I'm getting old and little screens do nothing for me. Was going to wait for the Note 4.0, but decided this was a better fit for my lifestyle and pocket size. Only glitch I hit was the phone came set to"easy" which disabled a lot of the camera function. Took several levels of tech support before the light came on in the tech's cube and she had me disable it. Seems a phone this tech heavy would not try to shelter the user from all of its capabilities when it ships.
Camera is great, the apps are fast, and because I am now a Google head, nothing to transfer from one phone to the other, so the upgrade was painless
I did my homework and was very excited about Samsungs Galaxy series. So many wonderful features. I started with an S4 and after multiple issues was upgraded to an S5. The camera has already failed. The touch screen is unresponsive half the time. I am always having fails of one sort or another. This has been happening the whole month and a half I have owned the phone. I am asked to have patience with the new model. Samsung says I can ship my phone back for repairs I am just running out of faith. Having had three flawed phones since super bowl. I love the phone, in theory. If it did what I paid for. Since I can't go weeks without my phone I will probably be heading back to an iPhone. At least it does what it is designed to do. My S5 gets more jokes because my repeated issues than a flip phone.
Pros: Realistic color, Lightweight, health app
Cons: Poor quality, Did not meet expectations, to many issues
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
5
Performance
1
Design
3
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Hands down the best smart phone
on September 5, 2014
Posted by: searsgig
from OHIO
Expertise:Intermediate
I didn't think it possible to love a phone more than my Galaxy 4, but this Galaxy 5 is phenomenal! Camera is incredible.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight, bigger screen than most phones
Cons: wish i could see better in daylight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
I love the camera
on September 5, 2014
Posted by: nitsua83
from utah
Best camera out there long batter and it's very fast I would really recommend this product
The best phone ever .if you you gonna compare it to iPhone galaxys5 I still better
Pros: Bright display
Cons: Not high def
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Great phone!
on September 5, 2014
Posted by: New4Samsung
Expertise:Intermediate
So far I have and no real issues with this phone. The only change I would make would be to allow for a change in font color. If you place a light colored desktop or screensaver, you cannot see the text.