tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13065410072195459042024-03-18T19:46:28.130-07:00Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S5Samsung Galaxy S5 News, Reviews, UpdateAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-66063016486452612662014-05-07T23:32:00.002-07:002014-05-07T23:32:22.026-07:00Samsung Galaxy S5 extended batteries now on pre-order from ZeroLemon and Mugen Power<div class="s_meta clearfix" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
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There's no denying that the Samsung Galaxy S5 is a top performer when it comes to battery life. Need proof? Well, we put the phone's 2800mAh cell to the test, and it took a whopping 8 hours and 20 minutes for our custom battery benchmark to drain it entirely. This ranks Samsung's flagship ahead of many high-end competitors, including the iPhone 5s, the HTC One (M8), and the LG G2.<br /><br />But as stellar as the Galaxy S5's battery life may be, some users might still find its cell's capacity insufficient for their needs. These are the people that ZeroLemon and Mugen Power, two of the better-known makers of extended cell phone batteries, cater to.<br /><br />Mugen Power is currently offering a 2950mAh lithium-ion battery for the Samsung Galaxy S5 – a cell that should last about 5% longer than a stock one, according to the manufacturer. For those in need of a spare cell for their Galaxy S5, or for an extended battery that does not add any extra bulk to the device, this is an option worth considering. NFC is built into the pack so don't worry about losing the feature once you swap.<br /><br />ZeroLemon's approach to designing an extended battery for the Galaxy S5 has been quite a bit different. The company has built a pack that can hold 7500mAh of charge, making it more than 2.5 times more capacious than the phone's stock cell. There's a catch, however. The extended battery is so large that it requires you to swap the Galaxy S5's back cover with one provided by ZeroLemon (included in the set). The battery will also make your Galaxy S5 significantly heavier. Another drawback is that you might not be able to use the phone's heart rate monitor as comfortably with all that protruding plastic around it. On the brighter side of things, this replacement back cover doubles as a protective case.<br /><br />The Mugen Power extended battery for Samsung Galaxy S5 is now on pre-order for $44.50 and it is expected to ship on May 23. As for ZeroLemon's solution, its gargantuan cell can be pre-ordered from Amazon for $49.99 and will ship on May 14.<div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-13000209227072212562014-05-07T23:30:00.001-07:002014-05-07T23:30:18.566-07:00Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime, LG G3, or HTC One M8 Prime - which one you'd rather have?<div class="s_meta clearfix" data-mce-style="color: #000000;" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
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<br />It’s said that all three upcoming flagship smartphones will offer Quad HD (1440 x 2560 pixels) displays. The screens of the LG G3 and HTC One M8 Prime supposedly measure 5.5 inches each, while the Galaxy S5 Prime should be a bit smaller, apparently sporting a 5.2-inch display. Other common features may include 3GB of RAM, Qualcomm’sSnapdragon 805 SoC, and metal-clad designs.<br /><br />Naturally, we’re expecting the three handsets to run the latest version of Android - although their UIs will definitely be different, thanks to each company’s software customization.<br /><br />We’re curious to know which of the three devices is the one that our readers are looking forward to owning the most. Of course, some have already bought a flagship smartphone this year, while others are certainly waiting for something else. But folks who are not interested can simply skip voting in the poll bellow (though they are free to use the comments section to let us know why they’re not interested in having any of the three handsets).</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-57950849963694422572014-05-07T23:28:00.000-07:002014-05-07T23:28:01.381-07:00Samsung's BYOD-friendly Knox 2.0 suite lands on Galaxy S5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Samsung has made the second version of its Knox data and app security platform available worldwide, but only the new Galaxy S5 can take advantage of the improvements it offers for now.</div>
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The popularity of Samsung’s smartphones has opened the door to the enterprise thanks to BYOD (bring-your-own-device) projects, but becoming enterprise-ready and earning the trust of IT departments is a long journey for the company.</div>
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The Knox platform uses a security-enhanced version of Android, and creates an isolated “container” that separates work data and apps from personal data.</div>
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Knox 2.0 is currently pre-installed on the Galaxy S5, and more devices will receive it via OS upgrades in the coming months, the company said without offering any details. To use Knox, IT departments first have to activate the functionality.</div>
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After the long-delayed and underwhelming rollout of Knox 1.0, Samsung still has to prove that it can release high-quality products in a timely manner. An important part of that work is to quickly expand the number of compatible devices.</div>
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Some of the new features in the upgraded version are a dedicated app store called Marketplace, cloud-based management, and certificate management functionality that can turn a smartphone into a smartcard.</div>
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The platform is also compatible with third party containers, such as Good’s secure container, Fixmo’s SafeZone, and MobileIron’s AppConnect, which are getting the same level of hardware-based protection as Samsung’s own container. The goal is to give IT departments more choice when they implement or augment their BYOD programs, Samsung said.</div>
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To separate personal and professional usage on a BYOD smartphone, a new billing feature lets carriers calculate the costs for personal and professional apps, according to Samsung.</div>
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Knox 2.0 has been integrated with the Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner, as well. But with a group of German researchers tricking it into accepting a mold of a fingerprint instead of a real finger, enterprises have to think carefully about how they use the scanner. Samsung has played down the risks, saying that the scenario used is widely regarded in the industry as posing no critical risk for general consumers.</div>
