxy S4. The fingerprint scanner can be confusing to use
  • And the heart-rate monitor is a niche feature at best. In some regions
  • The Galaxy S5 costs significantly more than rival top-rated handsets
  • Fingerprint sensor
  • Design doesn't quite cut it
  • Some confusing UI decisions
  • Plastic build
  • Navigation of the user interface feels slower than it should be
  • Slow background defocus. Folders slow on onpening
  • Design feels dated with little change in two years. Rear cover and fake chrome bezel will not appear to everyone. Heart rate monitor seems to have little use
  • A design that few will find beautiful
  • UI can still be confusing
  • Not the best camera indoors and in low light
  • Too big for some
  • Slightly delicate
  • Unreliable sensors
  • The heartrate monitor is unnecessary
  • Fingerprint scanner is inconsistent
  • Software features can be overwhelming
  • Stale design
  • Poor speaker quality
  • No KnockOn feature
  • Audio jack is on top of phone
  • Camera refocus is a gimmick
  • Packed with Samsung services
  • The built in software is getting a bit much
  • Camera struggles in certain situations
  • The launcher is a bit laggy to launch folders and return home
  • Overall feel isn't as good as its flagship competitors
  • Rear speaker is little odd sounding at times
  • Not the prettiest of 2014 phones
  • Processor still decent
  • But behind the times
  • Plastic casing won't be to everyone's taste
  • Fingerprint scanner not as good as iPhone
  • Touchwiz can feel overbearing in places
  • Lacks a premium feel
  • Plastic chassis
  • Poor speaker
  • Why pay £570 for a plastic device?
  • TouchWiz UI is mostly a hindrance
  • Oh
  • The bloatware!

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  Published: 2014-04-29, Author: Kunal , review by: digit.in

  • Excellent display and touch feedback, Offers good overall performance, Fingerprint scanner and heart rate monitor work well, Good camera with 4K video recording support, Water and dust resistant
  • Design seems very outdated, Low graphics performance on benchmarks, Materials used are of low quality, TouchWiz UI needs a bit more polishing
  • The new update for the Galaxy S device does come with some amazing new features and apps, an overhauled UI and a decent upgrade in hardware. The design is not appealing though and the materials used clearly prove that Samsung is trying to save up on its c...

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  Published: 2014-04-28, Author: Karan , review by: igyaan.in

  • True octa core performance, 16 MP ISOCELL camera, Water/Dust resistant body, UHD 4K video recording, 5.1" 1080p Super AMOLED display, USB 3.0 port, Ease of single hand operation, Removable battery/microSD storage
  • High price point, Poor battery performance, No real use of heart rate monitor, No real use of fingerprint scanner, No capability to add widgets on lock screen

 
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  Published: 2014-04-28, Author: Roydon , review by: firstpost.com

  • There's a good reason why the Samsung Galaxy S5 is so popular. Underneath the high price and plastic body lies a very good smartphone that has come a long way from the initial days of the Galaxy S. Compared to its predecessor, the S5 is an evolutionary up...

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  Published: 2014-04-24, Author: Anil , review by: themobileindian.com

  • Display, The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with a 5.1 inch touchscreen. This Super AMOLED display has huge full HD (1920x1080 pixels) resolution which means it has very good 432 ppi pixel density. The touchscreen is one of the best in the industry, reproducing
  • Camera found wanting in low lighting conditions, Look wise still looks the same old Samsung device, There's only a single SIM slot
  • At Rs 51,000, the Samsung Galaxy S5 isn't the costliest handset around but it is definitely the fastest. I won't call it the best camera phone in the market but it is one of the best in terms of battery, storage, and connectivity. Samsung has also worked ...

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  Published: 2014-04-19, Author: Jamshed , review by: gadgets.ndtv.com

  • Good, Fantastic camera, Great battery life and performance, Innovative software features, Compatibility with Samsung Gear accessories
  • Heart rate monitor feature is unreliable, Cluttered interface, Expensive
  • Samsung's Galaxy S5 might be the best evidence yet that smartphone development has plateaued (Also see: Peak Smartphone Theory). The entire industry has arranged itself around a yearly upgrade cycle, but at this point, there just isn't any compelling reas...

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  Published: 2014-04-18, Author: Tablets , review by: tablets-help.com

  • Bright display, Great battery support, Excellent performance
  • Small upgrade over the Galaxy S4, Weatherproof and Water Resistance, Software options can be overwhelming

 
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  Published: 2014-04-18, Author: Gogi , review by: gogi.in

  • The handset is powerful and comes with finger print scanner and with an impressive camera. Battery life is decent enough. Screen quality is superb. The biggest disappointment with Galaxy S5 in India was its price tag. It was launched at a price of Rs. 51,...

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  Published: 2014-04-17, Author: Rishabh , review by: mobigyaan.com

  • The Samsung Galaxy S5's has taken most people by surprise, because of its Rs. 51,500 price tag. This kind of pricing was generally given to fad phones like the HTC One Max or LG G Flex. The normal consumer's price allowance reaches a limit at Rs. 45,000, ...

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  Published: 2014-04-17, review by: idgnews.in

  • Abstract:  Samsung Galaxy S5But advertising alone isn't a reason to buy a mobile device (or a pizza, for that matter); beyond all the carefully crafted hype, what really matters is what the product is like to use in the real world. And by that measure, Samsung's Gal...

 
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  Published: 2014-04-16, Author: Brent , review by: gizmodo.in

  • Battery life is fantastic. The pared-pack look of the software is a definite improvement. The screen is absolutely lovely. The dimpled back panel makes the phone much less likely to slide out of your hand or off of your leg. IP67 waterproofiness should be
  • While the software has gotten better, it's still well behind HTC's in terms of user-friendliness, and it's miles away from Motorola's and stock Android. There's just too much lag to be forgivable in a phone with so much horsepower under the hood. S Health
  • The answer depends on how important battery life and photo quality are to you. If your answer is "very," then yes, you should buy it. The camera is way better than the HTC Ones, and the battery life is way better than the Nexus 5. From there, you just ha...

 
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