Samsung has officially lifted the covers off its new Galaxy S5 LTE-Advanced variant in South Korea, bringing blazing fast download speeds of up to 225 Mbps alongside a higher-end Quad-HD display and Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset under the hood.
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A Specifications Sheet
- Display: 5.1-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 2560 x 1440 pixels WQHD resolution, Pixel Density: ~576 ppi
- Operating System: Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS
- Camera: 16 MegaPixel rear camera with AutoFocus and Flash, 2MPÂ front camera.
- Dimensions: 142.0 x 72.5 x 8.1mm, weighs 145Â grams
- Battery: 2800Â mAh
- CPU: 2.5 GHz quad-core Krait processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset)
- Memory: 32GB Internal memory, 3GB of RAM, upto 128GB microSD support
- Connectivity: Bluetooth with A2DP, USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPRS, EDGE, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
- Extras:Â 3.5mm audio jack, MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player, MP3/AAC/WMA/WAV player, and other built-in games and apps.
- Network:Â 2G, 3G, 4G LTE-A
- Colours:Â Glam Red, Charcoal Black, Shimmer White, Electric Blue, Copper Gold and Sweet Pink
- Sensors: Accelerometer, gyroscope etc.
Given the hardcore specs sheet of Galaxy S5 LTE-A, this is probably the phone which we all anticipated to be ‘Galaxy S5 Prime’. Galaxy S5’s  LTE-Advanced feature allows it to gain connection speeds upto 255 Mbps – nearly three times more than current LTE speeds (75 Mbps) around the globe. Its Quad-HD display panel inside a 5.1 inches screen gives it a whopping pixel density of 576 ppi, that’s even higher than LG G3’s 538 ppi density. New Galaxy S5 owners, you guys have my deepest sympathy! ;-(
Price and Availability
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A is officially going to be priced at KRW 940,500 (equal to almost $920). It will initially be available at SK Telecom (SKT) with special Red color option.
Update June 19
Samsung has just confirmed that Galaxy S5 LTE-A will only be released in South Korea. Too bad, huh?
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