Samsung Galaxy S5 survives after being run over by a Tesla Model S

18. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

This test officially proves GS5's durability.

20. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)

Plastic is flexible so when run over by a car,it'll give a little before it'll break. Nothing really wrong with a plastic body phone. But holding a HTC One is an amazing feeling.

23. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

Yeah HTC One has an an awesome design. I guess it's personal preference on plastic. For me I don't mind if it's plastic or not if it feels good on your hand.

30. Ashoaib (Posts: 3229; Member since: 15 Nov 2013)

This test proves the durability but its kinda stupid bcoz who run over the phone by car under normal circumstances? even its very less likely by accident. Drop test from pocket height and face height are enough to check the durability

31. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

Running over by a car wouldn't happen to often but the test shows how durable the Galaxy S5 is so I have no problem with it.

35. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

You would be surprised. It happened to me once? Customer called in and asked if they left their iPhone in our office. I looked and found it in our parking lot with tire marks on it.

It worked fine and had no damage. I dunno if it was the case or the phone but it survived.

43. nlbates66 (Posts: 328; Member since: 15 Aug 2012)

i'm thinking that like the Galaxy S III, the S 5 uses a magnesium frame underneath.

24. Sauce (unregistered)

What'll be more interesting is a comparison between the biometrics in the current biometric reading flagships. PA is not releasing this because?

25. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

Because the phones aren't out yet...

28. Sauce (unregistered)

I've already seen three comparisons.

40. The-Sailor-Man (banned) (Posts: 1095; Member since: 25 Mar 2014)

But those comparisons is made by same iGuys , that have no idea how to make the FPS of S5 to work .

29. Sauce (unregistered)

http://blog.gsmarena.com/fingerprint-scanner-battle-galaxy-s5-vs-iphone-5s/

41. The-Sailor-Man (banned) (Posts: 1095; Member since: 25 Mar 2014)

Let's first wait to see comparison made NOT by iboy. LOL

In one week you will see that S5 FPS works better than iphones.
Bet on??

44. Sauce (unregistered)

Bet on. Even though YOU HAVE to swipe down and it HAS to be a perfect swipe.

4. garlic456 (Posts: 251; Member since: 24 Dec 2012)

All the features you mentioned are unneeded for me. I have a dual core 1ghz phone w/ 5mp camera and 480x800 resolution. Those aren't the best specs, but are acceptable. Even with those specs, I can play Real Racing, Gta Vice City. When you look from normal distance the screen doesn't differ from a hd phone. 5 mp camera is enough for facebook whatsapp. Even though the phone has a projector it costs half of an iphone or the newest Galaxy device.

7. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)

So.... why are you wasting your time here?

The ultimate back to the cave question. :)

8. CaptYolo (Posts: 25; Member since: 30 Jan 2014)

Lol looking at a new phone from an old one you wont see much of a difference but when you've move back to an old one from a newer one the difference is really surprising

10. SAYED-EJAZ (Posts: 225; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)

-Actually , do you know Resolution does not matter always in 1080p..
Note 3 and S4 is having same resolution yet note 3 outstands S4 and i am feeling very odd to look at my old S3 display after using note 3 especially the whites on S3 is more like dirty white but two years back i considered how can display can be better than S3..that all changed in a matter of time.
but i can clearly see the difference in 480P vs 1080P with gods grace.

-5MP is not a detailed camera..if you want just to use it for facebook ,instagram and all it might be enough , but for memories in the future or creating your own digital album from studio it is not enough. if you just used 16MP of S5 camera you will never say like this.i really loved the faster auto focus.

-Gaming : Gaming in Snapdragon 800 in note 3 is a delight ( i suppose it will be remain same in S5 until adreno 420 hits ) , there is ZERO lag during Heavy gaming and multi-tasking in note 3 which no other low end phone can achieve & Quadcore S3 lagged for one minute when i had heavy gaming recenly ( thanks to Industires leading 3GB RAM) .

Whatever there is only one Korean Giant , That is Samsung .

13. hurrycanger (Posts: 1625; Member since: 01 Dec 2013)

It's not like he said anything about all those features are neccessary.
Anyway, I'm using a 480p phone with 5mp cam, too :D . It costs much less than half of any flagship, and the price of a brand new one from ebay is $140, which is actually less than 1/4 of the iPhone 5S and the S5. It functions freat and I can play Riptide GP2 with almost max settings without lag. Even Thor TDW runs quite smoothly.
But then I'll just have to say that the S5 is miles ahead.

17. SAYED-EJAZ (Posts: 225; Member since: 10 Oct 2013)

Yes , but if one is having money then upgrade is always better no matter what but if one is having tight budget then stay with it , and be happy with it , thats what :-)

26. hurrycanger (Posts: 1625; Member since: 01 Dec 2013)

Yeah. If one has the money, why not? :D

37. geordie8t1 (unregistered)

Ironically you say they are not needed for you yet feel you need to comment about a high end smartphone?why are you even reading the article if you already know that it wont be of any use to you? For many people who like watching movies on the go a 720 or 1080p displaynis fantastic, for photographers who like to capture on the fly good cameras are great, for people who multitask all day on their phones a decent cpu and ram is good, just because u dont need it, somebody else just.might

47. garlic456 (Posts: 251; Member since: 24 Dec 2012)

I am saying if you aren't a photographer, or a person who really needs some of its features, buying a flagship is just stupidity. I know that %90 of Smartphone users are just using their quad core 1080p 2 gb ram 16 mp camera phones only for facebook, emails, instagram and selfies. I was using a Galaxy S3, before I bought the Beam, and I can say a small phone that fits in your hand feels much better than a larger expensiver phone.
Buy a Moto G, or a Nexus and use it for three or four years...

48. donfem (Posts: 693; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)

I guess you still do not understand what "choice" means. Calling anyone's choice "stupidity" itself an act of stupidity. You don't like it or don't want it, fine. Your choice. I guess you are not buying the phone for that person nor is that person asking you for money to buy the device.

49. garlic456 (Posts: 251; Member since: 24 Dec 2012)

You are right.... But I just hate the fact that people are spending money for things that they don't need.

15. blingblingthing (Posts: 578; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)

Even reading a Samsung article Nokia bored you?

19. Tizen007 (Posts: 575; Member since: 07 Jan 2014)

Well Im actually surprised that you weren't surprised by this Samsung article. Did you even watch the video? When it comes to technology Sammy's GS5 is one of the best phones in the world to date and you can't deny that.