Samsung’s Galaxy S5 may not look all that different from the Galaxy S4 on the outside, but on the side it’s a completely different animal. There’s lots of hardware upgrades, a redesigned interior, and a whole new way to open the case and replace a broken screen.
In this Cracking Open gallery, I walk you through the process of disassembling the Galaxy S5 and give you a tour of the internal hardware. For a detailed analysis of the teardown, check out my article and video, Galaxy S5 teardown: New design makes repairing a cracked screen much easier.
Along with the handset, you’ll find a charging adapter, cable, battery, and product documentation in the Galaxy S5’s box.
Our AT&T model with LTE has a quad-core 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 SoC from Qualcomm. On models without LTE, Samsung uses its own Exynos 5422 SoC.
All versions have a 5.1-inch 1080p HD AMOLED display, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of built-in storage, a microSD card slot, a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, NFC support, IR blaster, and a brand new fingerprint sensor.
The S5 is slightly larger and heavier than last year’s S4.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
