Samsung S5 Features Revealed At CES 2014
Imagine beyond iPhone's Fingerprint Scanner. Imagine simply looking at your new Samsung phone to log in.
By Sadho Ram — 10 Jan 2014, 04:17 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Samsung's Galaxy S5, The Next Generation Of Its Flagship Smartphone, Will Be Released By April And May Include Innovative Eye-Scanning Technology
An executive for the Korean tech giant confirmed to Bloomberg that the phone will hit stores this year on roughly the same time table as previous iterations of the device, which has emerged as the chief rival to Apple's iPhone.
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Lee Young Hee, executive vice president for Samsung's mobile business, also told the news service that a new version of the company's Galaxy Gear smartwatch will be released at the same time as the new phone.
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"We've been announcing our first flagship model in the first half of each year, around March and April, and we are still targeting for release around that time," Lee said.
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Samsung executives have said the Galaxy S5 smartphone will hit stores by April. It follows the S4, a big-screen, feature-laden phone that emerged as the top rival to the once virtually unrivaled iPhone. Samsung says the S5 will have a different design and, possibly, eye-scanning technology.
Image via turner.com"When we release our S5 device, you can also expect a Gear successor with more advanced functions, and the bulky design will also be improved."
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Speaking At The Ces 2014, Lee Wouldn't Say Whether The Eye Scanner - Presumably An Effort To One-Up Apple's Iphone 5S With Its Fingerprint Security Feature - Is A Sure Thing
"Many people are fanatical about iris recognition technology," she said. "We are studying the possibility but can't really say whether we will have it or not on the S5."
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“Many people are fanatical about iris recognition technology,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president for the mobile business at Samsung Electronics Co., said at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. “We are studying the possibility.”
Image via bloomberg.comShe did say the S5 will look and feel significantly different than its predecessor, which some felt wasn't different enough from the Galaxy S3.
zdnet.com"When we moved to S4 from S3, it's partly true that consumers couldn't really feel much difference between the two products from the physical perspective, so the market reaction wasn't as big," she said.
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Attendees view Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy smartphones and Galaxy Gear watches on display at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas
Image via bloomberg.com"For the S5, we will go back to the basics. Mostly, it's about the display and the feel of the cover."
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