Beautiful, practical phone that is comfortable in the hand and meets all my needs.
Pros
- Beautiful screen
- Quickly
- Battery life
Cons
- Speaker at full volume
- no image stabilization
Final conclusion
Score: 4
Introduction:Ohja, before I forget: I love smartphones and am also in ge lwa interested, but to be honest I have no idea what the difference is between an octa-core or a quadcore processor, so don’t expect too many technical specifications.My previous phones:For this phone I had:
– A or any other nokia lumia
– A Samsung galaxy s3 mini
– An iphone 4s
In short: all is not really high-end phone, and that does of me still does not, so the quest began:The search::
I didn’t want a midrange android or IOS phone. However, I had a few requirements:
– A reasonable camera
– Had to be android 6.0 or IOS 9.
– reasonably fast
– Max is 5.2″ large
– Max vnom 350
Eventually I had the following phones found.
-The Honor 7th Honor was 7, when I m in the MediaMarkt in my hands had a really nice device, only I hate the EMUI skin. Moreover, it was my maximum price is also the unit price.
-The Samsung galaxy a5De Samsung galaxy a5 is also a beautiful device, and also the cheapest. Unfortunately, however, there is still no clarity as to whether this device android 6.0. In addition, the new version of this device already almost out.
-The Iphone 5sDe Iphone 5s is also a nice unit, just far above my budget. Finally, I have also decided that I do not have 2nd hand unit wanted.
-The Samsung galaxy s5 neoDeze is it so become, and in this review I will there for you as much as possible, tell us about that.[Specifications:Schermdiagonaal5,1″Resolutie1920x1080Geheugengrootte2gbopslagcapaciteit16gbversie besturingssysteemGoogle Android 5.1 SchermtypeSuper AmoledProcessorsnelheid1,6GHzGeheugenkaart (Mobile)microSD, microSDHC, microSDXCAantal simsSingleSimkaart 1MicrosimCameraresolutie16MPCameraresolutie (for)5MPCamera-autofocusJaGsm-flitsertypeEnkele ledOndersteunde videoresoluties1920x10805GHz-ondersteuningJaBluetooth-versieBluetooth 4.1 Other wireless verbindingenANT+, Near Field Communication (NFC) Gsm connector 3.5 mm, Micro-USBGPSJaGsm-functiesA2DP (Bluetooth stereo), Motion sensor, FM radio (wireless), Handsfree, Compass, TrilAccucapaciteit2.800mAhAccutypeLi-ion battery verwisselbaarJaInvloeden of buitenafSpatwaterdichtGewicht (grams)145gLengte142mmBreedte72,5mmDiepte8,1mmUnboxing:The phone comes in a sturdy box. If you have the cover off, you will immediately see the phone. After that, there to have met, you will see a flap including a flap with the USB cable, the charger and headseat. (my apologies for the lack of a photo of this).
For people who prefer a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtxnMuyuga8Design:If you have a nice phone like will personally, but I find that it looks nice. some people prefer a metal or glass phone, but this phone feels good in the hand and also the back is removable. Therefore, it is possible to to remove the battery, and an SD card in to stop, what for me only advantages. However, it is recommended to the rear there is not too often, because then little by little more bending. the sides are aluminum, and I like to look good.
Battery:Battery life:The battery seems to be 2800mh perhaps not so large, however, he is just fine. With heavy use(from 9:00 to 23:00 Asphalt 8 games, Instagrammen, Snapchatten, Whatsappen, and Youtube videos(with power saver enabled)) the battery goes the whole day and evening, there is still about 15% about.
If you phone, however, lighter use, such as on an average school day(Whatsappen, sometime NU.nl check out, the occasional light game) I have by the time I go to bed is still about 35%.
And for the people that their phone is really light(Sometimes just a Whatsappje send, call, maybe even read a newspaper) will easily 2 days with the battery can do.Charging:The phone has no quick-charge or wireless charging possibility, but load reasonably fast, after about 2 to 2.5 hours the battery is full.
Screen: The s5 neo has a super AMOLED screen, this is a beautiful screen and colors pop out of the screen (Then the brightness level is reasonably high). black is really black, but white sometimes looks more like a h. safety l light grey. The phone has a 1920-1080p full HD screen, and is 5,1″, which means that the pixel density comes to about 432ppi. When you use your phone in bright sunlight, you can just still good to read, because the display at a high brightness level to be set. The only downside to me of the screen is that the brightness level is not really very low and can be set, this is sometimes mildly annoying if you’re in bed yet you want to phone.Hardware:As stated in the introduction already said, I’m not really a connoisseur on the level of hardware, but for the real tweakfreaks among us: The s5 neo contains a samsung exynos octa-core processor, the SoC is an ARM 53 variant.BechmarksWat I snap his benchmarks, and I have 2 twisted: the Geekbech 3 and the Antutu bechmark.
