Samsung Galaxy S5 : My Impressions

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How to Identify A Fake Samsung Galaxy Phone

Samsung smartphones are selling like hot cakes all over the world despite of what ever hardware they contain. Samsung are making lots of smartphones for all and each categories in short period of time that helped to make a internet quote "Another Day, Another Galaxy". While the consumers grabbing their Galaxy phones, Some local phone manufacturers take this opportunity to their advantage. There are number of Replicas to some iconic devices made by Samsung, which makes people confused which one is the original and which one is the fake or the clone.

Now This post is for all who want to know what are the differences between an original one and a replica, What are the advantages and flops of Buying a replica and ways to spot a replica. Here in Sri Lanka the latest Galaxy S4 clones are going for a price tag of Rs.25,000 which means around 190$-200$. So i mostly talking about the Galaxy S4 replicas which make sense, why all people wanna buy it. As the 2013 H1 flagship Galaxy S4 turned out to be a beast among the high end smartphones. All dreamed to have a one in their pockets including me. So if you are a Sri Lankan, better read this post i have written in Sinhala in my other blog. Korean Version vs Original Version (For Sri Lankans)

Difference Between a Clone and an Original Device

There are noticeable differences we can find under Hardware, Software and physical view. Lets see what are the physical differences we can spot.

Samsung Galaxy S IV Concept (II)

Greetings tech fans, The most anticipated smartphone of the year aka Samsung Galaxy S IV is already set to launch tomorrow. The launch event will be held in Time Square, New York at 7 pm. Samsung already teased the device with a picture of the top left edge which makes sammy fans confused as it's more like a Galaxy SIII with removed ear piece grill. Anyhow i came up with another concept design for this Android beast and this time also i used the latest rumors,leak..etc to make the design. If you haven't seen my previous Galaxy S IV concept check out from here

The new Concept focus on some new specs and small changes in design,specially the round edges. We all know Galaxy SIII design was not as we expected and many users complained about it's design. But i still believe Samsung will not change the round edges from the next flagship device.

My previous concept doesn't feature any physical buttons on the front side. But seems Samsung will not ditch their traditional home button. So i added the home button back in to this concept along with the two capacitive buttons. On the top we have the 2.1 MP front facing camera, ambient light sensor and the proximity sensor and another sensor to help the eye scrolling. The edges are still curved but not so rounded as Galaxy SIII. This Concept features a 4.99" Green PHOLED 1080p edge to edge screen. PHOLED is the next generation of AMOLED technology. These screens are capable of delivering crystal clear details and colors while consuming low amount of energy when compare to other OLED screens. There are number of rumors out there saying, next Galaxy device will feature a different OLED technology and it will be Green PHOLED which use the green and yellow color to make 25% more energy efficient screen. The LED notification light is the oval strip around the home button.

Samsung Galaxy S IV Concept

Galaxy S III became the most successful selling flagship by Samsung in recent past. Even before the launch of  SIII, people had so many expectations from the handset. But most of them didn't became realities. Samsung unveiled the flagship with a new fresh design which is inspired by nature. the handset, it self looks like a pebble in a water flow. Anyhow Galaxy S III was able to win the peoples attention and started selling like hot potatoes. Even now, S III holds a good demand in the international market.Having a successor to SIII feels not so important at the moment.

Leaked information and rumors about Galaxy S IV brought some delightful ideas and new technologies such as big.LITTLE architecture and FHD AMOLED screens.latest rumor was S IV to support Samsung S-Pen and set to launch in April 2013. The Concept Design below was created with most of leaked information and rumors.

Front side, no doubt looks similar to Galaxy S III. differences are, i put the notification  light at the bottom, just like in Nexus 4. Front facing camera also on the left side from the ear piece and ear piece got a new speaker grill which is totally different from Samsung devices we have seen. The concept features a 5 inch FHD Super AMOLED+ screen with a resolution of 1080x1920 and a retina beating pixel density of 441ppi.

The screen on the real device could feature a flexible  AMOLED screen. There is no point of having a flexible screen if the whole device wont act as a flexible thing. On the right side power/lock button can be seen and it's the only physical button can be found on the device. Left side features the volume/zoom capacitive buttons.

Samsung Galaxy One Concept by Laura & Charles

Hi there tech lovers,i was kind of busy with my stuff for couple of days,so i couldn't post any threads about new smartphone concepts which poped out recently. And Today i got a new Tablet concept to share with you.This will be a milestone in Tablet concepts due to the built in projector in the Tablet.This is the first tablet concept i have seen with a built in projector.
Meet Samsung Galaxy One ,a unique Tablet design by Laura and Charles. they selected Samsung as the brand,maybe because there are some Samsung smartphones already with built in projectors like Samsung Beam. and they selected Windows 8 as the OS. Here is the fresh render.

According to the Makers,Galaxy One is a combination of three characteristics of tablet,desktop and laptop.Galaxy One Hardware specs are not mentioned.they kept focus on projector,physical features and the design.it has dimensions of 305mm x195mm x 14mm and two feet stand.

