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now this is a real-life scenario a dog in the pool and if I were to accidentally try to get close up and hey guys johnathan here with TLD hope you guys are doing well on I think it's safe to say we've officially hit that point of the year where the smartphone craze is amongst as I just got done covering the brand new HTC One m8 which if you did miss I will have annotated right here and also linked it down below and now I'm back with my unboxing and more so impressions of the galaxy s5 after using it for a couple days so I will have full reviews very soon for both the HTC One m8 and the galaxy s5 so definitely subscribe if you haven't already you can do that by clicking the YouTube button right here or I'll have it linked down below and on top of that if you're interested in seeing a full comparison of these two phones let me know by hitting that like button now quickly taking a look at the Box you can see Samsung is still opted to go with that fake woodgrain design not sure why they're too crazy about that but we have the galaxy s5 brand right smack in the middle with a giant v behind that on the backside it gives us a quick rundown of the specs and the features and note your eyes are not playing games on you it is definitely in espanol and that is because it is the imported sm - J 900 H model so the US models aren't out until later this month but I was able to get a hold of this model thanks to a fellow tech youtuber papi g-funk here on youtube he does a lot of tech gaming he gets a crapload of stuff early so big thanks and I will also have him linked down in the description now inside the box aside from the galaxy s5 itself we have the USB wall charger a USB cable which is USB 2.0 and even though the galaxy s5 does support USB 3.0 that is not included in the box we then have the battery which is 2800 milliamp hours in capacity on top of that we have the headset adjustable ear tips for that headsets and last but not least e Quick Start Guide so jumping back and taking a closer look at the galaxy s5 I think the biggest thing that stands out at least to me anyways is dead backplate so by now we've heard everything from it looking like a golf ball to a band-aid and I gotta admit when the galaxy s5 was first announced I was a little disappointed in the fact that they stuck with a plastic build but I wanted to keep an open mind and after using it for a few days now those golf ball dimples actually serve a purpose in the sense that it provides a pretty solid grip and it's a much more enjoyable experience holding the galaxy s5 as opposed to the galaxy s4 now surprisingly enough for those who caught my HTC One m8 top five features video which we did miss I will have linked it down below one of my favorite things about that phone was the build quality but after using each of these for a few days now even though the m8 is better built in the galaxy s5 it's kind of slippery so in terms of ergonomics and comfort ability and overall just comfort in your hand I'm actually enjoying the galaxy s5 more at the moment now obviously that is just one element in terms of comparing both phones so definitely stay tuned for the full comparison and breakdown so moving along with the phone right there up top is the rear-facing 16 megapixel shooter and I use the crap out of the camera this weekend and I got to say I was pleasantly surprised and I will touch more on that momentarily below that right above the Samsung logo is the camera flash and also a heartrate monitor which I will also touch on shortly moving towards the bottom left hand side those two lines right there actually a dinky little speaker and by no means are they going to give HTC's boomsound a run for its money flipping the phone around up top on the left hand side we have the IR blaster which is used to control your TV to the right of that is the headphone jack and I'm personally a fan of headphone jacks on the bottom of phones but that's just me on the right hand side we have the sleep/wake button which for me is the ideal location it's really easy to access and depress on the left hand side are the volume rockers and again no complaints here and for those curious about microSD card expansion that is access to removing the backplate just like previous Galaxy phones it was also rocking a 5.1 inch 1920 by 1080 display not much bigger than the Galaxy s4 but it is still fantastic to look at below that on the left and right hand side there are two capacitive buttons the one on the left is used for recent apps the one on the right is used for a back button and right smack in the middle is a physical home button which also doubles as a fingerprint reader so real quickly jumping into the fingerprint reader and not wasting any time on that to access that you got to swipe down to access the settings I really wish you could access that to the notification panel but even after trying to customize it it's just not there so you got to go to settings and on the bottom left-hand side is the fingerprint scanner icon from there we can go to the fingerprint manager you can actually add up to three separate fingerprints and after using it for a few days I got to say it hasn't been the most enjoyable experience so to start off you gotta actually swipe your entire thumb downward it actually seems to recognize better if you hold the phones or sit hand but the problem with that is is it sets it up for a two-handed lock as opposed to one-handed locking it is possible to set up for a one-hand unlock but by no means is it easy or intuitive if you want a good challenge for yourself this will do the job so of course I will continue my analysis and see how I adjust to it after a few more days of use and will update you in the full review now move it along right below the home button is the USB port of course it is covered because it does contribute to the ip67 dustproof water-resistant feature of the phone and if we open up that flap you can see it is USB 3 and 2 compatible so you can use the included USB 2.0 cable or if you want to pick up a USB 3.0 cable you can use that for faster charging now getting back to that water-resistant feature and it is important to note it is water-resistant not waterproof in terms of certification so it can be submerged into liquids up to one meter in depth up to 30 minutes in time and that's just really in terms of what they can safely certify it or advertise it as but we're gonna have some fun actually test it out for real now I'm not going to throw it in the goldfish bowl or anything like that we're gonna be realistic and have some fun by the pool yeah go get it go get it good job melody now this is a real-life scenario dog in the pool she's going to get the ball and if I were to