The Galaxy S5 is a new flagship mobile phone released by Samsung in MWC2014. However, due to the difference between the body shape and configuration and what everyone expected, many netizens have opened a "complaining mode". The Galaxy S5 was also officially launched on April 11. How about its real machine experience? Let's try it right away.
Unpacking and appearance
The first is simple unpacking. The packing box style is still imitation wood grain carton, but there is a large "5" watermark ▼ on the "wood grain"
There are some technical specifications on the back. Here's a special note. We got the Galaxy S5 in Hong Kong, and the model is G900F ▼
The first layer of the box is still the phone, which is the same as Samsung's previous packaging, but the familiar black protective film has become a transparent protective film ▼
The second layer of the box is accessories, the standard "three piece set" - data cable, headset, power adapter, of course, the manual is also essential. The power adapter is the same 2A current as the Galaxy Note 3, and the data cable is definitely the highlight. Do you find any problems? If you don't find it, just look down
The front design of the Galaxy S5 basically continues the style of the Galaxy S4, but it is obvious that the left and right frames are much thicker, and the earpiece part and the lower button part are also much wider. This is also a compromise of waterproof and dust-proof design. In addition, it can be seen from this picture that the display of the Galaxy S5 screen is white and yellow, which is much better than the previous Super AMOLED screen ▼
In the earpiece design, three "black spots" can still be seen. On the left is the light sensor and distance sensor, and on the right is the front 2 million pixel camera. This "big forehead" design can't bear to look straight ▼
The "chin" part is also very wide compared with the Galaxy S4. It is still Samsung's classic physical home key, but the touch key on the left has changed from menu to multi task management. Long press is the menu key, and long press of the home key is the search key. It takes some time for old users to get used to it. The writer thinks that this is not a good choice, Or it is better to provide user personalized key defining function ▼
The design of the back cover is also the most talked about part of the Galaxy S5. It is mainly the wavy pattern on the back cover, which has a certain anti-skid effect. Netizens also call it Band Aids
Does this... look like it?
From this angle, it can be clearly seen that the back cover design has a dense phobia. Since the screen is slightly enlarged and the border is thicker, the Galaxy S5 will feel more "hand holding" than the Galaxy S4 ▼
The camera part is a big highlight. In addition to the larger and stronger size of the camera, a heart rate detector ▼ is added below the camera
Place the loudspeaker in the lower left corner ▼
The top of the phone is a 3.5mm headphone interface, noise reduction microphone and infrared sensor. In addition, we can find a Qualcomm 4G sticker, because the Hong Kong Galaxy S5 uses Qualcomm's baseband ▼
The bottom is the USB3.0 interface and the call speaker. Due to the waterproof design, the USB interface needs to be protected by a plastic cover, which is slightly inconvenient to use. In addition, it is worth complaining that the Hong Kong Galaxy S5 even comes with a USB2.0 data line, which is hard to understand. It is really "black" to save costs to the extent of saving. Before the deadline, the Asia Pacific version of the Galaxy S5 had already appeared on the market. Like the Hong Kong version, it was also attached with the USB2.0 data line. On the contrary, the three versions of the Bank of China "generously" sent the same USB3.0 data line as the Galaxy Note 3 ▼
The right side of the fuselage is the key. At the same time, observe that there is a cover opening slot on the back cover. This layout is the same as that of Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3 ▼
On the left is the volume key. It can also be seen that the Galaxy S5's "metal like" frame adopts a three-layer design ▼
Continuing the good tradition of the Galaxy series, the detachable back cover and battery, especially this time the Galaxy S5 is also waterproof, so you can see the waterproof rubber ring on the back cover. The battery is 2800mAh, with NFC function ▼
Ordinary life waterproof is certainly no pressure ▼
System and UI
The system initiator does not seem to change much from the past. The icon has been changed to be flat and larger ▼
Secondary menu ▼
The drop-down list is changed to dark green, the shortcut switch is changed to a circle, and the shortcut of S search and quick link is added ▼
Double finger drop down bar, add "Download thruster" and "Toolbox" ▼
To download the propeller, LTE network cooperation is required to achieve "double opening" to improve the network speed. However, the port version Galaxy S5 does not support mobile 4G, so this function cannot be tested ▼
Click the left touch key to open the multi task management, which has changed to the card presentation ▼
Long press of the multi task key is the function of the original menu key. Click under the launcher to edit the launcher instead of the previous function menu ▼