In both bechmarks are the scores reasonable for a midrange phone. In the Geekbench variant is the single-core is not really high, but the multi core is, however, a lot better. For comparison:GeekbenchSingle-core
Samsung galaxy s5 neo: 725
Samsung galaxy s5: 938
Motorola moto x play: 718
Honor 7: 904
Samsung galaxy a5: 478
Multi-core
Samsung galaxy s5 neo: 3182
Samsung galaxy s5: 2836
Motorola moto x play: 2570
Honor 7: 3204
Samsung galaxy a5:1434Antutu Bechmark:Samsung galaxy s5 neo: 43250
Samsung galaxy s5: 44789
Motorola moto x play: 35706
Honor 7:45895
Samsung galaxy a5:21470
In short: the s5 neo is doing in comparison with the competition just nicely in the benchmarks, all the similar honor, 7 just a bit better.Software:The s5 neo runs on android 5.1.1, with the touchwiz skin from Samsung about it. Some people will find it annoying and prefer the stock android, others will be a nice, functional skin. I personally find it to look good, it just works smoothly and you can a lot of things to adjust.Bloatware:There are not so many Samsung apps added, most of the apps that are already ge lwa installed, google services (Hangouts, Google drive, that sort of thing) and a few microsoft apps (Powerpoint, Word, Excel, and Skype). The apps that Samsung itself, however, supplies are:S-healthDe gezondheidsapp of Samsung that your heart rate can measure, or watching that you get enough sleep and or you are not too little to drink. I don’t use it really, but for the people who have the phone as a pedometer enzo want to use it.S-voiceDe ‘Siri of Samsung works well as a voice control, I use it occasionally. It can be for you to find out how hot it is in New York, how old Cristiano Ronaldo is, and you may have a conversation with it, carry on the moment you make your very vriendloos feel.Smart ManagerDeze app will keep your battery consumption, your storage space, available RAM memory and the security of the phone in the holes. It is quite handy, because if your battery is the extra energy-saving mode can switch off and immediately after that you can look at how much ram you have left.Galaxy appsEen kind of google play store, but then what, according to Samsung, the apps are the best for you device customize. I personally don’t use it.S-plannerDe calendar app from Samsung, that is not really particularly extensive, but his work just does well.RadioDe last app by Samsung is included on the s5 neo is the radio, which in most places in our country, good range (Utrecht, Amsterdam,Eindhoven), only the sparsely populated areas the reception is not the best (Limburg, Drenthe, netherlands). I think it’s good that there is a Radio on, because I like to Slam-FM listen and not every phone is a radio.Game experience:I’ve been on the s5 neo different games played, including very heavy (asphalt 
, and I was honestly positively surprised with how the phone with this games and hung out. The loading of games went well and quickly, and also during the asphalt play itself runs the game just smoothly. The images also look very nice. The only point where the phone trouble, is it between the different games. In these moments it can happen that the s5 neo games all over again need to restart, but it seems to me that a lot of phones the case.SpeakersThe speaker of the phone sounds are generally good, however, if you have the volume on loud, start music quickly tinny sound. For people who are always headphones meehebben or no music/videos is no problem, but people who like loud music of good quality want to listen to, I would recommend a portable speaker to take with you. The speaker may, however, at a high volume. With earphones, the sound is just fine, the included headphones Samsung sound pretty good, just slip them off and out of your ears, which of course is not so pleasant.Camera]Rear-face CameraDe camera of the s5 neo is good, you have a choice of many stocks and also in the dark are the photos okay.
All positions are:
– Automatically
– Professional, then you can get the lighting and the ISO-value to set
– Continuous shooting
– HDR (Rich tone)
– Panorama
The camera is 16 megapixel with a single led flash. However, there are 3 disadvantages: There is no image stabilization on, you can’t film in 4k, and there is no slomo-mode. That 4k is no problem for me, and not in slow motion filming is a pity, but not a disaster. That there is no image stabilisation, however, is a disadvantage, because whenever I have somewhere a picture of wanted to make, I had additional strong stand or even a wall or as search. All the photos are sharp, unless you are in the dark going to zoom. I have several images taken with the s5 neo, all of which were shot in the automatic mode.
Photo in a dark room
Photo in a dark room, with flash
Photo with good lighting conditions
Photo at dusk
Photo in the dusk, 4x ingezoomdSelfie-CameraaDe selfie camera is 5 mp, but there is no flash. take the selfie camera a lot of light when you take a photo. The quality is excellent for a Selfie-camera.
Selfie with good lighting conditions
Selfie in a dark room.ConclusieDe Samsung galaxy s5 neo is a good mid-range phone, which is nice in the hand, not too large and with a good camera. that camera has some flaws, but the quality of the photos is quite high. He is fast, the battery lasts a long time and the price is not too high.
For me, definitely recommended!
PS: if anyone has any tips, questions, enhancements: I’m only 15, so still not really an expert, so let me know!
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