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The cost of Knox 2.0 service will be $3.60 per user and month with discounts for larger volumes, the company said when it launched the upgrade at Mobile World Congress in February.</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-72140674464669900732014-05-07T23:26:00.002-07:002014-05-07T23:26:24.110-07:00One month with the HTC One (M8) and Samsung Galaxy S5<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">
<span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: #961515;" style="color: #961515; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Summary:</span><span data-mce-style="font-style: italic; color: #252525;" style="color: #252525; font-style: italic;"> I have now spent over a month with both devices and neither has compelled me enough to visit my local T-Mobile store to make a purchase. They are both solid phones, but also both lack some things I want in a flagship device.</span></div>
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I have been using both the new HTC One (M8) and Samsung Galaxy S5 with my personal T-Mobile SIM splitting the time in each so I could try to figure out which one I would purchase for myself. After more than a month with these devices, there are still a couple of reasons I haven't yet visited my local store and that means LG, Motorola, and Apple still have a chance to end up in my pocket.</div>
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The HTC One (M8) was the first to land in my hands and it is a very impressive piece of hardware with top notch design and construction. The HTC One (M7) was a fabulous device that served as my primary smartphone for a year. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is not as premium feeling as the HTC One, but it brings a much better camera and some more great features that I am enjoying.</div>
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Let's break it down into a couple simple lists to share my experiences over the past month. Here is what I like about the HTC One (M8):</div>
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<li data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">BoomSound speakers</span>: The front facing stereo speakers are better this year than they were last year and I have yet to hear any other device that can match the experience.</li>
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<li data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Camera software</span>: Highlight Videos are great ways to share photos and video clips with people, especially when you travel a lot or have young children whose experiences you want to capture and add some context to. The effects and editing tools are also great on the HTC One.</li>
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There are also a few things I don't like about the new HTC One (M8), including the following:</div>
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<li data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Camera doesn't capture detail</span>: HTC could have hit it out of the park and I would own my personal One right now if they had bumped the camera up in quality over last year's model. I wanted to see at least 8 megapixels, even if they wanted to stick with their low light ultrapixel strategy. You can capture good photos, but they will not have depth and detail like you can get with most all other flagship smartphones.</li>
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I just returned from a five day Disneyland vacation and took along the Samsung Galaxy S5 to use as my primary smartphone and it performed admirably. Here are several things I like about the new Galaxy S5.</div>
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While the S5 is a nice iteration in the Galaxy line, there are a few things I don't like about it either. These include:</div>
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<li data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Chrome frame</span>: The plastic back doesn't really bug me at all and I understand its presence since you get the ability to swap the battery. It is the ridged chrome frame piece that gives the S5 a bit of a cheap feel and if Samsung could have just put in a little metal band around the device I bet it would have felt a lot more premium.</li>
<li data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">TouchWiz UI</span>: TouchWiz has gotten a bit better, but the settings area is terrible with something like 62 icons available to the user. The notifications area is halfway consumed with Samsung stuff that cannot be removed either. I do like seeing some of the Note 3 utilities in the S5, such as Multi-Window and Air View.</li>
<li data-mce-style="font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><span data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit;" style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Useless functions</span>: The finger scanner rarely works and the heart rate monitor has limited functionality. Samsung doesn't have to throw everything in one device and should stay focused on what works well.</li>
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Both of these phones are excellent choices and some may say that I am being too picky in my cons that are preventing me from purchasing one or the other. However, we know that LG will be announcing their new flagship at the end of the month, Apple will likely announce the next iPhone next month, and Motorola is likely to update the Moto X with something a bit bigger and newer.</div>
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If Samsung had a 32GB S5 available on T-Mobile then I would likely have picked one up and if HTC had an improved camera then it would have been my first choice. The 32GB S5 model may actually come to T-Mobile in the future so it is more likely that a Samsung Galaxy S5 will end up in my pocket than a new HTC One (M8).</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-81037826271522214192014-05-04T21:33:00.002-07:002014-05-04T21:33:51.994-07:00Galaxy S5 ‘killer’ confirmed to launch next month<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;">
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LG on Tuesday confirmed the name of its next Android flagship device, the LG G3, in a press release announcing the company’s “improved first-quarter 2014 results.” The LG G3, expected to be one of the main Galaxy S5 rivals this year, has been featured in plenty of reports and leaks so far, with some of them suggesting the phone will arrive earlier than anticipated.</div>
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Its predecessors launched in fall 2012 (Optimus G) and fall 2013 (LG G2), but it looks like LG is eager to bring its next-gen high-end device to market as soon as possible.</div>
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LG apparently sees the G3 as a best-selling device, one that would help the company’s bottom line. “Higher revenues are expected in the second quarter with the release of the flagship LG G3 smartphone and wider roll-out of the mass-tier L Series III,” LG said in its announcement.</div>
