Samsung Galaxy S5 Release Date, Features & Specs: Smartphone Cheats Consumers; Offers 6GB Less Storage Than it Claims
With the recent unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S5 during the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, many were initially impressed with all its new and amazing features like its being water resistant for one. However, recent news says that the new flagship phone of Samsung is offering 6GB less than it claims.
The Korean tech giant received a lot of negative feedback in the past for offering just half the storage amount that their customers have paid for. A study conducted by Which? Magazine discovered that a lot of unwanted system files plus bloatware take up about 46% of the internal storage of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the predecessor of S5. And now, this may surely emerge to turn out similar for the current phone model of the tech giant.
Besides many of the Samsung fans are still preoccupied about the new and exciting features of the Galaxy S5, Daily Mail reports.
Aside from being water resistant, the new Samsung Galaxy S5 boasts of a wide range of other features. One of these is its fingerprint scanning feature that is deemed to have been implemented just to keep up with its rival company's product, the iPhone 5s. However, the S5 makes a difference by letting users to enjoy the touch scanner not just to simply unlock the handset, similar to the iPhone 5s, but it can also be used to pay for content over at iTunes and the App Store.
Just as how it was announced during the February 24 launch event, Paypal is the first app partner with Samsung that will allow online transaction within the S5's browser in just a touch of a finger, IBT UK recalls.
According to a CNET article, the Samsung Galaxy S5 interestingly has other features hidden from the user that is yet to be discovered namely the toolbox, new camera settings, and the quick connect.
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