Will the gravity well from Galaxy S5 capture your interest, or will you streak past with escape velocity Samsung's Galaxy S line of smartphones employs cutting-edge hardware and more features than any human can remember to use, making it one of the most anticipated flagship phones every year.

Great hardware; fingerprint scanner; IP67

Ugly; screen has issues with color accuracy and grayscale banding; poor NAND performance

The Galaxy S5 is definitely bigger, faster and meaner than any of its predecessors. Samsung has refined its custom UI to make look remotely different from Android and they've done it pretty well. The loads of features and functions are a mixed bag of both gimmicky and practical use.

* Powerful hardware; * Impressive display quality; * Great camera quality & performance; * Fingerprint scanner; * Water and dust resistance; * Kitkat out of the box; * Long battery life; * Fingerprint scanner; barry says: April 12; 2014 at 12:18 am You did not read the review.

barry says: April 12, 2014 at 12:18 am You did not read the review; It says… What makes it potentially better is the ability for 3rd-party apps to use the scanner for authentication using the Samsung Pass API; Apple does not support 3rd-party authentication/API

Samsung cannot be ignored, and the importance of the Galaxy S5 cannot be overlooked. New bearer of the crown of "best-known Android smartphone" it's a chance not only for Samsung to make money, but to demonstrate what cleverness it can bake into a flagship device.

The first half of the last two years has been all about the competition between HTC and Samsung's new flagships. This year, the battle became testier than ever thanks to HTC calling out Samsung for what it perceived to be a lack of innovation and the continued use of plastics in its Galaxy S5 .

Specs; Display; Camera; Removable Battery; SD Card Slot; and Wireless Charging; Availability; Accessories; Water and Dust Resistant; Battery Life; TouchWiz; Speaker and Headphone Output; Health Features

Design; Performance; yes; Links

phone arrived as advertised, NOT A SCRATCH on it could I find ! fired right up and started amazing me with the features it contains ! (will it really wash your clothes I doubt it ) but it can get you all the info that you need to do so. love the phone and am ordering two more for gifts !

After using for a little while, I've concluded this is a good phone, however it feels as if everything but the camera is below premium. The build is noticeably cheap, battery drains quickly despite all power save features in use; however the speed and camera might be enough to convince you.

Great camera; High resolution screen; Speedy phone; Water resistant

Horrendous battery; Cheap; very breakable build

everything about the phone is pretty great. I wish it had a better camera though, like at least a 16mp rather than the 13mp. Being on AT&T I noticed it's the only carrier that has no option to get rid of the "Make sure you cover the charging port" notification every time I disconnect it.

I recently switched from the IPhone 4s to the Galaxy S5, which was quite the change. I had the iPhone for over 2 years and I have had the Galaxy for about 2 months and I'm already very pleased with my decision to boycott the iPhone.

Avoid this phone and it's new replacement, the S6 has the same weaknesses. Shame on Samsung for opting for glitz rather than quality of materials and engineering.

Decent camera; nice exterior appearance; expandable memory and replaceable battery

Cheap plastic case, very weak and prone to fail 3.0 charging port; Loaded with Samsung bloatware

Review Update: 13 April 2015 Update by Jon Devo When's the best time to buy a flagship phone When it gets replaced by a new flagship phone, of course. Following on from the announcement of the Galaxy S6 and , the Samsung Galaxy S5 has been given a second wind, courtesy of an update to Android 5.0...

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

Not the prettiest of 2014 phones; Processor still decent; but behind the times