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Furthermore, the company told reporters in South Korea that the phone will be launched by the end of May, according to <em>ZDNet Korea</em>, although a clear release date for the handset isn’t available yet. Pricing details for the G3 aren’t available either.</div>
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The company has not revealed what the new smartphone will have to offer, but recent reports indicated the handset would feature a high-resolution QHD (2560 x 1440) display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 3GB of RAM and a main camera with optical image stabilization. Recent image leaks have shown the G3′s home screen and revealed the phone will also have buttons on the back, like its predecessor.</div>
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Over the weekend, we mentioned an issue that some Verizon owners of the Samsung Galaxy S5 were experiencing when they opened their camera. Instead of being able to use the snapper, a notice popped up saying "Warning: Camera Failed." A factory reset is not going to help with this problem. As we suggested on Saturday, those with a Samsung Galaxy S5 that is affected, should call Samsung at 1-888-987-4357 to arrange an exchange under the warranty. You should also contact Verizon technical support.<br /><br />On Sunday, Samsung announced that the number of Galaxy S5 units with this problem is "very limited". Even more important for a flagship device that markets its 16MP rear camera heavily, Samsung says that new units tumbling off the assembly line will not have this problem. The Korean manufacturer found that the problem has to do with the ROM component, which stores the information that is necessary for the phone to run the camera.<br /><br />While it is not related to the camera issue, Samsung warned its investors that profit for the first quarter is going to be lower on a year-over-year basis. This will be the second straight annual decline in profitability for the company.<br /><br />source: Reuters</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-66877992389975917652014-05-04T21:30:00.002-07:002014-05-04T21:30:15.813-07:00Samsung SM-G750 features a 5.1-inch 720p display, is it really a Galaxy S5 Neo?<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">
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The unannounced Samsung SM-G750 that was first discovered last month has a 5.1-inch display - according to a listing found at Zauba, a website that tracks down Indian imports and exports. While such a display should make the SM-G750 similar in size to the Galaxy S5, some of its alleged features are not on par with what the S5 flagship is offering. More exactly, the SM-G750’s screen seemingly has a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. So what we could have here is a Galaxy S5 Neo.<br /><br />Zauba is listing two versions of the Samsung SM-G750: an SM-G750H and an SM-G750F. A third variant, the SM-G750A (which is believed to be an AT&T-bound model), already has a User Agent profile that’s accessible at Samsung Mobile’s official website. The UA profile confirms the handset’s 720p display, and the fact that it runs Android.<br /><br />A Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini (SM-G800) is reportedly also in the making. This should sport a 720p display, too, but measuring only 4.5-inches, not 5.1. Of course, these two names - S5 Mini and S5 Neo - aren’t confirmed at the moment. But we assume that it won’t be long until Samsung reveals some official details regarding both the SM-G750 and the SM-G800.<br /><br /><div>
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<br />sources: Samsung (.xml file), Zauba via GalaxyClub.nl (translated)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-4542046521947692612014-05-04T21:29:00.000-07:002014-05-04T21:29:09.811-07:00Samsung Galaxy K zoom to cost less than the Galaxy S5? European prices may start at €499<div style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 1.3em;">
<img alt="Samsung Galaxy K zoom to cost less than the Galaxy S5? European prices may start at €499" class="alignleft" data-mce-src="http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/article/55650-image/Samsung-Galaxy-K-zoom-to-cost-less-than-the-Galaxy-S5-European-prices-may-start-at-499.jpg" src="http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/article/55650-image/Samsung-Galaxy-K-zoom-to-cost-less-than-the-Galaxy-S5-European-prices-may-start-at-499.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: default; float: left;" />Samsung announced its brand new Galaxy K zoom this morning, saying that it would start selling it in May. While the company didn’t provide details about the price of the K zoom, we’re all expecting it to be quite expensive. After all, that 20.7MP rear camera with 10x optical zoom can’t possibly come cheap. However, it looks like the new smartphone-camera hybrid will be cheaper than Samsung’s Galaxy S5flagship handset.<br /><br />According to SamMobile, the Galaxy K zoom will be priced at €499 in the Netherlands. At the moment, an unlocked Galaxy S5 costs at least €600 there (and all over Europe, for that matter). </div>
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So perhaps the K zoom will be sold for around $500 when it lands in the US - despite the fact that €499 means around $690 at today’s exchange rates.<br /><br />Besides having a possibly great camera on the back, the Samsung Galaxy K zoom offers all the features that you’d expect from a good mid-range smartphone, including: a 4.8 inch 720p Super AMOLED display, LTE connectivity, hexa-core Exynos 5 processor, 2GB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, microSD card support, and a 2,430 mAh battery.<br /><br />The Samsung Galaxy K zoom will be available in three color versions: black, white, and blue. Is anyone looking forward to buying it?<div>
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When we reviewed Samsung’s next heir to the Galaxy S line, the Galaxy S5, we thought that, while it was held back by some of its software, it was still an excellent smartphone that we would recommend to just about anyone. However, there was one thing that we couldn’t help but notice: it wasn’t blinged out. Sure, it has those dimples, but where are our crystals? Enter Swarovski.</div>
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A teaser video posted on YouTube by Samsung Mobile Korea reveals that Samsung will team up with Swarovski to make a “Crystal Collection” edition of the Galaxy S5. The video shows a Galaxy S5 completely covered in Swarovski crystals. The handset will be available in Samsung’s home turf, South Korea, sometime in May. It’s unknown whether Samsung will make the Crystal Collection Galaxy S5 available in other regions.</div>
