Samsung, the South Korean multinational consumer electronics manufacturer has announced a new version of their 2014 front runner model, the Galaxy S5 exclusively for their homeland, Korea. This time the company dubs their new announcement as the brand new Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A.
Yes folks, you can guess it from the name, the new LTE-Advanced smartphone from Samsung will have three times faster than standard 4G LTE network connection speeds on board, capable of downloading data at 225Mbps.
But, that's not it, the new smartphone also features a brilliant 2K screen of Super AMOLED WQHD display at 2560 x 1440 resolution with excellent color reproduction, which is four times clearer than a High Definition panel, also representing more than 90% of the Color Gamut at only 0.01 milliseconds response time and 100,000:1 contrast ratio. The new handset also packs a faster processor and improved internals. Like the original Galaxy S5, the new model will also come out of the box with the perforated leather textured back and also sporting the same heart rate sensor on the back of the phone, aside the LED flash and below the primary lens, and a fingerprint reader integrated to the home button in front. The smartphone is also dust and water resistant up to one meter and 30 minutes underwater at IP67-certification ratings. Is this the Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime we were talking about in the past?
So, the new Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A will have a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset, speeding at 2.5GHz, 5.08-inches Super AMOLED Quad High Definition screen of 2560 x 1440 resolution pixels, 16 and 32 gigabytes of internal mass storage options with a three gigabytes of LPDDR3 Random Access Memory, 16 megapixels main camera on the back with Optical Image Stabilization and LED flash light, capable of capturing 4K Ultra High Definition videos, a two megapixels secondary front facer, which can shoot footages at 1080p. There is also Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, Near Field Communication and fourth generation LTE-Advanced network support over the hood. The device will have the same 2,800mAh powered battery and runs Android's version 4.4 KitKat with Samsung's own revamped TouchWiz UX 5.0 and other proprietary new attributes like Geo News, Anniversary Reminder, Health Care, Deep Sleep, and more. The new unit is measured and weighed exactly same at at 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 millimeters in dimensions and 145 grams on mass.
The phone will be available in two new flavors, like Sweet Pink and Glam Red, along with the previously announced shades including, Charcoal Black, Shimmering White, Electric Blue and Copper Gold. This smartphone will come to SKT first, followed by KT and LGU+, later this month for a price of 940500 South Korean Won, that is about 919 United States Dollars, but doesn't looks to cross the Korean shores.
Source: DROID LIFE
