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The Samsung Galaxy S5 is the fastest, most functional smartphone available today. It has the best screen, the best Wi-Fi performance, and the best camera for an Android phone (outpaced only by the Nokia PureView camera). Samsung dialed back its software excesses to produce a lively phone that’s more fun to use than the previous model.
Samsung still doesn’t quite get how Americans perceive style, though. Over and over again, executives told me how “warm” the phone’s materials are and how they follow fashion trends or emulate luxury items. But ultimately, Samsung’s plastic-metal and plastic-leather are still fakery, and it shows. Nokia and LG embrace plastic more honestly, with better design results.
All this goes to say why the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One will share our Editors’ Choice for Android smartphones for now. The Galaxy S5 triumphs on function, although its style falls a little short; the HTC One is downright gorgeous, but you make some serious compromises with its camera. Both exemplify the current state of the art.
