Kakade ngonyaka odlule besingalalela imibiko yokuthi abakwaSamsung balungisa eyensimbi Galaxy S5. Bekufanele kube inguqulo ethile, enamandla kakhulu yocingo ene-QHD display, kodwa ekugcineni akwenzekanga lutho. I-Samsung Galaxy I-S5 esesimweni sayo samanje inikeza isibonisi se-Full HD kanye nomzimba wepulasitiki, ngakho-ke ukuqagela kwaqala ukusabalala ngokushesha ukuthi inguqulo yensimbi yocingo isathuthukiswa. Kepha manje abakwaSamsung babonakala sebekuqinisekisile ukuthi kukhona inguqulo ye-"premium" yocingo ekhasini layo le-Facebook.
Lapho ibuzwa ukuthi i-Samsung ilungisa i-flagship yensimbi, inkampani yathi yebo akakwazi ukuqinisekisa noma ukuphika lutho futhi isikhathi sizosho konke. Ngakho-ke inkampani ingavele isiveze izinkomba zokuqala zokuthi ilungiselela inguqulo yensimbi yocingo enehadiwe ephezulu kakhulu. Ukuvuza kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule kwembule kithi ukuthi i-Samsung iyalungiselela Galaxy I-S5 enesibonisi esingu-5.2-intshi esinokulungiswa kwamaphoyinti angu-2560 × 1440, u-3 GB we-RAM kanye neprosesa ye-Snapdragon 805 Nokho, imodeli yokugcina inikeza isibonisi esingu-5.1-intshi esinokulungiswa okugcwele kwe-HD, 2 GB we-RAM kanye ne-Snapdragon 801. iprosesa.