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This is not the first time Samsung has partnered with Swarovski to line its smartphones with the latter company’s crystals. Last year, the same thing was done with both the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note 3, though the Galaxy S4 was sold as a Crystal Edition versus just selling a blinged-out Galaxy Note 3 battery cover. To provide some context, the crystal-backed Galaxy S4 sold for roughly $630, while the crystal-encrusted Galaxy Note 3 battery cover retailed for $300 when it launched in New York City.</div>
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Samsung and Swarovski even gave the Galaxy S3 Mini the crystal treatment. It’s obvious that Samsung loves to bling out its hardware, and this only continues the trend.</div>
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<em>Editor Jessica Dolcourt shows you how to set up an emergency Galaxy S5 tool you'll hopefully never have to use.</em></div>
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There are those features on your phone that you'll probably never use, and then the ones you'll never<em>want</em> to use. Such is the case with Safety Assistance, an emergency tool that will alert up to four predetermined contacts when you sound the alarm.</div>
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There are those features on your phone that you'll probably never use, and then the ones you'll never<em>want</em> to use. Such is the case with Safety Assistance, an emergency tool that will alert up to four predetermined contacts when you sound the alarm.</div>
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Here's how it works: In time of need, you would press the power/lock button three times in quick succession. This action sends a series of text messages with your approximate mapped location, a photo from the front and rear-facing cameras, and a short voice recording.</div>
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This isn't to replace a call to 911, 999, 000, or other emergency services. Samsung's lengthy disclaimer also states that, since the tool is based on text messaging, it "may not work accurately, continuously, or error-free" depending on network conditions.</div>
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Still, for a little peace of mind, Samsung's twist on ICE, or In Case of Emergency, numbers, is easy to set up. Here's how you do it.</div>
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Navigate to the Settings menu, then press Quick Settings. Select Safety Assistance from the list of choices, then tap Send help messages, and swipe the toggle to On.</div>
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You'll be asked to read through and sign off on a lengthy terms of service that reminds you that this feature won't summon an ambulance, and that also absolves Samsung of personal liability.</div>
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2.) Check the boxes</h2>
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If you want to scale back on the service to keep from inundating your contact with so many texts, you can uncheck the boxes to deselect sending a recording, and photos from the Galaxy S5's two cameras. In that case, triggering the emergency response would send an SOS text with your location.</div>
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Back out of the help messages window and tap Manage primary contacts to select your emergency recipients. You can have up to four.</div>
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It isn't a good idea to include emergency services here, since most government agencies won't accept texts, or even know who you are in the first place. (This is changing in some places in the US, but isn't widespread by far.)</div>
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It's worth letting your contacts know that you've added them. I'd also recommend a dry-run test so both sides understand what to expect in the event of the real deal -- may it never occur.</div>
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Last week, we took an in-depth look at Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 smartphone to see how it compared with the HTC One (M8). While the competition was certainly intense, in the end we called HTC’s new flagship phone the best Android smartphone in the world. In terms of sales, however, the M8 will never compete with the Galaxy S5.Even HTC knows that. Apple’s flagship iPhone 5s is the only smartphone that sits at the top of the food chain alongside the Galaxy S5 when it comes to sales, and <em>The New York Times</em> recently pitted these two leading smartphones against each other to see which one should be called the best smartphone in the world.</div>
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Interestingly, the newspaper found that the competition wasn’t even close.</div>
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“Although it offers no spectacular advances over the previous version, Samsung seems to have done just enough with the S5 to stay ahead of every other Android phone maker,” <em>NYT</em> columnist Farhad Manjoo wrote. “The only plausible competition comes in the form of the HTC One, which, as my colleague Molly Wood wrote, is prettier than the S5 but not as functional. The upshot of all these reviews is that if you’re looking for the best Android phone, Samsung’s is the one to buy.”</div>
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He continued, “But that’s not the whole story. While there are probably some people who go out to shop for the best Android phone, I suspect that most people want to know which phone is best of all, whatever operating system it runs. In other words, how does the Galaxy S5 compare to the iPhone 5S, Apple’s six-month-old flagship device and the champion to beat?”</div>
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The answer, Manjoo says, is “not very well.”</div>
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According to <em>The New York Times</em>, the brand new Galaxy S5 really doesn’t compete on any level with the iPhone 5s, which is nearly seven months old at this point.</div>
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“By just about every major measure you’ll care about, from speed to design to ease of use to the quality of its apps, Samsung’s phone ranks behind the iPhone, sometimes far behind,” Manjoo wrote. “If you’re looking for the best phone on the market right now, I’d recommend going with the iPhone 5S.”</div>
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Manjoo says the Galaxy S5′s three biggest advantages over the iPhone 5s are slightly longer battery life, water-resistance and the phone’s larger display. The first two are minor advantages according to Manjoo, and the display size discrepancy will reportedly disappear later this year when Apple launches a larger iPhone 6 and an iPhone phablet.</div>
