The S5 price has been tipped close to the £600 mark
The Samsung Galaxy S5 price has been teased, with network provider Orange suggesting the handset will set wannabe owners back €699 (£579).
With Samsung having yet to announce an official Samsung Galaxy S5 price, the Romanian arm of Orange has listed the handset, formally unveiled during MWC 2014 last week, alongside the premium PAYG fee. The phone is available to pre-order now.
Despite Samsung’s reluctance to confirm official pricing, given last year’s Samsung Galaxy S4 launched with a £580 SIM-free tag, we expect Orange’s Samsung Galaxy S5 price could be pretty close to the mark.
As well as listing a PAYG Samsung Galaxy S5 price, the premature listing has suggested the phone will cost €249 (£149) when snapped up on a pay monthly contract.
One of the most eagerly awaited gadgets of the year, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is a 5.1-inch powerhouse, with the phone’s 1920 x 1080p Full HD Super AMOLED display lining up alongside a 2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor.
Running Google’s Android 4.4 KitKat OS, the Samsung Galaxy S5 specs sheet is further enhanced by a 16-megapixel rear-mounted camera, 2GB of RAM and a fingerprint scanner integrated within the handset’s physical home button.
Lining up at 8.1mm thick and with a sizeable 2800mAh Lithium-Ion battery in tow, the S5’s features list is rounded off by an IP67 certified water and dust resistant body that is set to be available in black, white, blue and gold colour schemes.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 release date has been officially set as April 11. The phone is widely expected to land alongside the Samsung Gear Fit and Samsung Gear 2 smartwatch.
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