If you were blown away by the Galaxy S5, but just can't bring yourself to fill the bank account of Samsung, then fear not, as Goophone has you covered with their imaginatively named S5. Samsung's unveiling of its next flagship device has undoubtedly peaked the interest of the smartphone using community, and based on a quick glance and browse of the device’s specs, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Goophone S5 is the same device. However, it's not. It's a very convincing copy that's taken less than two days to get out into the real world.
The annual Mobile World Congress gathering, organized by the GSM Association, has been taking place in Barcelona for the last couple of days. Tech giants such as Sony, Samsung and LG use the event to introduce and showcase their latest tech in front of the world's press, but MWC also hosts the Global Mobile Awards that rip through various categories to filter out and award the best-of-the-best of the last 12 months. The awards may be packed full of random and obscure categories that don't necessarily appeal to the average technology enthusiast, but there was some great news for Apple and HTC, with both companies receiving a best in class award for one of their products.
The first rumored, then highly anticipated flagship of the year, the Samsung Galaxy S5 has finally been unveiled, and most disappointingly, has left most of the Internet (read: technology world) unimpressed. Irrespective of how the device has been perceived, what followed was pretty much exactly what we see after every flagship device sees the light of day - comparisons upon comparisons to decide which is the best gadget money can buy. And Galaxy S5 has been no different.
It takes courage to stand out of the crowd and take something existing, play around with it in ways unprecedented, and present something that is both unique and unsettlingly different. Yet, if you do have that courage, such experiments can pay off well. This is exactly what Russian startup Yota Devices did with their unique YotaPhone, and now we get to see the prototype of the second-generation YotaPhone.
Samsung has been extremely keen to tell the world that the "next big thing is here", but they haven't exactly been forthcoming with the amount of internal storage that will be available to consumers when they get their hands on the latest in the Galaxy S range. Initial reports coming out of the Galaxy S5 event at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona is suggesting that almost 50% of the S5's storage capacity is taken up by Samsung's pre-installed apps.
Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is one of the biggest smartphone releases of the year. It’s one of those devices which millions of Android users have been eagerly waiting for, and it well and truly builds upon the success of last year’s major release, the Galaxy S4. But is the Galaxy S5 the device you should buy this year? Is it a worthy upgrade over its predecessor, the Galaxy S4? Lets find out in our head-to-head specs comparison.
The wait is officially over! Samsung has finally announced The Next Big Thing, the Galaxy S5. It’s packed with some new features which are sure to entice a lot of people in the year to come, and as ever, we have all the details, including specs, pricing and release date.
Earlier on today, Nokia announced three new Android-based devices in the form of the Nokia X, Nokia X+ and the Nokia XL. As you might imagine, getting any decent amount of time with these new devices is rather difficult, but here, we present an exclusive brief overview of the Nokia XL - the largest of these three new specimens.
My my, what a day today! Just hours before the official unveiling of the Galaxy S5 at MWC, we finally have live images leaked for the upcoming Android flagship from the Korean smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturer, Samsung. And boy, do these images have a story to tell.
We're really not all that far into Mobile World Congress 2014, held in Barcelona, but the announcements are already coming thick and fast. The latest to catch everyone's attention is Sony, with the Japanese technology firm today announcing that it is launching a new flagship smartphone, hot on the heels of its not-long-since-announced Xperia Z1S. The new model? The Xperia Z2. They're nothing if not predictable!
