Samsung says Indian Galaxy S5 units do not have camera failure issue

Samsung may have announced great opening sales for the Galaxy S5 in the markets it has launched, but the company has faced severe criticism from users for shipping unfinished software and also defective hardware.   The camera of the Galaxy S5 has been known to have a **fatal flaw** that totally breaks it, leaving the user with no option but to replace the handset. In fact, **Samsung has acknowledged that the problem affects a few versions of the S5** , with the Verizon Wireless version of the phone.   However, now Samsung claims that the problem has not affected any Indian models. To be specific it claims that no problems have been reported yet.  “We have a very strong momentum on the Galaxy S5 sales and no such case has been reported in India from the handsets sold,” a Samsung spokesperson said in a press statement in response to reports about the flaw. Since not much is known about the flaw yet, it could be that it only affects the Snapdragon 801 version of the phone, which is sold in regions with LTE coverage, and not the Exynos 5 Octa version that’s sold in India.   The camera on the S5 is one of its key features and as we have seen it’s one of the best in the business, at least when it comes to smartphones. So it’s no surprise that Samsung is in damage-control mode to protect the S5’s USP.