Review: S5 features useful, less about gimmicks

Published April 9, 2014 9:42pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — There’s a lot to like about Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 smartphone —among them, its relative lack of features.

Don’t get me wrong. The company’s new flagship smartphone has plenty of innovations, including water resistance, a heart rate sensor and a fingerprint reader to bypass security passcodes. The screen measures 5.1 inches diagonally, which is slightly larger than its predecessor’s 5 inches and much bigger than the iPhone’s 4 inches. The S5’s camera is capable of taking 16 megapixel images, an improvement from 13 megapixels in last year’s Galaxy S4.

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