After waiting almost for a year after the launch of Glx S4. Sam launched S5 and we all expected something new but what do we get. An ugly looking device with no innovation. And prices were shooting towards the sky. Not sure what Sam thought about before making such a device. Camera is a big dissapointment at 16MP stills performance is below than what you get in S4. Heart rate monitor is not a deal breaker. And let alone the weird and slow fingerprint sensor which is at the front of screen. Every time reaching to the bottom of screen and slowly move thumb in upright position to unlock the security screen. The screen unlock is 2 step process unlike many other devices where its 1 step only. Sensor is also slow.
Screen is 5.2inch that is weird considering device doen not have onscreen buttons. The overall body is also made such that it attracts lot of fingerprints and constant cleaning is required. Back is easily worn out and so are the bezel paint. After a couple of months device looks like its a year old.
Battery is average and device heats up while doing multitasking or playing games loke asphalt8 in medium settings. 2GB of ram is not enough and Sam Touchwiz is the main culprit if consider alone. Hiccups are common while moving through the device. Company clains battery to be good at 2800mAh but in 3G networks alone performance is just average. Loudspeaker is not something extra and Sam could have arranged one at the front for better experience considering lot of space on top and bottom front. Screen is nothing amazing with again average performance in outdoors. Need to keep constant hand over device to see things properly in sunlight condition.
Device looks too big and bulky to hold and difficult to get good grip. One hand operation is out of question. At the price point of this device, there are lot of other devices available in market with better performance and overall satisfaction. Its not Sam always.