Samsung Galaxy S5 will cost between Rs 51,000 and Rs 53,000
The Samsung Galaxy S5 is finally here. But you might not be really
happy about the fact that the phone costs at least Rs 51,000. It could
be as high as Rs 53,000.
The other small catch is the fact that the phone being launched in
India is not powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 and hence would not a
4G phone. The version being launched in India is powered by an
octo-core processor combo (quad 1.9 GHz + Quad 1.3 GHz) which seems to
be similar to the Exynos 5 processors on the latest Samsung Galaxy Note 3
and Note Pro 12.2-inch tablet.
As reported by indianexpress.com earlier,
the company also launched the entire new Gear range along with the
Galaxy S5. The Gear 2 is priced at Rs 21,900, while the Gear 2 Neo and
Gear Fit are more affordable with a Rs 15,900 price tag. It has also
opened up these devices to almost the entire Galaxy range, of which
there are 35 million users in India. Earlier, the Gear devices synced
only with a handful of top-end Galaxy phones. However, they still don’t
work beyond Galaxy ecosystem and Vineet Taneja, the country head for
India, said this has been done deliberately to draw people towards the
Galaxy range.
While the pricing might appear steep for a lot of people, the fact is
that high prices have not really deterred people from buying flagship
phones. A case in point is the success of iPhone 5s despite its price
tag. Plus, Samsung is certain that people who want to buy these phones
will do so with the help of EMI schemes.
The rest of the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S5 are similar to what
was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in the last week
of February. The change in processor has been necessitated by the fact
that there is still no nationwide 4G service in India. HTC, which
earlier this week announced the HTC One M8 which is powered by the same
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor as the S5, has decided to launch only
the 4G version in India.
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