SamsungsmartphoneLast featured Nov 2019
Samsung Galaxy S5
I'd skip itI'd give this a miss.
An awkward design experiment gone wrong with inconsistent packaging, rated 4 out of 10.
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- Price when I covered it
- £400–900
- Featured in
- 3 videos · 2019–2019
- Category
- Phones · Flagship
What I liked
- Looked physically fine
- flat, minimal unlock pattern design
What I didn't
- Internal damage
- No display output
- band-aid look
- inconsistent design and packaging
- slow camera launch
In my words
Straight from the video. Tap a timestamp to hear me say it.
“it got to the point with the galaxy s5 where there was literally a bounty”
“the s5 is in pretty good nick physically but clearly something's gone wrong on the inside”
“I really feel like this was a design experiment gone wrong”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
8:45What you didn't know about Samsung.Mentioned for the bounty offered to the first person to root it.
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8:06are smartphones getting weaker?Looked fine outside, but a knock to the side caused internal damage and the display died.
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1:54The Ultimate Samsung Galaxy Comparison.An awkward design experiment gone wrong with inconsistent packaging, rated 4 out of 10.
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