Samsung Galaxy S5: The diamond phone

[PillowSmoke]

 

Samsung is finally ditching plastic for real metal. Well, it’s not just any metal, but diamond- plated metal.

 

The Galaxy S5 will be officially announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and according to a senior Samsung official, the phone could mark a radical shift in appearance and design.

 

A Korean news site has quoted Samsung’s Vice-President and Head of Design Strategy, Dong-hoon Chang as stating that the next edition of the Galaxy S series will come out with a “new material”.

 

What that new material could be is still being debated and rumours state that it could be diamond-plated.

 

According to another Korean IT news portal the R&D team at Samsung Electronics have been working on mechanisms to apply the diamond metal surface treatment technology to metal cases.

 

“Diamond material is coated onto the metal case surface of smartphones. If the metal case is coated with a diamond material, vulnerabilities to scratches and deformation can be redressed.

 

“Samsung Electronics researchers are known to consider treating the metal surface with nano materials or turning it into paint and coating the surface with it,” the report on etnews.com said.

 

Meanwhile, Chang is also reported to have said that the Samsung is not averse to the idea of incorporating a flexible display into the Galaxy series.

 

The Galaxy Round that was launched last year comes with a 5.7-inch Amoled screen. The new Galaxy S5 could also sport a similar vertically oriented curved display.

 

Source:http://www.emirates247.com/business/technology/samsung-galaxy-s5-the-diamond-phone-2014-01-05-1.533547

 

DISREGARD THE PICTURE!!

[lachyman]

Exact same picture was posted before we knew the S4 design.

[_ASSASSIN_]

with samsung and their fascination with crappy build quality, I have serious doubts

[BalloonZaptor]

That photo looks very unrealistic

[Dragonzeanse]

Riiight.

 

I look forward to the fifty diamond-plated knockoff phones Samsung will inevitably release. :rolleyes:

[M-ursu]

Exact same picture was posted before we knew the S4 design.

it was at S3 time too.

[Homicidium]

I don't think, that the S5 is going to look like this, but I'm pretty sure that they're going to ditch the plastic, and they have to tbh. 

With so many well - build devices out there not only from HTC and Apple, but also Nokia and Oppo, they have to step their game up to justify the high price tag. 

[_ASSASSIN_]

I don't think, that the S5 is going to look like this, but I'm pretty sure that they're going to ditch the plastic, and they have to tbh. 

With so many well - build devices out there not only from HTC and Apple, but also Nokia and Oppo, they have to step their game up to justify the high price tag. 

Oppo from Day 1 had great build quality with their find 5

[Homicidium]

Oppo from Day 1 had great build quality with their find 5

 

Exactly. And compared to that Samsung was simply producing cheap (feeling) phones. Everybody complains about Apple making mad $$$, because they're selling their devices for a price which is much higher than the actual production cost, well I'm pretty sure Samsung does the same, and even more so. 

[_ASSASSIN_]

Exactly. And compared to that Samsung was simply producing cheap (feeling) phones. Everybody complains about Apple making mad $$$, because they're selling their devices for a price which is much higher than the actual production cost, well I'm pretty sure Samsung does the same, and even more so. 

way more so considering it's all plastic

[Homicidium]

way more so considering it's all plastic

 

Exactly! And it's not even like the S4 was the "budget phone" compared to the iPhone at the time. The HTC One was cheaper than the S4, and the iPhone wasn't that much more expensive, at least here in Germany. 

[_ASSASSIN_]

Exactly! And it's not even like the S4 was the "budget phone" compared to the iPhone at the time. The HTC One was cheaper than the S4, and the iPhone wasn't that much more expensive, at least here in Germany. 

HTC one had the lesser CPU so that's why but still... that and HTC is near dead so

[ofr057]

egh ... i just wish they would stop making fablets and make a phone with a 4 inch screen and a good cpu

[Sidiox]

The pic just looks stupid.

It is good that now there seems to be more focus on case of the phone and less on the screen (curved, nano coating, diamonds).

Now if they could start putting nice hardware in those phones I might consider buying a smartphone.

[Homicidium]

HTC one had the lesser CPU so that's why but still... that and HTC is near dead so

 

Of course, this all factors in, but doesn't change the fact that, for what you're getting in terms of actual build quality, the S4 is a much more overpriced device than the iPhone and that was my initial point. 

I also think, that the consumer is much more willing to pay prices like that, when the device really feels like it's worth 700$. 

I would even go as far and say, that I'd be willing to pay more for the S4, if it had the same unibody design like the HTC One, but since it doesn't I rather spare a few performance points and get myself a HTC One. 

[SSOB]

I call bs on this one, come on diamond plated...

[_ASSASSIN_]

I call bs on this one, come on diamond plated...

you realize that they can use a small percentage right? it's not like they are going out of their way to Pimp My Phone and studding the entire back of it

[SSOB]

you realize that they can use a small percentage right? it's not like they are going out of their way to Pimp My Phone and studding the entire back of it

Still I don't see this happening

[RexinOridle]

WTF? Why Samsung phones are just getting ridiculously bigger? How do you even hold a phone like that in your hands? Damn it Samsung. Just make a freaking tablet with speaker and mic and sim card slot. Oh yeah, and enough with cheap plastics. I don't like Apple but even they have a better design than Samsung.

[Pure]

Such an exciting release! 
Regardless if the back cover is diamond metal or not, they are finally getting rid of the cheap plastic

[NickTheMajin]

Such an exciting release! 

Regardless if the back cover is diamond metal or not, they are finally getting rid of the cheap plastic

Don't get your hopes up, the likelihood of this being accurate is slim to none.

[Kuzma]

WTF? Why Samsung phones are just getting ridiculously bigger? How do you even hold a phone like that in your hands? Damn it Samsung. Just make a freaking tablet with speaker and mic and sim card slot. Oh yeah, and enough with cheap plastics. I don't like Apple but even they have a better design than Samsung.

some of us have extremely large hands , I can reach from left control to F12 with one hand if that puts it into perspective for you.

[LogicDeifying]

I really don't know what the fuss is about build quality I myself have both a GS4 and a iPhone and to be honest I could care less.

Why?Because it's a phone not a car where it actually matters "Oh it feels so good though""Oh it feels cheaply made".

Who the hell cares like really?Convince me that I should care.I don't give any cares about build quality on a phone alright.