As expected, Samsung has announced the launch of the 4G variant of Galaxy S5 smartphone in the Indian market today. Priced at INR 53,500, the smartphone will go on sale in the cities with 4G services beginning July 20. Like the 3G version, 4G Galaxy S5 will also be released in Copper Gold, Charcoal Black and Shimmery White colour options.
“We are excited to introduce our first 4G variant of the Galaxy S5 in India with a powerful processor, stunning display and faster connectivity for an unmatched user experience. We expect the 4G version to catch the imagination of technology enthusiasts and professionals, who demand superior smartphones for their heavy multimedia content consumption,” said Asim Warsi, Vice President – Marketing, Mobile & IT, Samsung India.
According to Samsung, Galaxy S5 4G is powered by 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and supports eight 4G LTE bands. Galaxy S5 also comes with IP67 protection (Dust and Water Resistant), 5.1-inch Super AMOLED full HD display, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, microSD card slot, 16MP rear camera and Android 4.4. In addition, the phone packs a heart-rate sensor, fingerprint reader, front camera and the usual set of connectivity options.
The company has also revealed that it has partnered with Airtel to provide a special data offer to Samsung S5 4G customers. All existing and new Airtel 4G subscribers will get 5GB 4G data/month free for 2 months with every S5 4G.
To remind you, Galaxy S5 4G joins other 4G LTE Android phones like LG G2 4G, XOLO LT900, and LG F70 in the country.
Again a heck lot of price dat ll get down in few weeks!!!!!!!
Again overpriced phone by samsung for few months. Btw m not interested in samsung.
This is ridiculous! Samsung is mocking the people. This kind of overpriced phones shouldn’t even live to see the day!
even the highend section is not safe from Samsung’s mobile spams. S5, S5 4G, S5 Premium or whatever it’ll be called, S5 Neo, S5 Mini. Oh God !!!
@kaushiktalukdar:disqus – Not for nothing they’re called Spamsung LOL! 😛
But on a serious note, it’s really sad to see so little self-respect within the Samsung marketing team. And it’s not just them, but LG and Sony to some extent as well.
This is just eroding the brand value in the long run IMO. You cannot go far by pissing off the prosumers as much as SS has over the past two years. Once this disenchantment amongst the tech enthusiasts percolates down to the masses, it’s bound to negatively affect their bread-and-butter consumer durables department as well, beyond just phones and tablets.
Even for a second if someone side with samsung for launching a phone in same lineup 6month after a flagship, it can be defended as due to increasing competition midyear refresh is becoming a necessity but launching same phone with 4G (and switching SOC therefore) for original price is just plain ridiculous.
And bang on with LG & Sony. At least in case of them, blame can be partly passed on to Qualcomm for delayed launch of Snapdragon 805 as next year it’ll 808/810 with 64bit stickers slapped all over the package. this year they don’t want to be left out of the party with 801 sitting on the back. but i am afraid this is slowly becoming a trend or media is making a monkey out of it. both ways, brand gets diluted.
Samsung Ur Are fired ….SHIT
Pity on samsung people…on the other hand HTC M8 getting update on aug15 for 4G upgradation in same version.
Samsung is a big time loser….they got ditched by Indian consumers and so they’ve launched the version that they launched in the whole world.. Except India…Samsung Sucks
WOW… 50k+ for a phone with chicken pox infected back cover?