accidentally try to get close-up and drop it in there's the water test Hey look at the ball are you sorry let's go ahead and pick it up actually let's see if we can record well oh-ho melody is slipping all over the place so we're still recording say what's up Big Mac focus seems to be all good and just for one more drew up into the water tests you so surprisingly as you can see it holds up very well riemeck hey buddy you just made it onto the video after a water test good work rowdy you still don't get the ball though so continuing on with Samsung's big features on the galaxy s5 like I previously mentioned this also features a heartrate monitor I figured to prepare myself why not do a quick cardio session with adults now as far as does it work in the simple answer of course is yes but as far as how accurate is I will definitely have other comparisons with other options in the full review but in terms of initial impressions I got to say it's a little gimmicky and I'm not sure how much I would actually use this on my phone continuing on with Samsung's feature-packed Galaxy s5 the next thing I checked out was the built in pedometer now quick disclaimer I haven't got a chance to set up a SIM card in the galaxy s5 yet I will do that before the full review but I'm not sure if it seemed to pick up more accurately using Wi-Fi so it may be a data thing but I will definitely update that with the sim card in the full review but in terms of accuracy it was a little bit finicky and overall I wasn't too impressed with it as a pedometer next up I want to talk about the camera which is 16 megapixels not to be confused with Mega pickles but like I said I did use it quite a bit this weekend and I was pleasantly surprised focusing was really fast and the overall image quality was really sharp and vibrant I was really excited to check out the selective focus on the galaxy s5 because a little bit different than how the duo camera works on the m8 on the m8 since there's a camera and a second sensor it gathers all the information in one quick shot whereas the galaxy s5 we kind of got to sit there focus it and let it process now it recommends that the object you want to be in focus is less than 1.5 feet away from your camera this was actually at a shoot of one of my other projects the hungry one I was at a gourmet version of Taco Bell's breakfast waffle taco except on steroids it's loaded with fried chicken bacon filled waffles and a crazy maple reduction sauce so if anybody wants to check that out I will have it linked down below move it along with more selective focus shots you do have to keep your hands pretty study for the galaxy s5 to process the image but you can tweak it afterwards and you can see from these pictures in the right scenario as the results are very very impressive so let me know what you think of how the quality looks with a comment down below now as far as video goes we'll first kick it off with a 1080p test first in a low-light scenario and it's going to transition into a well-lit environment yeah you're busted you are busted kid so you can see we got really low light inside it's battling the backlight for the outdoors and we're going to go and walk out and see how that transitions into outside daylight so let me know what you guys think of the video quality obviously I'm sure they low light it's not gonna look fantastic but as you can see once we get outside into a better lit area it's going to look a lot better so you can see it kind of struggled a little bit in low-light but if you are in a well-lit environment it's going to look really good now a couple days ago I uploaded a 4k video test for the galaxy s5 because it is 4k capable or actually the correct term is UHD ultra-high definition 3840 by 2160 and a lot of you were blown away with a quality and the fact that it can record UHD in itself is impressive don't get me wrong but in terms of real world use the problem with UHD once you enable that on the galaxy s5 it actually disable optical image stabilization now myself because I do a lot of handheld shots with my normal cameras I tend to have a more stable grip than most people so I did want to talk about that and not make it seem like you're gonna get magical results out of the galaxy s5 with 4k and one of the shots that actually applied stabilization in post-production just to kind of talk about it because one I wanted to show that it is possible to get some pretty awesome results out of the galaxy s5 if you use it properly but too at the same time here is what it looks like without stabilization so that way I can show you the pros and the cons of having a feature like this on a smartphone now of course this video itself is in 1080p so the footage you're looking at has been down scaled but if you want to see the full resolution version I'll have it linked down below and also annotate right here in case you have those toggled on so I think we've taken a pretty in-depth look at the features on the galaxy s5 but in terms of a quick look at the OS and the software and overall user experience it is running Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box so you do have advantages of things like instant Google now when your screens on overall it's been pretty snap you haven't really encountered too much of that famous Samsung lag so you can see when we're swiping through home screens or accessing the app tray it's pretty quick but I got to say when you actually swipe left to access the my magazine feature that animation is painfully slow very similar to when iOS 7 first came out as usual with Samsung they smack a ton of stuff on top of Android so it is nowhere near a pure vanilla experience but that's kind of what we've come to expect with Samsung devices it does still have that TouchWiz cartoon-like look but it's not as obtrusive and I got to say I don't hate it so I of course Wilkin continue to test this out and give you an update in my full review of how I feel about it and if it's worth picking up like I mentioned earlier I will also have a full comparison of this against the HTC One m8 so definitely stay tuned and subscribe for that so you don't miss out on it if you guys have any questions or there's anything you want to see covered in the for if you definitely let me know with a comment down below I do read every comment and try to reply to as many of them as I can but it does get a little bit cumbersome so the absolute best way to get a hold of me is on twitter at TLD today I've also been using Google+ quite a bit more it's pretty cool for behind-the-scenes looks and extras and things like that so those are also linked down below along with the gear that I use to create these videos again this is Jonathan with TLD thank you guys very much for watching and I will see you guys