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Samsung - Galaxy S 5 Cell Phone

Samsung Galaxy S5 Cell Phone for Sprint: This cell phone offers a stylish design and fast processing power for multitasking. It complements your active lifestyle, letting you monitor your heart rate with the touch of a finger, map out your run and achieve your nutritional goals.Sprint Easy Pay option available in store. Learn more ›

All the needed upgrades were put into this phone

Customer Rating

5.0

Posted by: homeymedic

from Lexington, Ky

on April 19, 2014

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Picture Quality

5.0

Battery Life

4.0

Sound Quality

5.0

What's great about it: Simple, fast, great camera, better battery, great display,

What's not so great: New home and car chargers

Waiting for the launch of the S5 from sprint I was switching from the S3-S5 because they seemed to put all the fixes needed in this launch. Out of the box the phone performed as advertised, although we had a bit of trouble at the store with the sprint tower, it was a sprint issue not a Samsung issue. The phone is super fast, great camera, battery is awesome for a mobile phone, I would consider myself a heavy user, I would get about 4-6hrs out of my S3, so far and I've only had this since the launch date, but I can get a minimum of 24hrs on one charge playing with the power saving and ultra power saving modes. Without any of those modes enabled, I can easily get 16hrs out of this phone.

Setup on this phone is very easy, much easier then previous phones. The camera is top notch, although all the options added in the selection menu can be confusing, but with some usage and online videos they become pretty simple. The display is best in class by far, music sounds great, and did I mention how fast and responsive the phone is. The one thing that was a huge advertised benefit was the finger print scanner. I tried for several days to use this and get used to it, and decided against it, may just be operator error but either way it didn't work for me. Most important for me was it actually makes great phone calls, I can hear people very clear even in loud environments and as of this post I am yet to have issues with dropped calls or anything of that nature. One thing hidden in the phone that I think should have been touted more is the emergency alert it has the ability to send out. I didn't discover this until watching online videos but it's something that is awesome, and it actually works. I would consider myself quite competent in the Samsung phones, and this one has been the best to date. So whether your new to smart phones or looking for the best bang for your buck, the Samsung S5 is it by far. I have three other phones on my account of all different vendors, including an IPhone 5c, and the s5 easily outperforms all others in each side by side trial I have done. Battery, camera, usage, speed, display, side by side this phone out performs them all.

The new USB ability of this phone is what I would call a great benefit and also a nightmare and here is why. First the 3.0 ability is very quick, I was able to move over a lot of music and pictures in a very short amount of time and you don't need a computer to do it. But I also found out that yes it will still use the same chargers as my S3, the S5 is what I call picky about them. I have like most people a ton of chargers from previous phones and aftermarket. On the S5, some of them worked and others didn't. I asked a rep at BestBuy about this and they said the same thing I thought, Samsung is very picky about chargers it works with. So while it made sense, at the same time it didn't because overall phones are dumb and have no idea what brand of charger your using. But overall your old chargers may or may not work depending on what kind you have, but it's really easy to take the cord that comes with the phone, buy an attachment for the vehicle and travel with it. Plus with the battery life you don't have to worry near as much about always having a cord available.

My example of this was at 6% battery life, I switched the phone into Ultra Power Saving mode, and it showed it had a standby time of another 24hrs. Reality is if I had to use it is it probably was good for an emergency phone call or two, or long enough for me to send some text, but either way I had the piece of mind that if I had an emergency before I could get it charged up again, I at least could make a call or send a text. That feature on the phone is great, and while I really don't know how long it would have lasted, I at least new it did stay on stand by for an additional 8hrs overnight as I left it to see what would happen.

I will be buying a second phone soon to replace my others as they become available, yes there is a lot of clutter in the phone, but if you research and hopefully look at real reviews you can declutter it without a lot of effort. No phone is perfect, no battery will last forever, and all will have hiccups here and there. But overall I would absolutely recommend this phone to anyone whether they are a new user or experienced one as a rock solid phone.

This product is... Easy navigation, Good video quality, replaced my s3

About me... My phone is my life, Heavy texter, Heavy apps user, Business Professional, Need phone to keep me organized, phone is a lifeline for me

I would recommend this to a friend!

Age:35-44

Phone size:Large

My Best Buy number: 2111404319

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Samsung - Galaxy S 5 4G LTE Cell Phone

Samsung Galaxy S5 Cell Phone for Verizon Wireless: This cell phone offers a stylish design and fast processing power for multitasking. It complements your active lifestyle, letting you monitor your heart rate with the touch of a finger, map out your run and achieve your nutritional goals.Verizon Edge option available. Learn more ›

What does the water resistant and dust resistant mean?

It means that if your caught in the rain, sweat on it, or happen to be in a dusty environment you won't ruin the phone. It's not however waterproof.

10 years, 1 month ago

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homeymedic

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Lexington, Ky

Samsung - Galaxy S 5 4G LTE Cell Phone

how do I buy it with 32GB?

Best Answer

You can buy it with the 16GB then purchase a MicroSD card very cheap and make it up to 128GB depending on what size you purchase.

10 years, 1 month ago

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homeymedic

from

Lexington, Ky

Samsung - Galaxy S 5 4G LTE Cell Phone

Does Best Buy Offer insurance plans for cellular phones

Yes they do offer insurance and it's a lot better then most of what the Carriers offer. I have it and have used it as well and it worked very easily, no hassle, nothing hidden. Just walked in, exchanged phones, and back out the door.

10 years, 1 month ago

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homeymedic

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Lexington, Ky

Samsung - Galaxy S 5 Cell Phone

Is there going to be Samsung s5 32gb cellphone be available during the debut of the 16gb

A Samsung S5 32gb cellphone going to be available for Sprint customers when Samsung S5 debuts

Best Answer

The S5 is 16gb with the expanded ability of up to 128GB. With the expansion port I highly doubt it will ever be remarketed as anything larger then 16GB.

10 years, 1 month ago

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homeymedic

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Lexington, Ky