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The columnist concludes that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is the best smartphone with a large screen that money can buy right now, and that will continue to be the case for the next few months. But Manjoo says that once Apple launches its larger iPhones, “Samsung’s smartphone ascendance may look a bit uncertain.”</div>
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New flagship smartphone launches are often accompanied by a rush of users trading in older phone models as they upgrade, and data surrounding which models saw increased trade-in volumes can give us a good idea of where business is coming from as people purchase new phones. If data provided to BGR by Gazelle is any indication, early Galaxy S5 buyers were already Samsung device owners in large part, with a comparably small amount of new business coming over from the iPhone.</div>
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According to data from leading gadget trade-in service Gazelle, the volume of used Samsung phones being sold using the company’s site exploded on April 11th, the day Samsung’s Galaxy S5 went on sale at all four nationwide U.S. wireless carriers. The firm’s data shows that Samsung device trade-ins were up 69% over the Galaxy S4′s launch day and 209% over trade-in volumes on the day the Galaxy S III first went on sale in 2012.</div>
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Gazelle saw iPhone trade-in volumes drop 35% compared to where they were last year on the day the Galaxy S4 launched in the U.S. Interestingly, the Galaxy S4 didn’t even go on sale at all U.S. carriers on the same day last year, so the Galaxy S5 saw fewer trade-ins from a much larger group of potential customers.</div>
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As for which older Samsung models users traded in most during the S5′s launch, Gazelle says Verizon’s Galaxy S III and S4 trade-in volumes spiked 114% and 82% during launch weekend, respectively, compared to the prior weekend. AT&T Galaxy S4 trade-ins were up 250% over that same time period, and T-Mobile Galaxy S3 trade-ins ballooned 175% on April 11th compared to the prior day.</div>
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When the <span data-mce-style="color: #218cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" style="color: #218cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Samsung Galaxy S5</span> launched in India, it was priced at 51,990 Rupees without a contract ($860 USD). But on Monday, the <span data-mce-style="color: #218cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" style="color: #218cc3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HTC One (M8)</span> was released in the same market for a price of 49,990 Rupees ($827 USD). With HTC undercutting Samsung in the battle of flagship devices, at least one Indian retailer has cut the price of the Galaxy S5 by at about 10%.<br /><br />Now, the white version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is priced under the HTC One (M8) in India at Flipkart. The model is wearing a price tag of 46,450 Rupees ($767 USD). With the HTC One (M8) launching today in the world's third largest smartphone market, cutting the price of the Korean manufacturer's flagship model keeps some of the attention off of the just released HTC flagship.<br /><br />The discounted white Samsung Galaxy S5 can now be ordered from Flipkart, and it is almost a certainty that the black model will also be discounted. If Indian retailers start cutting the price of the HTC One (M8) over the next few days, we could see a price war between the two models.<br /></div>
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Part of the pleasure, or fun, of owning a high-end smartphone is finding out all of the little things that it can do. Samsung, for example, shoehorned some hidden features into the Samsung Galaxy S5. The latest iteration of Sammy's flagship Android phone has been available for a week and some owners of the device might have already discovered some of these hidden goodies. </div>
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<br />First of all, the Samsung Galaxy S5 doesn't come with S-Pen. But why bother with such a high tech writing instrument when a regular low-tech pencil will do the trick. All you need to do is go to the Display Settings and enable the increase touch settings option. Another cool little trick involves the stock music player. While in landscape, tilt the phone to receive a list of tunes that are similar to the one you're listening to.<br /><br />Got kids? We told you earlier this year about the Kids Mode on the Galaxy S5, which will keep your kids busy with games and animation. This way, junior doesn't accidentally dial your boss, or erase the important documents you've been storing on your handset. After tapping the Kids Mode app from the home screen, you set up an account with a PIN number. You can then decide which applications your kid can and cannot use. Prepare for tantrums!<br /><br />Private Mode allows you, from the lockscreen, to hide video, pictures or documents from nosy busybodies like your mother-in-law. To access this feature, go to Settings then tap Private Mode. Decide which content you want to hide, click on Menu and then tap 'Move to private.' A lock key will appear which means that the selected content is secure. While not exactly hidden, Toolbox is always ready for you to use to open your favorite apps.You can reach this feature by clicking on Toolbox in the Quick Settings, or by going to Settings and tapping on Toolbox. A white circle with three dots will appear. Drag it over to the Edit button to customize which apps you want to be able to quickly reach. The floating menu will be available on every app and every screen so that youcan quickly open your favorite apps from any screen on the device.<br /><br />You just saw Bigfoot, or Lindsey Lohan or Eric Schmidt using a BlackBerry and you need to open your camera application quickly. You can add a shortcut to the lock screen so that you can quickly access your snapper. This prevents you from missing the moment by fumbling to open the camera app on your Galaxy S5. Speaking of the camera, there is a setting that will allow you to shoot pictures and create a virtual tour. That comes in handy if you're a broker trying to sell a house.<br /><br />Don't you hate scrolling through ten zillion contacts to find the number of Ms.Jane Doe? With Priority Senders, you can select the top 25 people you want to connect with the most, and have their names and information displayed on top of the messaging app. Just go the messaging app, tap '+' and add up to 25 contacts. And when you do call Ms. Doe, while talking with her, you can see the latest interactions you've had with her along with a list of her most recent Google+ posts. Simply go to Settings, tap on call and then click on the "Show caller information" check box. Lastly, the Call Notifications Pop-up feature will notify you when you receive a call, while you are using another app. This way, you don't have to stop playing a game just to pick up a call from the aforementioned Ms. Doe. To turn on the feature, go to settings, tap Call, and select Call notification pop-ups check box.<br /><br />So there you have it, one hidden feature on the Samsung Galaxy S5 for each finger on your hand. Check them out and let us know how useful they are by dropping your comments in the box below.</div>
