Pages

April 10, 2014

Are you getting the real Galaxy S5 ? [ The latest flagship smartphone by Samsung ]


The latest flagship "Galaxy S" series smartphone by Samsung will be releasing worldwide tomorrow. It was first announced at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona this February.

Different variants of the device are being released in different markets of the World. The criterion for different hardware choices is only known to Samsung; mainly connected with marketing and pricing.

The variant announced for India on March 27 is based on a Exynos octa-core processor. Samsung likes to call the chipset as Adonis Prime2 which contains a 1.9 GHz A15 Quad-core + 1.3 GHz A7 Quad-core + Intel XMM6360 Modem. So the SoC is equivalent of the Exynos 5420 found on Samsung Note 3. We will discuss more on that.

Meanwhile the Indian variant has some popular features missing compared to the Global Snapdragon 801 2.5 GHz processor based variant. Some say it's unfair. Is it?

April 8, 2014

Galaxy S5 Heart rate monitor a.k.a Pulse Oximeter [The Age of personal sensors]


This Year so far has been tagged as the year of "Smart wearables" - those smart watches or wrist bands that contain sensors to measure and transmit  physical information like heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature. number of steps walked etc.

But the Galaxy S5 has become the first smartphone to have placed a dedicated heart rate sensor. Many observers consider this new addition as mere gimmick and not really meaningful for an average buyer. Moreover the accuracy of the measurement results is been questioned by some who have tested it.

Actually the so called Heart rate monitor on the phone is a "Pulse Oximeter" sensor package. Let's see how it works.

April 3, 2014

Samsung "Galaxy S5" has started shipping into India from Vietnam [ Available from: April 11, 2014 ]



The Latest flagship mobile device by Samsung, the Galaxy S5 has been launched in India on 27 March 2014 at Delhi. The variant for the Indian market would be different from the US & European markets with regards to the SoC (System-on-Chip, which includes the Processor, GPU, Wireless Modules, Sound chips etc). Samsung did not give the exact pricing on launch day, but said that it will be available to buyers on April 11 for a price between Rs.51,000 to Rs.53,000. 


Meanwhile the phone units have started to ship into India since March 31, according to an Import data portal and the above retail price by Samsung is shockingly higher than Import price !



Update: 33,786 units (White + Black + Blue) have arrived in stores !

 
Blogger Templates