Samsung Galaxy S5 G900V Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone w/ 16MP Camera - Black - Verizon

A stellar phone compared to many out there on the market. It is slightly bigger than the S4, but not much difference. It is incredibly fast, very light and has removable battery and storage (for music, movies, etc.); I had a 64gb Samsung micro SD card installed with plenty of movies. The battery is great depending on what your doing and how your settings are on the phone. It can last anywhere between a whole day to two days; again, this all depends on your usage and settings. If you want, you can always buy an additional battery and just switch it out; that's one of the biggest pro's of having this phone. It also charges extremely fast with the new charging cable. The screen is amazing and crystal clear; by default comes saturated with bright colors that pop out at you; very nice. I have an iPhone 6 and you can tell the difference between the screens. If the color is too saturated for you, there are settings under the display menu that can tone it down a little or even change it to the natural color tone. The speaker is pretty good, doesn't get too loud, but its probably cause it sits on the back of the phone :(. Calls are clear and never had a problem from both ends. I would say the phone is more water resistant than waterproof. There is confusion with many consumers complaining that their phones broke cause they went swimming with it; I wouldn't recommend that. However, I've seen a friend of mine run it down the kitchen sink and drop it into the toilet on accident and nothing happened to it. So I guess it varies from person to person. Other than that, if your looking for a phone that will do almost everything with no restrictions, then this is it.

Just the best phone ever... period the end. It lives up to the hype. All kinks worked out either by Samsung or verizon. The 5.0 update has been fixed because Verizon waits to release them after they see how it works on other providers and doesn't update until after they are fixed. The many features have been seamless so far. The battery life is very good but it almost doesn't matter because a twenty minute charge gets you up to 60 to 70 % charge that lasts the rest of any day. A ten minute charge can get you back to 30% from 10%. The 30% charge lasts for hours. TheRe are features I didn't think I would use like hover to enlarge pictures. I use it all the time. Turning on "OK Google" to respond without touching a button let's you make calls search the internet and more without picking up the phone... and so on. I think it's better than the s6 because it has a replaceable battery (although after market batteries don't charge as fast as the Samsung battery ) and you can add 128gb of SD card memory! The video camera and still camera have been well documented. But the panorama, dual camera mode, low light settings, and much more are amazing. There isn't a need for other apps to do the different things like HDR and fast burst. The slow mo is great and the ability to take still pictures while recording video without stopping is actually kind of brilliant. There is much more but I'll stop here. I completely see why people who have this s5 aren't upgrading. Too good is hard to improve on.

4 stars only because I don't "love" things. My first smart phone after deciding I might use one for more than just talking on. Initial experience was an Amazon seller who shipped me a defective phone. Bad buying experience and I refer you to my review on that seller. This phone was advertised as 'new' and was sold by Amazon. Arrived in original manufacturer packaging and was, indeed, new. Bought the S5 to save money over buying the latest-and-greatest S7 ($509.00 on Amazon -- Ouch!). Decision also influenced by comparative reviews of the S5 and S6: S5 has both a replaceable battery and you can add memory to it whereas neither is true of the S6. Still learning things about the phone. If this phone would similarly be your first smart phone purchase, the learning curve can be steep, from power management (lots of things going on that can suck battery power) to all the apps available -- so many it'll make your head hurt! Caveat: Per Samsung when I called them to register my phone for a potential warranty claim if something happens to my phone -- Amazon sells phones that, though new, are OUT OF WARRANTY. Recommendation: At just over $200 from Amazon, what are you waiting for!

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