Will the gravity well from Galaxy S5 capture your interest, or will you streak past with escape velocity? Samsung's Galaxy S line of smartphones employs cutting-edge hardware and more features than any human can remember to use, making it one of the most anticipated flagship phones every year.

Great hardware; fingerprint scanner; IP67

Ugly; screen has issues with color accuracy and grayscale banding; poor NAND performance

The Galaxy S5 is definitely bigger, faster and meaner than any of its predecessors. Samsung has refined its custom UI to make look remotely different from Android and they've done it pretty well. The loads of features and functions are a mixed bag of both gimmicky and practical use.

* Powerful hardware; * Impressive display quality; * Great camera quality & performance; * Fingerprint scanner; * Water and dust resistance; * Kitkat out of the box; * Long battery life

* Quite expensive; * Same old; boring design

Blue tick coverage that beats the S6 and S7 by at least one and up to 3 bars. Going back for a second S5 after enduring 2 years of frustration and disappointment with an S6 and watching my partner suffer the same with his S7.

Aside from a couple of tiny grumbles, then, there's an awful lot to like about the Samsung Galaxy S5. It's a much bigger upgrade than the S4 was last year, and that makes it the best smartphone on the market right now (even if Google's Nexus 5 retains its position atop our A List due to its optimum...

It may be a little cliché by now but we will say it anyway, another year, another Samsung GALAXY S device and to many of you out there, that's not a bad thing as this is easily one of the most anticipated smartphones and for good reasons.

High-end performance; IP67 certified; Stunning display; Excellent camera experience

Design is nothing new; Plastic build; Finicky fingerprint sensor

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is no doubt an excellent smartphone. Better camera, faster performance, and a gorgeous display-these are just but a few things offered by the Korean giant's latest flagship.

A great smartphone in every way, the Samsung Galaxy S5 edges in front of the HTC One (M8) as the best smartphone around

With Sony, LG and HTC all ramping up their game of late, Samsung really had to create something stunning in order to pull away from the pack, and while there are core refinements to the basic Galaxy concept, the S5 doesn't represent the assured leap many will have been hoping for.

When the Samsung Galaxy S5 was first announced, it was safe to say that we were all slightly shocked to see a plastic back cover. With all of the hype surrounding the HTC One M8's and iPhone 5s's premium metal casing, it was a definite disappointment to see Samsung go for a plastic chassis instead.

The first half of the last two years has been all about the competition between HTC and Samsung's new flagships. This year, the battle became testier than ever thanks to HTC calling out Samsung for what it perceived to be a lack of innovation and the continued use of plastics in its Galaxy S5 .

Specs; Display; Camera; Removable Battery; SD Card Slot; and Wireless Charging; Availability; Accessories; Water and Dust Resistant; Battery Life; TouchWiz; Speaker and Headphone Output; Health Features

Design; Performance; yes; Links