AbakwaSamsung bethule ngokusemthethweni ifulegi labo namuhla Galaxy S5. Ifoni ngokwayo inikeza izici ezimbalwa ezintsha, ezibalulekile. AbakwaSamsung bayazi ukuthi amadivaysi ayo aphambili kufanele anikeze ukuqina futhi yingakho ifoni inothiswe nge-IP67 yamanzi nokumelana nothuli. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ifoni imelana nokujula cishe kwemitha elingu-1. Ucingo luzotholakala nangezinhlobo ezine zemibala, okumhlophe, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, osagolide nomnyama.
Ifoni ngokwayo izonikeza isibonisi esingu-5.1-intshi esigcwele se-HD Super AMOLED. Lo mbiko uyamangaza ngempela njengoba izimangalo zokuqala beziwukuthi ifoni izonikeza isibonisi sekhwalithi ephezulu enesixazululo samaphikseli angama-2560 x 1440. Nokho, njengoba kumile, isimo esinjalo asenzeki, okungenani hhayi namuhla. Nokho, isibonisi sinothiswe ngobuchwepheshe be-Local CE kanye ne-Super Dimming, obuthola ngokuzenzakalelayo ukukhanya kwe-ambient futhi buvumelane nekhwalithi yombala, ukukhanya nezinye izici kuso.
Enye into entsha kule foni ikhamera entsha ene-dual flash, ebuye iziqhayise nge-auto-focus eshesha kakhulu emhlabeni. Ucingo lungenza i-autofocus kumasekhondi angu-0,3, okushesha kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi i-smartphone eqhudelanayo. Ukucaciswa kwekhamera akukaziwa, kodwa kungenzeka kube ngamamegapixel ayi-16 okukhulunywe ngawo ngenhla. Asazi futhi isilinganiso esiphezulu sokulungiswa kwevidiyo esisekelwayo, kodwa ngamathuba aphezulu kuzoba ngu-4K, njengawo Galaxy Qaphela u-3.
Mayelana nokuxhumana, kunjalo Galaxy I-S5 ifakwe ubuchwepheshe bakamuva. Ngaphezu kokuhlonyiswa ngosekelo lwenethiwekhi ye-LTE yomhlaba wonke, iphinde inikeze noxhumano lwe-WiFi olusheshayo olutholakalayo. Isekela amanethiwekhi angu-802.11ac ngokusekelwa kwe-MIMO, ngenxa yokuthi isivinini sokulanda nokuthumela idatha sishesha ngokuphindwe kabili. Ekugcineni, umsebenzi we-Download Booster uzosiza kulokhu. Ijubane eliphezulu lokuxhuma ngeke libe nomthelela omkhulu ekusetshenzisweni kwebhethri, njengoba i-Samsung ithembisa ukuthi ifoni izohlala amahora angu-10 wokusefa ngenethiwekhi ye-LTE namahora angu-12 wokubuka ividiyo. Galaxy I-S5 ifakwe ibhethri elinamandla angu-2 mAh. Impilo yebhethri inganwetshwa ngokuqhubekayo ngosizo lwe-Ultra Power Saving Mode, evimba ifoni kuphela ekwenzeni imisebenzi eyisisekelo futhi ishintshe isibonisi sibe imodi emnyama nemhlophe.
AbakwaSamsung, ngokubambisana ne-PayPal, bethule olunye uguquko ekwenzeni izinkokhelo zeselula. Ifoni inikeza inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe edinga ukuswayipha, njengakumakhompyutha amadala noma amanye ama-smartphone. Yilokhu kanye obekulindeleke kule nkampani ezinyangeni ezedlule Apple, eyethula iPhone 5s enenzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe ye-Touch ID. Nini Galaxy Kodwa-ke, i-S5 izophinde ibe nokunye ukusetshenziswa kwenzwa. Ngosizo lwenzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe, kuzokwazi ukushintshela ku-Private Mode, lapho uzobona khona amafayela akho ayimfihlo kakhulu nezinhlelo zokusebenza, kanye ne-Kids Mode, okuzokhawulela imisebenzi yocingo kuze kube yilapho ukwaziswa okwengeziwe.