Walmart Selling The Galaxy S5 For $79 (With Contract)
GalaxyS5 , GalaxyS5deals , smart phones / December 16, 2014

Just because Black Friday and Cyber Monday are behind us doesn’t mean the deals are over. The country’s largest retailer, Walmart, is now selling Samsung’s flagship smartphone for an unbelievably low price of just $79. So if you’ve been patiently for a steep price drop to purchase the Galaxy S5, now’s the time to strike. Last week, we reported on a story from the Wall Street Journal suggesting that Samsung produced an excess amount of Galaxy S5 units. Granted, the Galaxy S5 is arguably one of the most popular smartphones currently on the market, but Samsung’s goals were perhaps a little too ambitious for its own good. This prompted the company to make some internal changes, and some analysts are saying the recent price drops are indicative of Samsung’s Galaxy S5 surplus. When supply exceeds demand, conventional wisdom should tell you to drop the price, which is exactly what we’re seeing with retailers like Walmart. From now until Christmas (December 25), consumers can purchase the Samsung Galaxy S5 from Walmart for just $79. That’s a $60 savings from the Galaxy S5’s normal price of $139. Now for the bad news: you must sign a 2-year service agreement to be eligible…

Galaxy S5 Poland Receives a Minor Lollipop Update
GalaxyS5 , smart phones / December 16, 2014

Poland is the country of choice for the latest version of Google’s Android operating system. Residents here were the first to receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop on their devices, and now they’ve received yet another update on top of Lollipop. According to GSMArena, Galaxy S5 users in Poland received two OS updates in a matter of weeks. The first update was Android 5.0 Lollipop, which introduced a wide range of new features like Google’s highly anticipated Material theme, new notifications, and an energy-saving technology dubbed Project Volta. The second update was a smaller patch aimed to fix various bugs and vulnerabilities from the first update. The original Android 5.0 Lollipop update had some stability and performance issues reported by Polish users. This prompted Google to create a fix, which is the second and most recent Lollipop update. GSMArena reports that the new Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Galaxy S5 users in Poland is approximately 371MB in size and has the following PDA number G900FXXU1BNL7. Exact details of this update remain largely unknown, as there’s no official changelog available. Why is Poland the first country to receive the Lollipop update on the Galaxy S5? This is a question that many people…