Is there really a reason to buy the all new Samsung Galaxy S5 when it's 30% more expensive than the September's Samsung Galaxy S4 with almost the same clocked Snapdragon 800?
To be exact:
Samsung Galaxy S5 costs €675 in Amazon.fr
Samsung Galaxy S4 I9506 costs €520 also in Amazon.fr
I won't go into the price comparison further, as one can find the S5 for ...€759 here in Cyprus but obviously one could find it cheaper than in amazon also. But what's important is that the price difference between those two Samsung Galaxy SXs is at the range of 30%. And this for what? Let's see..
Processor: The Samsung Galaxy S5 does have a better processor chipset but only marginally. It's got the Snapdragon 801 clocked at 2.5GHz while the September's S4 has the Snapdragon 800 clocked slightly lower at 2.3GHz.
RAM is the same
Storage is the same
GPU is the same
Display Resolution is the same Full HD, although you do get slightly bigger screen for the S5, 5.1'' over 5'' of the S4 meaning thought that the pixel density is lower for the S5.
Size The increased display size of the S5 comes at the expense of the phone's size. At 142x72.5x8.1 mm over 136.6x69.8x7.9 mm the S5 is taller, wider and thicker than it's predecessor. In fact the 0.1" of gained screen size (meaning 2% more screen) comes in expense of being 11% bigger! Is this technological advancement?
Battery capacity is also slightly better for the S5 but still not enough to cover the size difference.Samsung put a 2800mAh battery instead of the previous 2600mAh of the S4.
The Camera is the only bright component for the S5 since it does have a significantly better camera. Although it doesn't seem that the 16MP is way better than the 13MP camera of the S4, the S5 does allow for 2160p video or for 60 fps at the HD one...
Finally we've got the Software... Many would say that it doesn't matter, the specs might be pretty much the same but still S5 worth the huge difference due to better software... Well apart from the Fingerprint scanner nothing much here too.. The S5 does come with the Android 4.4 KitKat but so can do the S4 if you just... update it!
Overall, I cannot really think of a reason to pay 30% for the S5 instead of buying the Snapdragon 800 edition of the S4... To be honest I don't know if I would consider the S5 worth it if it were at the same price. I don't think that the differences justify the size difference.
And that's only Samsung vs Samsung battle. I did not even take into consideration the LG G2 (bigger screen, bigger battery, less size) the close to perfection on value for money LG Google Nexus 5 the Sonys (Z1, Z2, Z1compact) etc.
To be exact:
Samsung Galaxy S5 costs €675 in Amazon.fr
Samsung Galaxy S4 I9506 costs €520 also in Amazon.fr
Processor: The Samsung Galaxy S5 does have a better processor chipset but only marginally. It's got the Snapdragon 801 clocked at 2.5GHz while the September's S4 has the Snapdragon 800 clocked slightly lower at 2.3GHz.
RAM is the same
Storage is the same
GPU is the same
Display Resolution is the same Full HD, although you do get slightly bigger screen for the S5, 5.1'' over 5'' of the S4 meaning thought that the pixel density is lower for the S5.
Battery capacity is also slightly better for the S5 but still not enough to cover the size difference.Samsung put a 2800mAh battery instead of the previous 2600mAh of the S4.
The Camera is the only bright component for the S5 since it does have a significantly better camera. Although it doesn't seem that the 16MP is way better than the 13MP camera of the S4, the S5 does allow for 2160p video or for 60 fps at the HD one...
Finally we've got the Software... Many would say that it doesn't matter, the specs might be pretty much the same but still S5 worth the huge difference due to better software... Well apart from the Fingerprint scanner nothing much here too.. The S5 does come with the Android 4.4 KitKat but so can do the S4 if you just... update it!
Overall, I cannot really think of a reason to pay 30% for the S5 instead of buying the Snapdragon 800 edition of the S4... To be honest I don't know if I would consider the S5 worth it if it were at the same price. I don't think that the differences justify the size difference.
And that's only Samsung vs Samsung battle. I did not even take into consideration the LG G2 (bigger screen, bigger battery, less size) the close to perfection on value for money LG Google Nexus 5 the Sonys (Z1, Z2, Z1compact) etc.
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