We expected the back to look cheap and tacky but it is, in fact, a pleasing texture and, dare we say it, premium - a word not often used to describe Samsung smartphones. Having said all that, it's a step up from the Samsung Galaxy S4 and we quite like the design. The back looks like leather but it's leatherette. Samsung seems to love making things that look like other materials - the sides look metal but they're plastic. The S5 is made entirely from plastic apart from the dappled leatherette back. Previous iterations of Samsung smartphones have been criticised for being too plasticky and for those looking for some metal, you're going to be disappointed. Article continues after our Samsung Galaxy S5 unboxing video So let's get down to it and find out if the Samsung Galaxy S5 is up to the challenge. Plus there's the Sony Xperia Z2 which is due to land shortly and looks set to be its best smartphone yet. Last year, we named the HTC One our smartphone of the year and this year HTC has produced and ever better phone, Apple's still going strong with its iPhone 5S and who knows what 2014 could bring in the form of the rumoured iPhone 6. We'll be updating our review shortly with more thorough testing including how it works with the Samsung Gear 2 and Samsung Gear Fit.Īs we've mentioned, Samsung's latest offering is facing some stiff competition. We've been playing with the new handset day and night for the past few days and we've been terrifying ourselves with the new heart-rate monitor and scanning our digits with the fingerprint scanner. A couple of months after its initial launch at MWC in Barcelona, Samsung's latest contender has ditched the bloatware in a bid to take on the likes of the HTC One M8, Apple iPhone 5S and Sony Xperia Z2. It's finally here, the Samsung Galaxy S5.
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