What mattered at Mobile World Congress day 1: Samsung's hero phone, Nokia goes Android, Blackphone flouts the NSA

The Samsung TouchWiz interface looks suddenly sleeker.

(Credit:Andrew Hoyle/CNET)

The Galaxy S4 -- and Samsung's flotilla of follow-up Galaxy phones -- helped the company dominate global handset sales in 2013. But nothing is more stale than last year's tech, so it's time for the latest new and shiny -- or, in this case, the kinda new and shiny. At first glance, you could be forgiven to think that you're confusing the Galaxy S5 with its predecessor, the Galaxy S4 -- or even the S3. But appearances can be deceiving: under the familiar shell, Samsung's latest and greatest superphone crams in a clown car of new features, including a heart-rate monitor, fingerprint sensor, water-resistant case, better camera, and -- critically -- longer battery life.

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