Gear Galaxy 2 Galaxy S5: how Samsung wants to knock out ... - Europe1

By Johann Duriez-Update

Published February 19, 2014 at 18:28 Updated February 19, 2014 at 6:34 p.m.

MWC – The world’s number one mobile phone is expected to present its new flagship smartphone and connected a new watch

. INFO. Already the world leader in smartphone sales (32.3% market share in 2013) and one of the first manufacturers to have launched a watch connected (Galaxy Gear ) Samsung does not stop there. At the upcoming international exhibition of mobile telephony, February 24 in Barcelona, ??the Korean manufacturer intends assoire its domination with two major innovations: the Galaxy S5, high-end smartphone and Galaxy Gear 2, watch connected.

Galaxy S5, new flagship of Samsung. After a Galaxy S4 pointed to a lack of new (but passed 63.5 million copies in less than a year ), the Korean giant will try to innovate with its new flagship model. Galaxy S5 why should incorporate a similar fingerprint reader Touch ID iPhone 5s for better security apparatus, said Tuesday portal specialized SamMobile . Eight fingerprints can be registered to allow multiple people to unlock the Android smartphone. According to Bloomberg , the Galaxy S5 should also be equipped with a larger screen – we are talking about 5.2 inches or about 13.2 centimeters) – and an improved camera sensor (16 megapixels).

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The Galaxy Gear 2 abandon Android. The other star product of Samsung on the occasion of this annual event will be its new edition of the Galaxy Gear 2, the connected home shows. This bracelet features a touch screen allows you to run applications when connected to a compatible smartphone. A second edition that no longer work under Android, Google’s mobile, but in Tizen, the house of Samsung OS. Side characteristics, the screen become flexible for comfort understands the specialized portal ZDNet . The U.S. site BGR advance him the possibility of a new design for the watch connected, without providing further details. Reply on February 24 evening, on the occasion of the conference presentation of Samsung.

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