Samsung originally announced the fifth generation Galaxy S series smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5 this year at MWC in Barcelona. The Korean giant at the event revealed that the smartphone will go on sale on April 11th globally. Now, Samsung has started sending out press invites to the Indian tech press media for attending an event on March 27th, where the company will be debuting the Galaxy S5 in the country.
Samsung will also showcase the newly announced Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and Gear Fit at the event. Samsung will only announce the pricing and availability details of Galaxy S5 at the press event, with actual sales will begin from April 11th.
It's highly-possible that the Galaxy S5 might go on pre-order soon after the announcement and might also get displayed in select Samsung stores the same day. It is still unclear that which variant of the Galaxy S5 will land in India, the unannounced Exynos 5 or the Snapdragon 801 variant.
In case you are unaware, the Galaxy S5 comes with a 5.1-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM and Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Samsung's TouchWiz user-interface on top.
The smartphone also comes with a 16MP rear camera with LED flash, 2.1MP front facing camera, 16GB / 32GB internal storage with up to 64GB supported microSD card slot and 2,800 mAh battery. The device measures 142.0 x 72.5 x 8.1mm and weighs 145 grams. Connectivity series include fifth generation Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 2X2 MIMO, LTE Category 4, Bluetooth v4.0 BLE / ANT+, USB 3.0 (covered), NFC and IR Remote.
In addition to all those specs, the Galaxy S5 is IP67 dust and water resistant. The smartphone also comes with Ultra Power Saving Mode, Quick Connect, Download Booster, Private mode and Kids mode.
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