Samsung Smartphone Concept by Tolu Falope

Samsung is well known for making attractive build designs for their smartphones. but with the release of Galaxy S III,people start to have doubts for Samsung build designs.i have seen some Samsung fans making designs how they want Galaxy S III to be designed.
Here is a concept made by Tolu Falope, maybe hes trying to show Samsung how should they made handset design.

If you take a close look at the concept,you can see Tolu used a combination of  Sony Experia and HTC ONE X design for the device.the rear camera has the HTC ONE X look and the front side is similar to a Sony Experia device.the poped out metallic edges on rear top and bottom gives a stable look for the concept on a flat surface. Lets see some specs Tolu added to his design

TIZEN OS Will no Longer Live as a Beta Version

Guess what? It's another operating system for mobile platforms.Tizen OS is a result of teamwork by two great tech manufacturers Samsung and intel and it's more than a mobile OS,developers planing to run the OS in notebooks,tablets and in vehicle infotainment devices.Tizen is an opensource mobile OS developed under Linux foundation.

Tizen was Tested as a Beta version and now finally out of Beta and came in to real world as "Tizen 1.0 Larkspur".
Rumors say Samsung GT-19500 will be the 1st flash-ship to run Tizen preinstalled.aslo Tizen SDK has been updated,if you interested in developing for Tizen,click the link bottom of the post. check out the screenshots of Tizen OS.

Samsung Galaxy S III is Here !

It's finally launched after many rumors and predictions.Samsung Galaxy S III might be the king of rumors in the past months as many users and tech geeks expected it will be the ultimate smartphone in the era after the launch.most of the rumored pictures leaked before the launch event became totally fake!.As i heard till now many people says the new design of the handset is not so impressive and it's kinda ugly. My idea is also the same,it's not that much attractive and eye catching but it does have high end hardware and software specifications. i personally expected a metallic or ceramic cover.Here is the real device which we all waited for months to see.

The launch event was held in London yesterday and media gave the opportunity to watch the event live on internet.Samsung became the maker of most smartphones shipped and with the release of Galaxy S III it will become the king of Android devices out there for sure. I have posted about the rumored specifications of the device(Rumored Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S III) and most of them are available on the real handset. Time to look what are the hardware and software upgrades in Galaxy S III

Samsung Galaxy S III Images leaked Before Launch Event?

Hey guys, i have some couple of interesting hot news to share with you.after numerous delays Samsung has finally announced their "Next Galaxy" launching event will going to held in London on 3rd of May.Well that's not one of those hot news i mentioned before.
We saw many leaked images with the label of Samsung Galaxy SIII but most are fake.but phoneArena guys managed to take a snap of the following image which is believed to be the real device.

If this is the real device,the front side looking is very simple. there are two capacitive buttons (menu button on left and back button on right) at the bottom with a home button. Some one might think,wether this is a dummy shell.but guys at phoneArena strongly believing in this image. It seems the device is  bit long with its huge screen.Now it's time for the next hot news.

Galaxy Nexus Black S concept by Antoine Brieux/NAK Studio

The Great designer Antoine has imagined a new concept for Samsung.we already know he is capable of making eye catching ,stunning concepts designs.here is another one.Samsung Galaxy Nexus Black S,a handset just similar to the Samsung Galaxy Note. Here is the fresh render.

This is a quite wide handset, that's why i mentioned it's similar to the Galaxy Note.Galaxy Nexus Black S features a 4.9 inch super AMOLED plus 720p screen.powered by a 1.4Ghz Quad-Core processor ,the device will make super fine images and graphics in it's huge screen.

Rumored Specifications of Samsung Galaxy S III

There were number of rumors about the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III.the launching event of the Galaxy S III might be on 22nd May and still it's not officially confirmed. Here is a leaked press image of Samsung Galaxy S III.there is a fact to believe this is the real device.the logo of PR company Weber Shandwick Worldwide is on the image.the company had a partnership with Samsung in the past.however few days after the image appeared in internet,tech reviewers suspect it was just a edited picture.

Samsung announces Galaxy Beam with a built in pico projector

The Mobile World Congress is about to start and many companies announced new devices.here we go again.this time its Samsung.A new Android device with a built in projector.as in news this projector uses a 15 lumens lamp that is capable of projecting a 50-inch wide high-definition image, although Samsung does not mention the actual resolution.

though the other specifications aren’t anything to write home about. The Samsung Galaxy Beam was announced via press release prior to Mobile World Congress, which doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow.the Galaxy Beam has a 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 5 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front camera, 720p video recording, 8GB internal memory with microSD card slot, 2,000mAh battery and Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Gingerbread is the order of the day, with Samsung’s standard flanked home button configuration for navigation purposes.  There isn’t a whole lot of information on how the projector mode will work – Samsung isn’t even saying what resolution it has, beyond “high definition”. We’ll be sure to check out the Galaxy Beam at Samsung’s booth on the show floor later this week

News via GSM Arena and Android Community