Samsung Galaxy S5 Review

Is Samsung's latest the best smartphone money can buy?

[Didablo]

You didn't get it...all the asians put their phones in phone shells anyway...all of them. And all the americans complain about the plastic backside of samsung phones.

[klyzn]

Oh look, IGN does a better review on phones than they do with Games.

[jeuryveloz]

Good video quality. Forget the phone, what camera was used to film the review?

[Joeyplaysguitar]

I don't get how plastic is a bad thing. If you drop it, it won't completely shatter.

[Mcpjetter]

I've had mine for a week now, and I'm loving it more and more. Everything is so smooth, fast and the camera is amazing :D

[bretking]

I have the Galaxy S4... it's as powerful as my laptop!!! Seriously, it's a great phone!

[oscmag]

I don't understand the "cheap build" argument? How does plastic instantly constitute a cheap build? Half the phone is a screen, not plastic. It's pretty much waterproof and it's called a cheap build. What the hell? The phones being "plastic" is exactly the reason they're so durable on their own.

[TheDarker]

What telephone is better? Galaxy S5 or HTC One (M8)? What will you recommend?

[JefferriAndrews]

This phone and the iPhone 5C are my dream phones at the moment.

[dtcmmie]

Quick answer, Nope. HTC One M8 preforms better.

[TheFreshspidey]

Galaxy Note 2 still serving me justice till 2020 

[charliemedss]

the finger print scanner on the gs5 is NOT better than the iPhone 5s. 

[ProNoobGamer]

Seriously IGN, you can't give negative for something that the phone just IS. Samsung phones are made of plastic, have always bin made of plastic and probably for the foreseeable future would be made of plastic. It is now part of their brand identity. I have had my iphone 4's back glass shatter and I have seen the aluminum back panel of 5s dent on its first fall. I have still yet to see a samsung become an eyesore to look at for such a little thing.

[joel-chan]

So which smartphone ign would recommend i think

[Matthew_M]

Switching to S5 from iPhone 5! Can't wait :)

[Marck]

I have no idea why people want a some type of metal frame phone. 9 times out of 10 you will have can protective case on your phone any way.

[Epicwin]

It begs the question, is the Galaxy really improving on their solid concept, or just taking steps to the left and right since they're already far ahead everyone else? This isn't a bad thing, in itself, but I feel like they need to wait a year or two before they can make any real innovations. The jump from the S3 to the S4 was like Dwight Howard at a dunk competition, while, the jump from the S4 to the S5 seems more like an Adam Sandler jump.

[towerguarder]

if you have a s4 there's no point upgrading

[farhad]

Remember the days when IGN used to review Video Games!?

[pokemonrockman]

Is it a big upgrade from the galaxy s3?