I’ve spent some time with the Samsung’s Galaxy S5 (and the Gear 2 smartwatch), and the three-part review can be found over on Forbes.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s Galaxy S4 felt a safe bet of a device. It continued Samsung\u2019s smartphone plans, and the familiarity helped the sales. Iterating the Galaxy S5 was the easy option that would ensure nobody\u2019s job was at risk. Like a Ford pick-up truck, this smartphone is a workhorse that gets the job done. That approach trades the impact of a fashionable and cutting edge device, it trades away the idea that you are an innovator and working at the edge of the hardware envelope, and it trades away the \u2018must have\u2019 status for guaranteed sales from people looking to make a \u2018safe\u2019 choice of smartphone.<\/p>\n
The Galaxy S4 was clearly a safe device. The Galaxy S5 continues that impression, but one year later I was expecting more from the hardware and the design. Instead the S5 has a few more gimmicks that don\u2019t appreciably add any value to the handset.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s still going to sell like hotcakes, and it\u2019s able to do pretty much anything developers and consumers will ask of the handset, but the Galaxy name no longer means cutting edge or definitive in terms of Android devices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read on for the\u00a0S5 hardware<\/a>, S5 software<\/a>, and\u00a0Gear 2 smartwatch<\/a>\u00a0over on Forbes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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