Samsung Galaxy S5, 10 Years On: 2014-2024

S5 was fine; replaceable battery, water resistant, nice screen, okay battery life, sd expansion, it really wasn't that bad. The S6 looked lovely but the battery was absolutely terrrible. HTC One M7 was king (but also had an appalling battery).

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I would say the s4 was the worst. The S5 might have been the worst design, but not software-wise.

I guarantee you the avg person that bought phones in a carrier store could care less about the design and "premium" materials and more that it just works.

You get a similar warning on modern Samsung phones as well if you record in 4k

Those icons are from the Note 5.

So not even the orginal icons

Peel Smart Remote is garbage. I replaced it with a FOSS app called IR Remote.

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Mate you have no idea how wrong you are. The build quality, aesthetics, and a few clunky features worked against it, but the S5 overall is by far probably the last best phone Samsung ever made. It had a lot going for it too.

And just to clarify, I'm not a Samsung fanboy, I currently own a Huawei. I just go with whats best for the money at the time.

The Band-aid I stayed away from that phone

That plastic back made the phone feel more rugged and durable compared to glass backs on other phones. The only thing I hate about any Samsung phone in 2024 is that it's no longer a purchase option if one wants to use a custom OS due to the requirement of needing Voice over LTE compatibility.

I put the official 3500mah battery in the S5, used custom roms and I was pretty happy with it :)

love this series, would love to see more <3

The white version made the bezels look wider but the black version with either blue or gold back covers looked great. The water resistance, swappable batteries, bright amoled screen sold me on the phone. I have 2 of them right now. Blue and Gold with black bezels

So much form over function , my s5 survived the ocean

Alex, the usb 3.0 weirdness you talked about is the same port that external SATA drives usually uses, so you can literally use any of the sata USB cable you have and charge it - but also you can use the old micro USB cable as well!

Nothing wrong with S5

I'm still using S5 LTE as main phone on LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11). Everything still works: 3.5mm jack, microphone, USB port, SD-card reader, screen without scratches (never used screen protector). USB flap cover was lost during 1st year. Shining silver paint flew off mid life. Plastic back cover chipped on some contact points, but still hooks strong. 3 times changed the battery.
The main downside is only 550MB of 2GB memory are available for apps (the rest is being used by OS and swap). Watching how the same apps grew in requirements over the years, it's hard to multitask without ram swap to eMMC penalties. Everything else is solvable. Low internal storage can be extended with microSD. Replaceable batteries are hard to find - Chinese knock offs don't last as long as original cells made in Korea. Phone cameras got huge leap over the years (but I don't care about photography on smartphones).
Finally it's probably the time to upgrade after faithful 10 years of service. Can't decide for new compact phone between: Samsung Galaxy S24 (hard to get Snapdragon variant with eSIM), Google Pixel 9 Pro (weak power efficiency due to Samsung's fabrication of Tensor 4 SoC), upcoming Sony Xperia 5 VI (uncomfortable 21:9 aspect ratio and only 3 years of software updates. but heck this phone still has headphone jack and card reader), Samsung Galaxy Z Flip6 (afraid of nail scratching screens feature :)
I bet my new phone wouldn't last for next 10 years. They don't build with longevity in mind these days.
Thanks team XDA for honest review of my beloved phone. Signing on every word, except click-bate title "Samsung's Worst Flagship💀" XD

This was my first smart phone. I didnt know how good i had it then

review the galaxy s4!

The Sony Xperia Z2, which came out around the same time, featured a glass back. It was arguably the most premium phone of that era, yet very few people remember it.

What's with the stupid open mouth thumbnail?

No samsung worst flagship is s6 no whater resistant no microsd no removable battery

Nah
Its so good that we got 2 of them

This was the phone that started everything and dude says worst flagship lol

the worst Galaxy phone is the S24 Ultra

do "Galaxy Note 7 10 years later" in 2026

S5 got the Note 5 icons with the Marshmallow

the only reason i switched over to Apple permanently was the bloatware issue which made android phones laggy and slow- especially having had the S3 and S5 with similar issues. Thankfully in an iphone now without these silly problems

S5 had a better camera than S10 Plus mate.

I still have one in brand new condition with it's box and accessories. It had the worst Touchwiz rom especially the Lollipop one,but i used Resurrection Remix on it and it was running great

Amazing phone. I used it from 2024-2018. It has everything a phone needs. Lightweight, gaming system, heartrate monitor, decent camera, removable storage and battery. Design flaws are minimal when factoring its capabilities at the time.

That was the best phone I ever had

HTC just disappeared.....☹️

I still use this shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit

So glad the comment section echoes my own thoughts. So many people picked this phone over iPhone back then. It was not “painfully obvious” back then that the iPhone looked so much better. People loved this phone and still do.

Its not worst bro i loved my black s5

It is my first flagship phone and i love it, used it in 4 years before switching the Galaxy Note 8 in 2017, still have it since 2014 just have a broken screen and broken battery, i might use it again as backup phone after fixing it and flashing the firmware, dual usb port might be a pain in the ass to find but temu might have it😅

Watching this video on Samsung Galaxy S5

I remember when I got this phone for my 18th birthday as a gift from my dad, still the best phone I ever had (until I totaled it), ahead of it's time and ahead of some popular phones now. The smart screen (sensor tracking your eye movement while reading so you don't have to use hands or just swiping your hand to left/right across the screen to take a screenshot) as well as S Voice (where I would yell "Volume Up" while I'm showering so my music would blast more xd). I also loved little customizable light indicators for each app (blue for facebook, red for instagram and so on), not to mention that sensor at the back for tracking my pulse, and that mighty tv scanner... Titan of the phone!
I often think about this phone, after that I had other phones but nothing satisfied me more than that one. Currently on Honor 200 Pro after using Samsung phones my whole life (nothing wrong with them, just wanted to try different brand! And Huawei "HONOR" series have Google Play so it doesn't feel like some major change, except that it costed less and I got 12/512GB)
*I love how everyone who actually had S5 can confirm how great the phone was and how much we all loved it. <3

"This was a horrible phone"
Continues to list several modern features phones advertise today
"Haha ugly phone"
Just... what? is this meant to be ironic?

next do the Galaxy Note 5 in 2025

I loved the S5 tbh

So the phone just looks bad and uses bad materials but it's a good phone so no it was not the worst phone that Samsung made if it was a good phone Jesus

This is the Best phone. You are wrong.

not listening to someone who uses AI in their videos.

I am still using my s5 in 2025 android 6.0.1 call and txt music are ok.. some apps not supported but still usable😅

Samsung wasn’t a consideration for me until the S20 series. Looking back at the Galaxy S5. It’s easy to see why it’s Samsung’s worst ever phone but looking at that cheap plastic design and garish and ugly software.