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This is my first Smartphone, so this review is the thoughts of a novice to Smartphones, but has used cellphones for almost eighteen years now. My thoughts of the Samsung S5 Active are: 5 stars for the design, value, easy of use, and the wealth of functions this phone has. Love the feel, and layout of the controls, and the fact phone is designed to be water proof if all ports/covers are properly closed and secured. Even though this phone out of the box is built like a tank, I encased it in a OutterBox Defender case for even more protection. 4.5 stars for the camera. Photos taken with the S5 Active are very good if you take your time and wait for the camera to acquire proper focus, while holding the camera very still. Colors and saturation are very good without any user enhancements. 3 stars for the volume and sound. I didn't purchase this phone to be a boom box for playing music, or for people to hear my conversations from ten feet away. When listening through the built in earphone to a conversation I would like to have a greater amount of volume. With my previous flip phone I could never use the volume at max as it was to loud. My S5 at full volume is a little low for me. Needs a boost, or tweak in this function. I will rate the speaker function below. 2.5 stars for the Battery. If I leave home at 6:45am with a 100% charge, I will normally return around 7:00pm with approximately 15%-25% remaining battery life. That normal day for me includes between three and ten voice calls normally lasting less than two minutes each, perhaps two to five text messages, looking at the app "MyRadar" to check local weather conditions perhaps two to three times a day, and spending five to ten minutes a day while on my lunch break, looking at world news and current events on the Internet. Form some people this may be great, but I'm used to charging may phone and having two to four days of battery life if I needed it without charging. I see why people are constantly looking for charging outlets now, especially if really using a smartphone a lot. 1 star for the speaker phone. I've off and on had problems with people hearing me when on the speaker. I've tried all kinds of tricks to get through this annoying problem. Turning off 'Noise Reduction' seemed to help with both ear phone and speaker phone communications. Shutting the phone down, removing the battery, and sim card, letting it sit like that for ten minutes, then doing a reset by holding the Power/Up Volume/and Home buttons at the same time to get to the Android operating system to clear the cache memory, and then rebooting, will also work for awhile. Not sure why if I make a call on the speaker at times people can't hear me, but turning the speaker off works. To me it should not effect the microphone operation unless boosting it's range when going to speaker mode, and changing the volume of the speakers. Not sure if this problem is with the phone hardware, or operating system, but it is annoying. Overall I love this phone, and would say it is 'Perfect' if it not for the operation while using the speaker mode.Read full review
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I haven't even had this phone for 3 months and it started getting really hot and would just cut off. I had 3 quarter of a battery left and it would say it was all the way died. I tried another battery I had for the same phone and it did the same thing. I even factory reset my phone and still the same problem. I tried one more thing to make sure it was the phone and not the battery, I had my husband put the battery in his phone (same phone) and the battery worked fine. I thought it was the battery but it's not it's the phone and of course I didn't buy the warranty so i'm out $300 in 3 months !!! My husband has the same phone (and it's the 2nd one we have ordered for him)somethings wrong with his we will be sending it back again. I will not be buying this phone again!
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I've had an S5 before and my husband talked me into trying the Active. I am not crazy about the three button thing; I liked that with the S5, even though it has a middle button, it was sensitive to touch (i.e. fingerprint recognition) but with the active, the buttons arent "smart." Also, this particular phone had some wear-like markings on the middle button (but that's just exclusive of this particular item), and just a weak ago, my home button was acting abnormally (taking me to google as if I was doing a long push/hold on it, as opposed to my home page), which eventually resolved on its own. Overall, I like the phone, and no major problems, I would recommend it for someone who needs a heavy duty phone. I decided to go for it because I'm rather clumsy, have a toddler and have a hectic lifestyle, so dropping my phone is not out of the ordinary. It seems sturdy but not as bulky as I thought I might look, so that's a plus.Read full review
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Great smartphone for multi-purpose use. Only the battery life is my main objection. I don't like waiting 2.5 hrs to charge to full capacity from near 1% charge. iPhone is faster in this respect. But it offers great features like the flash camera, google play apps, HD resolution screen, HD stereo sound. The durability of the outside shell is also great, but I still choose to put a case over it. I would say this product is worth it's price for $150 used. Brand new, I would pay no more than $230.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Replaced defective Moto E with the S5. Good price, sturdy phone with good battery life, and loaded with features. Larger screen than my past phones required a little getting used to, and display is very good. Happy and would always recommend Samsung for quality and price points.
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