Posts tagged galaxy-s4

GS5-vs-GS4-heart-rate

The new Galaxy S5 boasts a ton of fancy new features, but one of the things Samsung has been pushing most since the handset was unveiled back in February is its built-in heart rate sensor. But just how revolutionary is that new sensor?

Well, as it turns out, not very. In fact, based on the hands-on video below, you can get the same results using your smartphone’s camera and LED flash with an app like Heart Rate Monitor from Runtastic.

Drop Test

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is immune to water spills or even dust, but its durability is not known to us yet. But thanks to a new drop test conducted on video, we now get an idea as to how sturdy the smartphone really is. The handset was compared along with the Galaxy S4 from last year to give us a better idea of how much has changed in terms of durability.

Samsung-Galaxy-S5

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 has “the best performing smartphone display” ever tested by the experts at DisplayMate Technologies.

The company today published its latest report which compares the new flagship against its predecessor, the Galaxy S4, and Samsung’s high-end phablet the Galaxy Note 3 — and it beats them both in every way possible.

iPhone-5c-thumbs-down

Apple launched its new 8GB iPhone 5c in Europe this morning in an effort to boost disappointing sales figures — but there’s just one problem. At £429 ($712) in the United Kingdom, it’s still far too expensive for budget-conscious smartphone consumers.

In fact, there are a whole bunch of flagship Android-powered handsets with bigger displays and better specifications that you can get significantly cheaper. Here are six of the best.

gs4-black-edition

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Black Edition made its way to South Korea and Russia not too long ago. And now the handset has made its way to the UK, just as the region gears up for the launch of the Galaxy S5 next month. Samsung originally promised that the smartphone will only be rolled out in select markets, so the handset might not make its way to other regions around the world.

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