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1. Use a regular pencil to write on your Samsung Galaxy S5 by enabling the increase touch settings option</h3>
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Samsung has high expectations for the Galaxy S5. The 2014 flagship phone has received widespread acclaim for its stellar display and surprising durability, leading to huge adoption numbers and growing sales predictions from Samsung. <em>The Korea Times</em>reports that Samsung shipped 1.3 times as many Galaxy S5 units on the first day of sales than it did on the launch day of the S4.</div>
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Investors and analysts are impressed with the phone’s performance so far, eliminating any fears they may have had about market saturation or a shift away from Samsung.</div>
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“Against earlier expectations, the S5 was well-received by consumers in the global market. We don’t have any plans to advise our big clients to unload their Samsung stock,” said one senior fund manager speaking to <em>The Korea Times</em>.</div>
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According to Samsung insiders, the company is expecting to ship 35 million Galaxy S5 units by the end of the second quarter. To put that into perspective, the same source claims that Samsung has shipped 63 million Galaxy S4 units in total since launch last year.</div>
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“We believe the mobile phone division performed better than our previous estimates on the back of the strong smartphone and tablet results ― higher units and higher margin ― due to lower marketing spending,” said Mark C. Newman, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research in Hong Kong.</div>
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The Galaxy S5 can do plenty of things that the iPhone can’t, but even with IP67 certification, Samsung still hasn’t built a more durable phone than the iPhone 5s. The<em>Associated Press</em> shares the latest results from SquareTrade’s durability tests, which put the iPhone 5s just half a point ahead of the brand new Galaxy S5. According to SquareTrade, the relative small size of the iPhone 5s gives it an edge over the 5-inch Android phones which have begun flooding the market. An iPhone owner is simply less likely to drop his or her phone.</div>
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Although Samsung didn’t topple Apple this generation, the Galaxy S5 did receive a much lower score (where lower is better) than the Galaxy S4. Last year’s Galaxy S4had the high risk score of 7, owing to its poor performance during drops tests and a slippery back panel. Samsung took the back panel criticism to heart, as the new, less stylish band-aid look is admittedly much easier to grip. The improved design coupled with the water and dust resistance of the Galaxy S5 bumped the score down to 6.</div>
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Of note, Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has done very well in recent torture tests — it even survived a crazy two-story drop.</div>
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The battle between Apple and Samsung rages on, but even as the breakability scores of the iPhone and Galaxy smartphones continue to drop, other Android phone makers have already surpassed the mobile leaders. With a score of 4.5, both the Moto X and the original HTC One outclass the best-selling competition in terms of durability. With a 5.5-inch iPhone rumored to be on the horizon, Apple’s score is likely to rise even further during the next report.</div>
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It took just four days for German researchers to trick the Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner into accepting a mold of a fingerprint instead of a real finger.</div>
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Despite fingerprint authentication being one of the headline features on Samsung’s new flagship model, the company’s implementation of it “leaves much to be desired,” SRLabs said in a video demonstration of the hack <span style="color: #25a7d7;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">posted on Youtube.</span></span></div>
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The researchers enrolled a fingerprint from a real finger on the S5, then used a mold of a fingerprint to unlock it—the same one used last year to spoof Apple’s TouchID. The video shows how Samsung’s implementation can be bypassed using a mold made under laboratory conditions, but it is based on nothing more than a camera phone photo of a latent print from a smartphone screen, SRLabs said.</div>
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Latent prints aren’t immediately visible to the naked eye, but “can be visualized using magnesium powder, which is gently brushed over hard and shiny surfaces in order to illuminate them,” according to the Explore Forensics website.</div>
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The weakness of Samsung’s implementation is made even more serious because of the integration with Paypal, which allows users to authenticate transactions and money transfers using the fingerprint scanner, according to SRLabs. The integration gives a would-be attacker an even greater incentive to hack a phone, it said.</div>
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PayPal played down the risks, saying that it is not the fingerprint that provides access to its service: “PayPal never stores or even has access to your actual fingerprint with authentication on the Galaxy S5. The scan unlocks a secure cryptographic key that serves as a password replacement for the phone. We can simply deactivate the key from a lost or stolen device, and you can create a new one.”</div>
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Fingerprint authentication has become a hot smartphone feature since Apple’s inclusion in the iPhone 5S of Touch ID, a fingerprint sensor built into the home button.</div>
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Touch ID <span style="color: #25a7d7;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">was hacked last year by German Chaos Computer Club</span></span> using a latex copy of a fingerprint. The hack of Samsung’s fingerprint scanner again raises questions about the effectiveness of the technology.</div>
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Using fingerprints has two shortcomings when compared to passwords, according to SRLabs. Once a fingerprint gets stolen, there is no way to change it. To offset this, digitized fingerprints need to be very hard to steal. Also, users leave copies of their fingerprints everywhere; including on the devices they protect, the organization said on its website.</div>
