The Samsung Galaxy S5 launched for India back in March and released in April, but those who have waited now have an alternative offering. The Galaxy S5 4G LTE version has now officially launched for India and we have details of price and the release coming right up.

The Galaxy S5 4G for India is the model that has a 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor (rather than the Exynos 5422 octa-core processor) and Adreno 330 graphics. Other specs are similar to the 3G model including a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display with resolution of 1920 x 1080, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of internal storage, expandable to 64GB via microSD.

It has a 16-megapixel rear camera, 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera, a 2800 mAh battery, and features S Health 3.0 and a heart rate sensor. It runs the Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system and is dust and water-resistance to IP67 standard. This 4G Galaxy S5 variant supports 8 LTE bands and these are B1 (2,100), B2 (1,900), B3 (1,800), B5 (850), B7 (2,600), B8 (900), B40 (2,300) and B28 (700).

The LTE GS5 will be available in select 4G service markets of India from July 20th (today). It’s on sale in Copper Gold, Charcoal Black, or Shimmery White color options for a price of Rs. 53,500. If you’re an Airtel subscriber Samsung is also offering 5GB of 4G data free per month for two months.

If you’re in India are you interested in purchasing the Samsung Galaxy S5 4G LTE smartphone? If so what are your thoughts on the price of this handset? We always appreciate your comments.

Source: Fone Arena