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this coverage of MWC is brought to you by bitdefender mobile security the galaxy s5 was just announced a few days ago and as expected the impressions are mixed some people want a more on the spec side of things or a full overhaul on design and others enjoy the new design enhancements and they are counting down the days until they can get their hands on one let's dig into the keynote and talk about the top 5 new features of the galaxy s5 the first topic during the keynote is that the s5 is now ip67 dust and water resistant it may not be time to go swimming with your phone just yet but this prevents dunks and accidental drops in waters or splashes or or even getting caught in the rain these type of things will no longer harm your phone the other phones in the market that has a certification actually holds up pretty well there's some people that have ones swimming with their phone and also there's videos online of people taking showers dumping them and submerging them in water now I don't recommend doing that but the same certification has worked for previous phones and it should work the same for this phone and the dust protection is a bonus as well imagine taking your phone to the beach and not worrying about getting sand in your and your earpiece or on the microphone or if your big slob like me you don't want to have crumbs in your phone because you're eating and talking on the phone or you're eating a text messaging it's completely sealed from water and dust we could having a certification for dust proof and water resistant there's going to be additional coverings on your phone so your headphone jack your USB port all are going to be covered they're going to have a flap on there which at first it may be annoying to pull the flat back but the added protection it will be totally worth it now the second feature I'm going to cover is the enhanced camera best five is using the ISO cell image sensor which has been covered extensively by our own Robert Riggs he broke it down much better than I can even fathom so instead of me not doing it any justice to this topic just make sure you read the article the link is down below in barcelona some of our guys had a chance to go hands-on with the camera and i was told that it is groundbreaking the initial tests everything seems to be good they love the way it auto focuses and they love the way it feels there's a few features that are worth mentioning and that is the enhanced HDR that eliminates the lag that is needed to take two images selective focus gets the shallow depth of field as you will see on a DSLR and of course the 4k recording one additional feature is called a phase detect autofocus when working correctly it can autofocus in three tenths of a second this used the light in a sensor for auto focusing versus contrast and that actually space things up a whole lot better and it's more accurate a few DSLRs uses this technology photo focusing already and so you can just imagine how much better it will make your phone the fingerprint scanner as expected was added to the galaxy s5 it uses a swiping method to read the finger swipe down from the home screen and over the home button to authenticate this is used to login to the device private mode which unhides pictures videos and other sensitive data and also for PayPal payments and of course with something like this it just depends on how well it works and it's something that's worth even using I have a feeling that some people may disable it if it doesn't work on the first couple attempts and only time will tell if samsung will hook up with other applications to allow authentication like maybe the Play Store the possibilities are endless but it has to be done right this five is really focusing on fitness this time around so when you're working out you can stop your workout pull the phone out of your pocket and see what your heart rate is that know your heart rate is key during cardio workouts to stay within that optimal zone and Samsung is helping you do that and if that's not your cup of tea Samsung has a few other wearable components that can help you as well these smart watches fitness band type of devices will track your heart rate for you while being able to interact with your smartphone at the same time now what good is all these features if you don't have the battery to keep it running one of the versions of the s5 is running the Snapdragon 801 SOC which sips on battery life instead of slurping it like other chips you may see the battery is also a 2800 milliamp and when combined with the 801 this should allow you to get at least a full day's worth of battery and if that's not enough and you're on your last leg there is a feature that really cuts down your phone's resources it actually makes your phone go to grayscale and it disables every single thing but the phone and SMS and they say within 24 hour period you have less than a 10% drain which is huge and there you have it guys that was the top 5 new features for the galaxy s5 stay tuned Android authority for more galaxy s5 coverage just like this and also make sure you stay luck to our channel for more reviews content and giveaways my name is Kevin the tech ninja you can find me on YouTube and on Google Plus this is Android authority your source for all things Android take care guys