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Customer Reviews Collected from Samsung US |
Samsung - Galaxy S 5 Cell Phone (Unlocked)
Average Customer Rating:
4.6
Rating breakdown 5,079 reviews
5 Stars
3,642
4 Stars
1,117
3 Stars
182
2 Stars
69
1 Star
69
94%of customers recommend this product.
(
4,748 out of
5,040)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - Galaxy S 5 Cell Phone (Unlocked)
Customer Rating
5
99% satisfied
on October 14, 2014
Posted by: LouiePitbull
from New Jersey
Expertise:Intermediate
Everything is very effective for my use. The only problem I have relates to getting weather. It keeps basing it on the town next to my actual location. Also, when I go to the Accu-Weather site to see each day detailed it brings me to a page that keeps stating this page does not support zooming and I can't see anything. Weird. Never happened with my S III.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
1
Car Mode KILLS the value of this phone
on October 18, 2014
Posted by: dtkim80
I'm a Galaxy guy. This is my third from Samsung. I am a hair away from getting an iPhone 6 instead. The Car Mode function is the primary culprit. When I climb into my car, and the phone connects via bluetooth, I am able to play music and take calls through my car speakers, which is lovely. However, it turns on this little native app called Car Mode. When activated, it will automatically start playing music found on the phone's hard drive. This means that if I am not playing any music, and I don't want any music, it will play it anyway. It also means that if I am playing music through Spotify or Pandora, it will STOP that music, and start playing a random song found on the hard drive. I even disabled Google Play Music as I mistakenly thought that was the problem. It's 100% Samsung. The worst part of Car Mode is that I can't turn it off. It has a button allowing you to turn off Car Mode, but it will AUTOMATICALLY turn back on, even if you don't want it to...even if you're not in a car! I'll be walking down the street (or even sitting still) and find that the phone in my pocket is dialing an international number. Car Mode activates the screen. If you have the phone in your pocket, in a car, then it's game over. Your phone will start doing things without your consent. If I could truly disable Car Mode from ever turning on, I can live with that. But right now the only way this phone can be functional for my purposes is if I root it and install a different operating system, or throw it under a bus tire and get an iPhone instead.
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Realistic color
Cons: Did not meet expectations, expensive, does things by itself
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
4
Design
5
Value
2
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
The product has great features and easy to use
on October 25, 2014
Posted by: Godblestme
from Tampa, FL
I love this phone!!! It is perfect for me. I would recommend to friends and family.
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
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
THIS PHONE IS AMAZING
on October 31, 2014
Posted by: Galaxy4thewin
from Boston ma
Expertise:Expert
Dropped on the ground and ran over still works great
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
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 with Great Features!
on November 22, 2014
Posted by: Zahidm1998
from Brooklyn, NY, USA
Expertise:Expert
Awesome Design and Features, specially the camera.
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Samsung loyalist
on December 14, 2014
Posted by: Danieln521
from Chicago
S5 IS JUST AN AWESOME phone.
Camera clarity is outstanding.
Camera clarity is outstanding.
Pros: Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Simply the best compuphone I have had!
on December 29, 2014
Posted by: 777IceMan777
from Castro Valley, CA, USA
Expertise:Expert
I call it a compuphone as it is very much a computer with a cell phone built in. This phone is the Ferrari of cell phones, it is fast thanks to its 2.5 GHz Quad-Core processor, that is four cores!, such as this was not very long ago heard of in a cell phone! Games play smoothly at the highest settings in the games. The camera is outstanding at a full 16.0 Megapixels that is superior to the digital camera I owned recently and it was high end, the pictures are crisp and it's easy to use. The internal ROM of 16 Gig is more than sufficiently large, add up to 128 Gig Memory Card and its simply immense, all this storage makes the phone an all around delight to use as you can have a dizzying amount of apps and many other items.
The only downside I find with the phone is the battery, which depletes rather quickly under a more than average load and with the WiFi enabled. But this can be solved relatively easily by a quick search on amazon for extended batteries or other charging devices. Plus I find the Fingerprint Scanner wonderful for security and access, it saves a great deal in typing.
Add a Samsung Gear watch and your at the top of your game! ;-) Some serious geek joy!!
The only downside I find with the phone is the battery, which depletes rather quickly under a more than average load and with the WiFi enabled. But this can be solved relatively easily by a quick search on amazon for extended batteries or other charging devices. Plus I find the Fingerprint Scanner wonderful for security and access, it saves a great deal in typing.
Add a Samsung Gear watch and your at the top of your game! ;-) Some serious geek joy!!
Pros: Built-in speakers, Bright display, Durable, Realistic color, Lightweight
Cons: battery doesnt stand up to elevated usage.
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
1
Was a good phone
on June 25, 2015
Posted by: elrfnbvikedbnvked1
from Phila, PA
Expertise:Expert
If I had reviewed this phone prior to being forced to upgrade to "lollipop" I would have rated it 5 star all the way. However, since the upgrade I have had nothing but problems with this phone. Battery life is poor, the phone gets hot when you are using it, it's slow and phone connection is poor.
Cons: Poor quality, can not support lollipop.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
2
Performance
1
Design
4
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US