Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear wearable devices on sale worldwide

Back at Mobile World Congress in February, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S5 at the Unpacked 5, and now the Galaxy S5 is finally here. Today the company officially announced that its latest flagship smartphone and its Gear wearable devices. According to Samsung, the products are available to consumers in the US, Europe, Middle East, Latin America, and most Asian markets, total 125 markets across the world.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 will ship with Android 4.4.2 KitKat. It features a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display with a 1080x1920 pixel full-HD resolution. It is powered by an unnamed 2.5GHz quad-core processor coupled with 2GB of RAM. The Galaxy S5 will be available in 16GB and 32GB variants, with microSD card expandability up to 64GB.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 bears a 16-megapixel rear camera with HDR (for video as well), and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. The rear camera can record UHD video @30 fps along with HDR and video stabilization functionality. The S5 also promises a faster auto-focus.
Earlier, Samsung's three new wearable devices - the Gear Fit, Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. The new Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo feature a 1.63-inch AMOLED display and 4GB of internal storage. Samsung has upgraded the single-core 800MHz processor from the original Galaxy Gear to a dual-core 1GHz version, and equipped both smartwatches with a 300mAh battery and 512MB of RAM.
As far as the bloatware goes, Samsung hasn't completely removed all of 'em. There are still two separate apps to listen to music, watch video and buy apps. The Galaxy S5 comes with the standard Google apps for Android, but as expected, Samsung Electronics Co. loads its own apps too.
Samsung Galaxy S5 and Gear wearable devices on sale worldwide
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