It also chopped out some of the existing ones, offering them instead as optional free downloads. This time around, the company didn’t just avoid the temptation to add even more S apps. In the past, Samsung has had a tendency to fill its phones to the brim with its own apps-S Note, S Translate, S This, S That–which let them do a lot of stuff right out of the box, though not always all that well. (Apologies, but I didn’t dunk my iPhone–which makes no similar claim–for the sake of comparison.) Less Apps, More Filling After I removed it and toweled it off, it was fine. With it in place, I left the phone lounging in a tub of water for 20 minutes. The main clue that the S5 is meant to weather the elements is the tiny door that protects the USB port it’s easy to flick on and off, and if you forgot to nudge it back into place, you’ll get an on-screen reminder. Its IP67 rating means that it’s designed to survive being submerged in up to one meter of liquid for up to half an hour. And although you might think that the pop-off back would leave the S5 more vulnerable to the elements than a sealed-up phone, this is also the first Galaxy S to tout a water- and dust-resistant design. ![]() The removable plastic back does have a couple of significant virtues: You can swap in a spare battery or pop a memory card into the MicroSD slot for affordable storage expansion.
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