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“While biometrics will always carry with them a tradeoff of security for convenience, it’s the manufacturer’s responsibility to implement them in a way that doesn’t put users’ crucial data and payment accounts at risk,” SRLabs said.</div>
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Even though the hack is serious, it is unlikely to affect sales of the Galaxy S5.</div>
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“The majority of consumers aren’t at this stage very aware of smartphone security issues. Whet they go to buy a new smartphone, it isn’t the first question that come to their mind,” said Malik Saadi, practice director at ABI Research.</div>
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Shortly after Samsung announced the Galaxy S5, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in South Korea decided it would take a close look at the phone’s wealth of fitness, health and lifestyle features. Depending on the findings, the Galaxy S5 was at risk of being reclassified as a “medical device,” and Samsung would be forced to submit it for approval. This may have resulted in the phone’s launch being delayed.</div>
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Apparently, Samsung had already held talks with the Ministry during the phone’s development, but has been made to wait until now for the decision. The good news is, the Ministry has decided the Galaxy S5 doesn’t meet the requirements, and therefore won’t be locally categorized as a “healthcare instrument.”</div>
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It’s Samsung’s inclusion of a heart rate sensor on the Galaxy S5 which caused the problem. Under existing Korean rules, products which can test or monitor organ functions are subject to medical device regulations. While this ruling is specific to South Korea, it’s also important for the phone’s international release. It’s one less obstacle for Samsung to overcome in order to meet the April 11 launch date.</div>
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The Galaxy S5’s release, along with other similar products such as LG’s HRM Earphones, which monitors heart rate through the wearer’s ears, and Samsung’s own Gear Fit, could result in a change in Korean law. The alteration will see this type of device reclassified as one used solely for fitness and not medical purposes.</div>
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So far, any similar issues with the Galaxy S5’s functionality haven’t risen in the U.S. or Europe, but may have done if the Korean Ministry’s decision had gone the other way. Several manufacturers are expected to include health and fitness-centric features on new products this year – Apple’s iWatch being one notable rumored example – and this will smooth the way for their eventual release.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15121747767586679615noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1306541007219545904.post-9328175220980009622014-03-21T00:29:00.001-07:002014-03-26T19:16:01.432-07:00The Galaxy S5 won’t get medical device certification, technically “still a medical device”<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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After completing a review of the Galaxy S5, South Korea’s health agency officially proclaimed that the Galaxy S5, which features a heart rate sensor, doesn’t fall into the “medical equipment” category. This is actually a good thing for consumers, because it means that the SGS 5 won’t risk missing its release date due to the thorough testing that medical devices go through. However, some recent rumours claim that Samsung might be having a different headache with supplying components on time.</div>
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The South Korean agency stated that the Galaxy S5 is, technically, still a medical device, but it doesn’t fall into the category under current law. Thus, the ministry plans revisit the law as to differentiate between heart rate sensors made specifically for medical usage, and those made for sport and other leisure activities.</div>
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It appears at least one of those – the smartphone-camera combo Zoom model – may already be close to release following the publication Friday of what’s claimed to be a spec list for the device.</div>
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The information, posted online by benchmark site GFXBench, suggests the next iteration of the Zoom will launch with enhancements across the board.</div>
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For starters, the camera’s pixel count is said to jump from 16 megapixels to 19 megapixels (5184 x 3888), however, we’ll really want to see the quality of the images from the device before deciding if the pixel increase can be considered an improvement.</div>
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There’s no information on whether any changes have been made to its optical zoom. The original model, which launched last summer, was noted for being the first smartphone ever to incorporate a 10x optical zoom, controlled via the ring located around the lens. For more on this, and to see what Les Shu, DT’s photography editor, found when he compared images from the Zoom with those taken by the iPhone 5S, which has a digital zoom, click here.</div>
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As for the S5 Zoom’s front shooter, this is listed as 2 megapixels, slightly up from the 1.9-megapixel camera on the S4 Zoom.</div>
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We can also expect to see a 4.8-inch 720p display on the new model – still not massive, but a definite improvement on the piddly 4.3-inch offering on the current device.</div>
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Said to launch with Android 4.2.2. KitKat, the next Zoom could also feature Samsung’s new Exynos 5 hexa-core processor (a step up from the original’s dual core), which, incidentally, is currently powering the Galaxy Note 3 Neo.</div>
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Other under-the-hood details include 2GB of RAM (up from 1.5GB) and 16GB of storage (double the original).</div>
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While the suggested specs for the S5 Zoom are a definite improvement on the original model, we’ll have to wait and see if Samsung has made any changes to its physical design. One of the criticisms leveled at the Zoom by DT’s mobile editor Jeffrey Van Camp was that it was simply too big, making it uncomfortable to hold. Of course, with a whopping great lens attached, Samsung designers will have done well to make it less bulky, but they might at least have been able to make the main body a little slimmer.</div>
