It's back to basics, Samsung says about the Galaxy S5. Time to focus on what matters - displays, batteries, and cameras - and to start to let the rest go. That's the approach Samsung needed to take, but all it was was lip service.

Great display; Excellent performance; Camera can take amazing pictures; Waterproof

Overwhelming features and options; Cheap; boring design; Camera struggles in low light

It's here! It's finally here. We've put the Samsung Galaxy S5 through its paces, and it's the first Galaxy device built for human beings.

With the Galaxy S5, Samsung has pulled back the reins. The phone maker shifted its focus to refining the features that were already present in...

Long lasting battery life; Stellar camera abilities

Don't use it as a boom box; Still too much bloatware

With the Galaxy S5, Samsung has pulled back the reins. The phone maker shifted its focus to refining the features that were already present in predecessors like the Galaxy S4 rather than stuffing more into an increasingly wider polymer body.

Samsung's jack-of-all-trades returns with an improved display, waterproof case & biometric scanners

Excellent display; Good battery life; Waterproof/dustproof; Decent camera; Download booster; Wealth of premium subscription trials

The heart-rate monitor is unnecessary; Fingerprint scanner is inconsistent; Software features can be overwhelming

The original Galaxy S was a rare case of getting everything right: speed, ease of use, beauty.

Fantastic screen; Great camera; Waterproof (IP67; Biometrics

TouchWiz; Big

If you can say one thing about Samsung's Galaxy S line of smartphones, it's that they consistently pair some of the best hardware with inexplicable software. The S5 scales back Samsung's bells and whistles, which helps make it easily the best Galaxy phone yet. If only they'd gone even further.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is an improvement on last year's model in almost every respect, although Samsung still needs to wean itself away from silly gimmicks. I'd hesitate to say that the Samsung Galaxy S5 has a genuinely attractive design - it's still quite plastic, despite the metallic rim - but it...

It's finally here. Samsung's Galaxy S5, the big bet for 2014, the main event, the latest flagship in the spectacularly successful Galaxy series – a series so popular that Samsung could practically release a new phone with zero improvements and it could very well sell millions!

Great battery life; good camera; waterproof design

Dated Galaxy design; special features novel yet not groundbreaking

The Samsung Galaxy S5's has taken most people by surprise, because of its Rs. 51,500 price tag. This kind of pricing was generally given to fad phones like the HTC One Max or LG G Flex . The normal consumer's price allowance reaches a limit at Rs.