Even before the introduction of Samsung Galaxy S5 we heard from various sources that this phone will represent a return to the roots of the entire series. When the company said this, one would initially expect that this change would only concern the exterior appearance. That turned out to be true after all. Samsung front Galaxy The S5 is very similar to the original Samsung model Galaxy With Jeeyeun Wang, the designer of Samsung revealed that the return to the roots of the series is not only in the external design.
Samsung together with Galaxy The S5 also introduced a completely new operating environment, TouchWiz Essence, which is perfectly adapted for Android KitKat. But along with the graphics, the way the entire environment works has also changed. And that's what a return to basics is supposed to represent: "It's not about one specific function. It's about the whole user experience. In the past, we've chosen to focus on fancy, fancy features… Things you'd only really use once or twice a year. But in development Galaxy In the S5, we focused on the key functions (camera, web browser, …) and decided to make them work better. That's what going back to basics is all about." says the designer. Of course, the principle of good software design is to match the hardware. But this presented a problem in the early stages of development, as security regulations allowed only select people to see the prototypes of the device, and even then they were few. That's why some members of the software team tried to become spies. Previous models Galaxy S were typical in that they were only available in one or two colors and their environment, which matched them, also depended on this: "At Galaxy However, you could imagine three to five different color versions of the S5. And that's exactly what we focused on when developing the user environment. To make it playful and to match the exterior. It is no longer just an ordinary device.'
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The environment of the new Samsung Galaxy The S5 also differs in other features. Above all, these are software functions. Along with the new environment, several functions that should have been the main advertising attraction of the phone disappeared from the phone Galaxy S4. The reason is that Samsung Galaxy The S5 should basically only offer what people really use. Samsung figured it out Galaxy S4, where in cooperation with several customers he conducted a survey and monitored their activity on the devices for several days without a break and found that many functions that should have been an attraction for the purchase, people do not even use. Among other things, it was also a camera that previously offered 15 modes. With arrival Galaxy But that changed with the S5, and Samsung now offers fewer modes and adds that users will be able to download additional modes from the Internet. An example can be the Photosphere Mode, which can be downloaded from the Internet and allows users to create 3D panoramic images that people can recognize from Google Street View.
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"Our goal was to bring usability, friendliness and a more human design. We wanted something that felt good and held better in the hand. If we used metal, the design would be cold and heavy. But the plastic makes the texture more pleasant. We believe so Galaxy S5 will come more pleasant and friendly to its users. At the same time, the plastic material points out much better that this is a mass-produced device.” revealed the company's chief designer, Dong Hun Kim. The design philosophy that Samsung pointed out is that the phone should be modern and effective. Which was definitely achieved with the blue version of the phone. According to him, a smartphone is no longer just a cool technological product: "It's a fashion accessory." Well, even though Samsung finally decided on a plastic material, initially the designers were open to all the possibilities and materials they could think of. This also amply explains why there was already speculation about a metal version last year Galaxy S5, but it has not been announced yet. The information about the metal version was also added by the senior designer for colors and materials, Hyejin Bang. He was considering the metal version, but the color temperature was important to him. Since it is not possible to achieve certain degrees of color with metal, the only way out was plastic, which was finally used.
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*Source: Engadget
