W DELHI: Samsung has announced the Galaxy S5, its new flagship smartphone, with an AppleiPhone 5S-like biometric sensor button. The phone is dust and water-resistant, features a faster camera and fitness-related features.The Galaxy S5, which was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, will be available worldwide in April. The device sports a slightly larger 5.1-inch Super AMOLED (1080 X 1920p) display which looks similar to that of the Galaxy S4.Powered by a 2.5GHz quad-core processor and 2GB RAM, theGalaxy S5will come in 16GB and 32GB internal storage variants which will be expandable up to 64GB through microSD card. The smartphone sports a 16MP rear camera and a 2.1MP front-facing camera. The rear camera is capableof capturing 4K video at 30 frames per second. Samsung claims that the Galaxy S5 offers the world's fastest autofocus speed up to 0.3 seconds.2013 can be called the year of the smartphone with their sales overtaking feature phone sales.During the year, sales of smartphones accounted for 53.6% of the overall mobile phone sales according to data released by research firm Gartner.In terms of handset brands, there'sbeen a major shift with big names like HTC, BlackBerry (erstwhile Research In Motion) and Motorola not making it to the list of the top 10 handset vendors (by unit sales).Wonder who were the world's top 10 mobile phone makers that pushed these giants out of the list?Read on to find out...The Galaxy S5 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system.The phone is IP67 certified dust and water-resistant. The back panelof the phone sports a dimpled soft-touch cover similar to the Nexus 7(2012) tablet.One of the highlights of the phone is a new fingerprint sensor integrated with the phone's Home button. The finger scanner will offer a biometric screen locking feature and mobile payment experience to consumers.Also read:Fingerprint scanner: The killer feature of iPhone 5SIn terms of connectivity options, the Galaxy S5 offers Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n and ac, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.0, NFC and InfraRed. The phone supports a large number of 4G LTE frequency bands with LTE Category 4 standard. It comes with accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, RGB ambientlight, Gesture(IR), and heart rate sensors. The phone is backed by a 2800mAh battery with a claimed standby time of 390 hours and talk time of 21 hours.The Galaxy S5 will be available in four different colors: charcoal black, shimmery white, electric blue and copper gold.

2013 can be called the year of the smartphone with their sales overtaking feature phone sales.During the year, sales of smartphones accounted for 53.6% of the overall mobile pnhone sales according to data released by research firm Gartner.In terms of handset brands, there'sbeen a major shift with big names like HTC, BlackBerry (erstwhile Research In Motion) and Motorola not making it to the list of the top 10 handset vendors (by unit sales).Wonder who were the world's top 10 mobile phone makers that pushed these giants out of the list?Read on to find out...The Galaxy S5 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat, the latest version of Google's mobile operating system.The phone is IP67 certified dust and water-resistant. The back panelof the phone sports a dimpled soft-touch cover similar to the Nexus 7(2012) tablet.One of the highlights of the phone is a new fingerprint sensor integrated with the phone's Home button. The finger scanner will offer a biometric