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There’s no official word on when the revamped Zoom might hit stores, though May is being widely suggested as a strong possibility.</div>
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Sometimes they say that less is more. I always think that’s rubbish. I’m speaking from experience here. I’m writing this with a coffee made from five scoops even though the packet says I only need two. But who cares. I’m high as a kite!</div>
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In many other ways though, the less is more mantra is now becoming true. Case in point: The Galaxy S5. Yes, I know I’m late to the party here, but having heard that the pre-orders are opening made me wonder if the annual cash-draining-ebay-frenzy-phone-merry-go-round should begin again.</div>
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My opinion of Samsung has actually been slightly changed. It was always the slightly crazy one. Remember the toe-curling launch of the Galaxy S4 launch last year?</div>
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Hiring out New York’s Radio City Music Hall, getting some poor fool to ping around the stage in some crap musical role play and then launching a phone which had more WTF features than Buzzfeed.</div>
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It sold well – but as so many people agreed: it was just TOO MUCH!</div>
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So, in many ways, it looks like Samsung reigned itself back with the S5. It’s sat on its hands. Put the crazy pills back in the cupboard and the designers clearly laid off the gin during this design phase. Because looking at it: it looks like it just works.</div>
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Samsung hasn’t given us a phone that is a perfect circle in shape just because it can. It hasn’t given us one with a 4K display which would be great on the spec sheet but utterly pointless right now. It has created sensible features. Bits and bobs we will actually use.</div>
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Sure, some are not original ideas. The fingerprint scanner can hardly be described as ingenious. But others really are useful. The monochrome display to save power.. the after-shot focusing of photos. These are things that you’ll find come in handy. A darn sight more usable than Smart Stay.</div>
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Maybe Samsung had no choice. Maybe we are entering the age of sensibility because we have to. Face it, there isn’t much space left for real innovation any more.</div>
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The iPhone was the last big device to really give us something completely new (I’m preparing for an onslaught here – but I’m talking iPhone 1 which, regardless of where you sit on the fence, you have to admit really changed things.) Prior to that, it was the Motorola RAZR.</div>
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Other devices have tickled my fancy, but none have really wined and dined it, good and proper.</div>
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I’ve been using an iPhone 5S since November (jailbroken since January, I hasten to add!) Why? Because I got bored of the S4. It started to slow down, I got fed up with its various nuances.</div>
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But after days of ennui over an identikit Samsung phone, suddenly I can’t wait for the S5. April usually means one thing – my bank manager starts to panic.</div>
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OK, he doesn’t really – he’s wringing his hands with glee, because he knows I’m about to go ballistic on the old flexible friend. If he’s any sense. he’ll be popping the champagne already. It’s an inevitability.</div>
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<img alt="Samsung execs deny a Galaxy S5 Premium yet hint at an upscale smartphone lineup... and a Note 4 Samsung execs deny a Galaxy S5 Premium, yet hint at an upscale smartphone lineup... and a Note 4" class="size-full wp-image-402 alignleft" src="http://unlockedsamsunggalaxys5.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Samsung-execs-deny-a-Galaxy-S5-Premium-yet-hint-at-an-upscale-smartphone-lineup...-and-a-Note-4.jpg" height="240" style="border: 0px; display: block; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0.3em 1.571em 0.5em 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Samsung execs deny a Galaxy S5 Premium, yet hint at an upscale smartphone lineup... and a Note 4" width="240" />Oh, no, the sky is falling, and the Galaxy S5 Premium isn’t happening! We’ve been hearing for ages about a supposed”luxury” F series phones, coming from Samsung, with top-shelf specs, and premium metallic design, at the respective higher price. Its flagship was always assumed to be a stepped-up S5, with upgrades like a QHD display, and an OIS camera, for instance.</div>
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Now, Samsung’s boss, J.K. Shin, has allegedly denied the existence of a “premium” S5, saying that “there is no such thing,” during an interview with Korean publications. He cushioned the blow with an info on the Note 4, though, reminding us that “of course, in the fall, [there will be] a new model Galaxy Note. This will come out”.</div>
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Apparently, J.K. Shin didn’t deny the work on a more upscale smartphone series specifically, but rather just advised that a more decked-out version of the Galaxy S5, branded “Premium,” isn’t happening. That’s not to say that the eventual series wouldn’t have its own flagship, under a completely different naming scheme.</div>
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WE WILL MAINTAIN OUR DOMINANCE IN KEY BUSINESSES, SUCH AS MOBILE PHONES, TVS AND MEMORY CHIPS, BY ROLLING OUT PREMIUM LINEUPS</h2>
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In fact, Kwon Oh-hyun, Samsung Electronics’ VP, confirmed at the annual shareholder meeting that the company will be maintaining growth “in key businesses, such as mobile phones, TVs and memory chips, by rolling out premium lineups.” Yesterday Samsung unveiled a luxury line of kitchen appliances (read even more expensive refrigerators), saying that it plans to become number one in this segment within a year, adding more water to the premium device series rumor mill.</div>
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Samsung’s upscale smartphone portfolio was all a speculation at this point anyway, and, since the latest rumor pegged the first representative for May release, we should know pretty soon if the luxury F series, or whatever it gets titled, is happening at all.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">Speaking with South Korean tech news site K Bench, Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin has apparently confirmed that there is, in fact, no premium Galaxy S5 version. “There is no such thing,” the executive said. </span><br />
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