Samsung released S5 quite some time back and is available in Amazon at a price tag of $500 and Samsung fans are really waiting for the next smart phone in the series i.e. Samsung Galaxy S6. Once the next phone in that series gets released the price of S5 will drop further for sure. Recently Droid Turbo got released and got the tag of premium phone with its specifications. Let’s have a detailed look at the specifications, features and other options of these two phones and make a comprehensive review so that users those who are in the dilemma of choosing any of them will get clarity.
Screen: Both the smart phones use Super AMOLED capacitive touch screens which are able to displays 16 million colors seamlessly. Samsung S5 comes with a 5.1 inch screen with a display resolution of 1080*1920 (432ppi) where as the Motorola Droid Turbo comes with 0.1 inch bigger screen i.e. 5.2inch screen with a resolution of 1440*2560(565ppi).
Design: The metal frame of the Turbo gives the premium feel where as the S5 is fitted in plastic frame. That’s the reason why S5 (145g) weighs 17% less than Turbo (169g). Front speakers, metallic design to give richness, ballistic nylon chassis and the dual flash LEDs to support camera is worth mentioning and in terms of design droid scores full marks. Samsung claims its S5 design as dust and waterproof and S5 is water resistant up to 1 meter and for a period of 30 minutes.
Sensors: The finger print sensor present in the S5 can give you an added extra advantage to it. Even the heart rate monitor sensor is not at all found in other smart phones. These two sensors are really advanced and really hard to find in other premium smart phones.
Battery: S5, similar to all Samsung devices features a removable battery with a capacity of 2800mAh on the other hand Turbo features a non-removable 3800mAh battery which is 39% more powerful than S5. Motorola even claims that it charges faster when compared to several other smart phones available in the market.
Camera: In the camera point of view, though Droid has high Megapixel camera, Samsung has the edge. The rear 21MP camera of Turbo which is capable to capture 2160p at 24fps is comparatively less when compared to S5 which is able to record same resolution video at 30fps. Similarly S5 is capable to record 1080p videos at a rate of 60fps where as one can record the same quality videos at 30fps only in Turbo.
In technical specifications, droid is the clear winner. With a RAM capacity of 3GB (compared to 2GB of S5) and an increased clock speed by 8%, shows the overall performance improvement close to 50% theoretically though you cannot observe any significant differences if you are operating these phones.
Samsung user interface is far better than that of Droid Turbo although both use the Android OS only. Samsung S5 uses 4.4.2 Kit Kat version whereas Turbo uses 4.4.4. Kit Kat version and both these phones can be easily upgradable to latest Android 5.0.