Discovering Yet Another Galaxy

A few years ago when I needed a new phone, I looked at the options and decided the Samsung Galaxy S was the right one for me.  It seemed to have the best features and hardware for what I needed.  At the time, there were a slew of Android-based choices, as well as a few Windows Mobile ones, and then there was the iPhone.  I had no interest in an iPhone, and I was ready to move on from my Windows Mobile-based HTC Diamond, and the open Android platform suited me nicely, so I went with the Galaxy S, which was branded as the Galaxy Epic for Sprint.  Since then, the Galaxy series has emerged as the first phone to seriously compete with the iPhone.  When I was eligible for an upgrade a couple years ago, I definitely wanted to stay with the Galaxy series, so I chose a Galaxy S3.  It was a great phone, but it's now reached the end of its lifespan, and I'm eligible for an upgrade, so today I received my new Galaxy S5.  I'm no longer on the employee plan, which means I don't have to wait months after a phone is released to be able to get it, so I now have this hot-off-the-presses new device.  It's slightly disappointing because there aren't a ton of groundbreaking new features compared to my old S3, but it's still faster and better with some new things, including being waterproof, so I'm still very happy to have an upgrade.