Samsung Galaxy S5

1.Samsung
Samsung Electronics Co is a South Korean multinational electronics company
headquartered in Suwon, South Korea.[3] It is the flagship subsidiary of the
Samsung Group, amounting to 70% of the group's revenue in 2012,[4] and has been
the world's largest information technology company by revenues since 2009.[5]
Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 80 countries and
employs around 370,000 people.[6] Since 2012, the CEO is Kwon Oh-Hyun.
Samsung has long been a major manufacturer of electronic components such as
lithium-ion batteries, semiconductors, chips, flash memory and hard drive devices
for clients such as Apple, Sony, HTC and Nokia.
In recent years, the company has diversified into consumer electronics.not in
citation given] It is the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones and
smartphones fueled by the popularity of its Samsung Galaxy line of devices.[11] The
company is also a major vendor of tablet computers, particularly its Androidpowered Samsung Galaxy Tab collection, and is generally regarded as pioneering
the phablet market through the Samsung Galaxy Note family of devices.
Samsung has been the world's largest manufacturer of LCD panels since 2002, the
world's largest television manufacturer since 2006 and world's largest manufacturer
of mobile phones since 2011.Samsung Electronics displaced Apple Inc. as the
world's largest technology company in 2011 and is a major part of the South Korean
economy. In June 2014 Samsung published the Tizen OS with the new Samsung Z.
Design
n the early 1990s, the firm began emphasizing the importance of design in its
products. Located in the company's high-rise headquarters in Gangnam (south of
Seoul) the corporate design center includes more than 900 full-time designers. In
1971 there were only two designers[117] in the whole company, whose number
rose to 510 in 2005.[citation needed]

The company overhauls its design over a two-year cycle. For the first year, it
scrutinizes design trends of the world, followed by product strategies. It then maps
out new design plans during the second year.

Since 2006, it has won as many as 210 awards from international design
institutions.[citation needed] It received the iF (International Forum) and IDEA
design awards. Samsung was the winner in eight categories in the 2009 IDEA
awards, the company that received the most awards.In the 2010 iF Material Awards,
the company won the Gold Award for five of its products including the external hard
disk drive. The iF Material Awards are given by the International Forum Design
GmbH of Hannover, a design award for design materials and process technologies.
In 2010, the German company selected a total of 42 products in the areas of home
appliance, furniture, and industrial design. Samsung won the awards in five
categories including external hard disk, full-touch screen phone, "side-by-side"
refrigerator, compact digital camera, and laser printer toner.
Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung Galaxy S5 is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics.
The phone was released on 11 April 2014 in 150 countries as the immediate
successor to the Galaxy S4. As with the S4, the S5 is an evolution of the prior year's
model, placing a particular emphasis on an improved build with a textured rear
cover and IP67 certification for dust and water resistance, a more refined user
experience, new security features such as a fingerprint reader and private mode,
expanded health features (such as a built-in heart rate monitor), and an updated
camera.

The Galaxy S5 received mostly positive reviews; while praised for the improvements
to its design, display, software, and camera, the S5 was criticized for its fingerprint
scanner and hardware improvements over its predecessor.[2][4][5