Many users have been complaining about a flaw in the 16 MP camera of the new Samsung Galaxy S5.
This flaw is not affecting all the devices, but specially the Verizon Wireless Model. the flaw is that an error "camera failure" is popping up and the camera hardware become totally disabled, and when users tried to solve the problem with taking back their phones to the Samsung stores, the only solution was to exchange the device with a new one.
Samsung has confirmed it's awareness of the problem, and that is going to help their impacted customers with an exchange under Samsung's warranty, Verizon is also doing the same thing.
We will see the impact of this flaw on the Galaxy S5 sells in the next few days.
Samsung has officially unveiled it's Galaxy S5 Accessories.
The first accessory is the S view case, it's a flip-open cover, it replaces the back plate of the phone and cover the front too, it contains little window up top that lets you see a small portion of the phone's screen.
Here is a video link to explain the S view case
The second really great accessory is the wireless charging kit that consists of a back plate and base. The former replaces the standard back and adds in the ability to couple with compatible wireless charging bases, like the latter.
And the last one is a multi-charging cable, which is a three-way microUSB cable for charging up to three devices simultaneously.
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
German researchers have fooled the Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint's scanner by accepting a mold of fingerprints, the researchers enrolled a fingerprint from a real finger, then used a mold of to bypass it.
Note also that the touchID of apple iPhone 5s was also hacked by German Chaos Computer Club.
This could put the consumers in an uncomfortable position when it comes to mobile payment...
The SRLabs said also said:
"While biometrics will always carry with them a tradeoff of security for convenience, it’s the manufacturer’s responsibility to implement them in a way that doesn’t put users’ crucial data and payment accounts at risk,”
