it's been almost a year since we've had
a Galaxy S series on our teardown table
the s4 ended up being one of the most
popular Android phones on the market and
it scored a very respectable 8 out of 10
on the repairability scale so as soon as
we heard the news of the s5 we've been
dying to get our hands on it to see if
it lives up to its predecessors hype
today is the day we find out because
we've got the s5 and we're tearing it
down
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hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
we're tearing down the brand new Galaxy
s5 in terms of size the s5 is slightly
larger than its predecessor measuring in
at 142 millimeters high 70 2.5
millimeters wide 8.1 millimeters thick
and weighs in at 145 grams on the back
of the phone is where you'll notice some
of the most notable changes gone is the
glossy back of the s4 now the s5 comes
with a dappled grid pattern which is
supposed to help with gripping the phone
and right below the familiar looking
camera is the brand new heart rate
sensor on the other side of the phone
you'll notice or maybe you won't the s5
screen size has increased slightly by
0.1 inches making it a 5.1 inch 1080p
Super AMOLED HD display we're delighted
to see that getting into the phone is as
simple as ever we just needed our thumbs
with the back panel off the first thing
we notice is a pretty little battery
shaped hole yep that's right
Samsung not only makes it super easy to
replace your battery but they make sure
you know how to do it the battery has
been given a slight upgrade from last
year's phone the s5 battery is a 3.85
volt 2800 milliamp hour lithium-ion
battery that should give you around 29
hours of talktime this phone is full of
surprises but they aren't all good as we
go to get the front panel off we see
that it is adhered to the mid frame so
we go to work on the front panel with
our iOpener and a billion pics but we
aren't done yet as soon as we lift up
the front panel we see that it is still
attached to the mid frame by a display
assembly cable just when we thought we
were finally inside we're met by not one
but two mid frames as soon as we remove
one from the other we get our first look
at the motherboard
this board is equipped with a 2.5
gigahertz quad-core Snapdragon 801 with
2 gigabytes of lpddr3 RAM right next
door you'll find the Samsung made flash
memory of which our phone had 16
gigabytes now we can take a look at the
upgrade Samsung has made to the cameras
in the s5 the 16 megapixel rear-facing
camera is a nice bump from the 13
megapixel camera in the s4 and we know
you need a great selfie camera and the
s5s got it the front-facing camera is 2
megapixels and shoots with a resolution
of 1920 by 1080 we've come to the end of
our teardown which means it's time to
talk repairability and iFixit it's our
mission to teach people how to repair
everything so we give every gadget we
tear down a repair ability score between
1 and 10 10 being the easiest to repair
and one being the most difficult the
galaxy s5 got a 5 out of 10 and here's
why the battery is incredibly easy to
remove and replace once you get the
device open several components are
modular and fairly easy to replace such
as both cameras headphone jack vibrator
motor and speakers and the display is
now one of the first components out
making replacement a little faster but
on the downside replacing anything other
than the battery requires first removing
the display for the complete teardown
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