Samsung S5 The Samsung S5 is not a particularly great phone in 2019 considering its age. The specs aren’t terribly great nowadays. Many apps run a bit slow on it, some crash often (e.g. the modern incarnation of Google Maps is like letting my S5 drive Bumper Cars). The camera is just ok by modern standards and lacks any sort of expert mode. At the time though, the S5 was setting the bar for smart phones.