The main screen supports three conversion effects ▼
On the leftmost page of the launcher is the information center, which was previously implemented by pulling up. This is also a change ▼
Folder display ▼
Unlock the interface and add the sliding effect of bubbles ▼
The system settings have changed to the presentation form of large icons, and the classification is also different from the past. From Galaxy S3 to Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 to Galaxy S5, the layout set by the system has changed, and the user's learning cost is relatively high ▼
System information, the model is SM-G900F, and the system is based on Android 4.4.2 ▼
The ART mode can finally be enabled in the developer options
The Galaxy S5 has a waterproof function, so there will be a prompt when starting up and unplugging the USB cable to let the user check the tightness of the body ▼
The USB2.0 cable attached to the port version mentioned above is faulty. It needs to be inserted into the USB3.0 cable of Galaxy Note 3 to use the high-speed transmission function ▼
Phone dialing. The port version also supports T9 pinyin dialing ▼
SMS interface, supporting emoji emoticon ▼
System album, when there are new pictures, there will be a corner mark prompt ▼ in the upper right corner
Time and photo album are supported ▼
System file management ▼
Fingerprint identification is a key function of Galaxy S5. Fingerprint identification can be realized by sliding on the home key ▼
Fingerprint input ▼
After entering the fingerprint, the user will be prompted at the bottom of the screen to use the fingerprint to unlock ▼
The addition of heart rate detection also enriches S health functions ▼
Data can be measured through the heart rate detector under the camera and can be synchronized with Samsung Gear Fit ▼
Synchronize the data of pedometer with Samsung Gear Fit ▼
Performance
The Galaxy S5 uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC 2.5GHz processor, which is the first mobile phone on the market to use this SoC. However, the 2G Ram memory is a bit disappointing. How about its performance? Let's briefly look at:
Check the hardware information of the system through Anthare. The CPU frequency is up to 2.5GHz, and the usable ROM capacity is close to 12G, which is much better than the initial firmware of the previous generation Galaxy S4 ▼
The frequency of Adreno 330 on the MSM8974AC is 578MHz, which is the same as that of the MSM8974AB. The GPU driver of the Galaxy S5 is V66, and the version is very new ▼
The available memory at startup is about 800M (the system is not simplified) ▼
Next is the popular run of points, which is close to 37000 points. Although it is good, it is still not as good as expected ▼
3D drawing scores close to 10000 ▼
Pi, the performance is not very good ▼
The web Javascript test Sunspider does not open the gap with the 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800/Snapdragon 801 ▼
The GBA simulator tests the burst performance of the CPU and performs very well, reaching 170 frames (MSM8974AB is below 160 frames) ▼
The 1080P 60FPS ref15 mp4 file software decodes, with an average frame number of 50, which is quite excellent. It can surpass its estimate that only 1.9GHz high-frequency Cortex-A15 ▼
The RAR compression test performed well, and the score of 1212KB/s also exceeded Exynos 5410 ▼
GFXBench 3.0， The performance is similar to that of other Snapdragon 801 mobile phones, playing normally ▼
Overall, the performance of the Galaxy S5 is satisfactory, but in some tests, it has not significantly improved compared with the MSM8974AA and MSM8974AB. More tests and comparisons will be shown in the detailed evaluation.
photograph
Galaxy S5 uses a new 1/2.5 inch sensor, with 16 million pixels and F/2.2 aperture of the lens. Its hardware indicators are much better than those of the previous generation. How about the actual imaging? Come and see the live sample right now:
Outdoor imaging (click to view the original image) ▼
The problem of white balance and color performance is not serious, but the sense of daubing is still heavy when you zoom in, like "oil painting".
Indoor imaging (click to view the original image)
Remake Gear Fit ▼
The macro performance is quite excellent.
Outdoor imaging, cloudy environment (click to view the original picture) ▼
Turn on HDR effect:
In the same scene, open HDR, and the improvement is still significant.
Dark light performance (click to view the original picture) ▼
The evening scenery is much brighter than the actual environment, and the details are satisfactory.
The night scene sharpness is poor, with serious noise and smearing.
The imaging quality of the Galaxy S5 (Qualcomm version) has improved to a certain extent compared with the Galaxy Note 3 (dual quad core) version. According to convention, the Exynos version of Samsung mobile phone is better than the Qualcomm version in terms of photography, so we are more looking forward to using the G900H of Exynos 5422 to take photos.
So far is the experience of the Hong Kong Galaxy S5. What other features do you want to know about this flagship? We will bring you more detailed analysis in the next evaluation.
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