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    Galaxy S5

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    Buy Overview Firmware

    General Information

    • Model Name

      Galaxy S5

    • Model type

      Bar

    • Colors

      Black (Charcoal Black)
      Gold (Copper Gold)
      White (Shimmery White)
      Blue (Electric Blue)

    • Announced

      2014, February

    • Released

      2014, April

    Physical specifications

    • Dimensions

      Bar: 142.0 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm

    • Weights

      145g

    • IP rating

      IP67

    Operating system

    • Operating system

      Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)

    Networks

    • SIM

      Single SIM

    • SIM card sizes

      Micro SIM (3FF)

    • Networks

      2G
      3G
      4G

    • eSIM support

      No

    Display

    • Kind

      Main Display

    • Technology

      Super AMOLED Display

    • Size

      5.1 inch / 129.54 mm

    • Resolution

      FHD / 1920x1080 pixels

    • Pixel density

      432 PPI

    • Screen to body ratio

      ~69.6%

    Processors

    Memory

    • RAM/ROM sizes

      2 GB RAM with 16 GB ROM
      2 GB RAM with 32 GB ROM

    • External memory support

      Yes

    • External memory support maximum

      128 GB

    Sensors

    • Accelerometer

      Yes

    • Barometer

      Yes

    • Fingerprint sensor

      Yes

    • Geomagnetic sensor

      Yes

    • Gesture sensor

      Yes

    • Gyro sensor

      Yes

    • HR sensor

      Yes

    • Hall sensor

      Yes

    • Light Sensor

      Yes

    • Proximity sensor

      Yes

    Video

    • Max. Video Recording Resolution

      4K UHD video recording at 30 fps (3840x2160)

    • External memory support

      Yes

    • External memory support maximum

      128 GB

    Front Camera

    • Kind

      Wide Selfie Camera

    • Megapixels

      2MP

    • Aperture

      F2.4

    Rear Camera

    • Flash

      Yes

    • Digital Zoom

      Yes

    • Kind

    • Megapixels

      16MP

    • Aperture

      F2.2

    • Pixel size

      1.12μm

    • Extras

      PDAF

    Connectivity

    • ANT+

      Yes

    • USB version

      MicroUSB

    • 3.5mm Headphonejack

      Yes

    • Location technology

      BeiDou
      GPS
      Glonass

    • Wi-Fi

      Yes

    • Wi-Fi Direct

      Yes

    • NFC

      Yes

    • Bluetooth Version

      4.0

    Battery

    • Standard battery capacity

      2800mAh

    • Removable battery

      Yes

    • Wired fast charging

      No