Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Apple iPhone 5s

by Sam Kieldsen

15 April 2014

Their names may be quite similar, but the Apple iPhone 5s and Samsung Galaxy S5 are very different smartphones indeed. If you’re thinking of buying one of these two flagships, don’t pull the trigger without first consulting our point-by-point comparison (which you’ll find by scrolling down the page, by the way).

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Galaxy S5 with $500 Freebies

Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung recently announced that the flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, will offer almost $500 worth of freebies with it. The package will contain long-term subscriptions, premium services and a few more worthy gifts.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 vs. Apple iPhone 5s: Spec Showdown

Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung and Apple continue their smartphone arms race. The Korean giant's new Galaxy S5 smartphone is poised to take on Cupertino's current champ, the iPhone 5s, as each company tries to leapfrog over the other semiannually. Samsung's newest device replaces the Galaxy S4 (which we also compared against the iPhone 5s) as its flagship smartphone. 

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Hands-on

Samsung's latest offers improved performance and a familiar design.

At the 2014 edition of Samsung Unpacked, the company revealed its newest flagship phone, the Galaxy S5, as well as the previously announced line of Gear smartwatches. While the presentation focused heavily on innovation and progress, there's very little reinventing of the wheel in its latest crop of devices, though there are some perks that are likely to please Galaxy fans. The star of the show was the new Galaxy S5, an update to last year's S4, and Samsung promises something innovative, but does it deliver? Short answer: not really.

msung Galaxy S5 and Gear 2 - What's New?

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Samsung Galaxy S5 To Be Unveiled On February 24?

Samsung is set to steal the show with its likely launch of next-gen Galaxy smartphone, dubbed as the Galaxy S5, at its February 24 Barcelona event.

Samsung has announced it will hold an event on February 24 at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona. Interestingly, Samsung's invite for the event plays up the '5' theme, strongly hinting at the official announcement of the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S5.

It's notable Samsung in the past has launched its flagship smartphones in this time frame. Last year, it unveiled the Galaxy S4 in March.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 To Be Announced At MWC 2014,With New Design And Material

Samsung VP confirms the announcement date for the next flagship, Galaxy S5.

Samsung Electronics vice President and Head of Design Strategy, Dong-hoon Chang has confirmed the Galaxy S5 will be officially announced at the Mobile World Congress, to be held in Barcelona, Spain next month

Chang confirmed this news at a New Year's party in the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. He responded with "about right" when he was asked by reporters about speculation that an announcement about the smartphone will be made at the 2014 MWC. But, keep in mind that the above information can change until we get an official announcement from Samsung.

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How to Factory Reset Samsung Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III is an amazing phone. Do you like tweaking the phone or messing around with the features? When you get stuck at a point where you can’t fix things, there is always the option to simply revert back your phone just like how it was shipped out of the box.

Factory reset option in Android is almost the same in all the Android phones, but for those who still get stuck with this, we are here with clear simple steps on how you can factory / hard reset your Samsung Galaxy S III.

How to Factory Reset Samsung Galaxy S III

Just follow the simple steps below to factory/hard reset your phone:

Step 1 – Go to Settings > Back up and reset.

Step 2 – Tap on “Factory data reset”.

Step 3 – Go through your added accounts and then tap the “Reset device” button.

Your phone will reboot and the reset process will start.

Make sure you have backed up all your data before factory resetting your phone or you might lose everything. Hard reset or a factory reset in the Samsung Galaxy S III also encrypts your previous SD card files and does not allow anyone else to see them after the phone has been factory reset.

Transfer all your photos and other important data from the SD card to your computer. And backup your text messages, call logs and settings.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 spotted

Samsung Galaxy S5 spotted on AnTuTu benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy S4 successor Galaxy S5 has made its appearnce on AnTuTu benchmarks. 

AnTuTu team claims that it has spotted Samsung's SM-G900F device, said to be the Samsung's next-generation flagship smartphone S5. 

The device that showed up on the benchmark results is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip and 3GB of RAM.

The Krait processor part of the chip has been clocked at 2.5GHz. 

The phone was detected as having 1080p display, though it's possible that Samsung has locked the resolution to that particular resolution (The Galaxy S5 is said to sport a 2K display). The device runs Android 4.4 KitKat and sports a 16MP camera. 

Meanwhile, after several rumours and leaks, it now looks almost certain that the first Tizen smartphone will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February at Barcelona. 

Samsung and Intel, the two companies backing the development of the much awaited mobile operating system, have sent invites to the press for an event in February, scheduled to take place a day before the MWC officially commences.

The invite doesn't categorically mention the name or type of the device that will be unveiled but it states that Samsung's devices running the Tizen OS will be showcased. As per the invite, the event will offer ''an exclusive sneak preview of the newest Tizen devices as well as an opportunity to learn about the major milestones that the Tizen project has hit since last year's event,'' as noted by IT News.
The report also quotes analyst Geoff Blaber of CCS Insight saying that Samsung has to show commercial devices at MWC. This would strengthen Samsung's mobile foundation, and give a backup for its smartphone business in case Android takes a turn for the worse. 

In addition to the invite, some new screenshots of the Tizen user interface too have appeared on the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service database, as spotted by Sam Mobile. Interestingly, the UI looks different than what we've seen in the past.

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