Samsung's YP-S5 caught in the wild

You may have already seen the static pics of Samsung's latest slick, little YP-S5 earlier today, but GenerationMP3 just got their hands on a demo model and snapped a whole bunch of action shots (including a comparison with its predecessor, the K5), and we'd like to share them with you. In case you're wondering, the new player features integrated Bluetooth 2.0, a 1.8-inch, 220 x 176 display, FM tuner / recorder, built-in speaker, and comes in 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB variations. Apparently, the YP-S5 will also act as a Bluetooth dialer and go-between for your mobile phone (like its big brother, the YP-P2), if the pictures are any indication. Hopefully you read French, because Google just didn't want to translate the link.

[JJ @ Aug 17th 2007 12:27AM]

i saw that in best buy the other day.i was going to buy it but i bought a ipod instead.Why it say they got there hands on a demo when its been out?

[stimr2 @ Aug 17th 2007 12:49AM]

You saw the YP-K5 which is sold in the US. But the YP-S5 isn't being sold in the US yet.

[MastaWu @ Aug 17th 2007 1:25AM]

Yea. You saw Samsung K5. The one above is S5. It has improved battery life, better screen, better speaker(much louder), lighter than k5 etc.....
Basically an updated version (ex. nano 1st gen TO nano 2nd gen)

[ponchato @ Aug 17th 2007 12:37AM]

What happens to people that say "first"? I'm just wondering...

[Tony C @ Aug 17th 2007 12:32PM]

Umm... Banhammer?

[Bigsby @ Aug 17th 2007 2:29AM]

I'm more looking forward to the YP-P2, that thing looks godlike. While I probably won't buy it for a little while, since I have a YP-Z5 that works perfectly and has an awesome 35 hour battery life (still even after a year), the P2 just looks amazing in all aspects. Thin, Sleek, Intuitive, Makes my nipples pointy and holds more than my Z5. What's not to like about it?

Samsung has been really trying hard in the last while with its DAPs, I've been surprised at how well built and intuitive they are.

[Tony C @ Aug 17th 2007 8:32AM]

With some help from BabelFish (and a little judicious editing):

Samsung has just announced their third digital audio player after the P2 and T10, named the S5, successor to the famous K5. This new flash-based audio player is available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB, features a 1.8"(176x220px) color TFT LCD display, a touch sensitive control panel, an FM tuner/(transmitter?), a microphone, Bluetooth 2.0, custom equalizer settings including one personal, an alarm clock and obviously a pair of external speakers rated at 1.5W of power identical to the K5 (in our tests). It is compatible with MP3, AAC, WMA, MPEG4 and JPEG formats. High speed USB 2.0, it operates for 24h when playing audio and 4h when playing back video, its dimensions are 46.5x95.9x14.8mm and weighs 79g. Available in black or white, no price was announced.

[Galley @ Aug 17th 2007 9:20AM]

It supports AAC? I will definitely have to check it out.

[koboy @ Aug 17th 2007 8:50AM]

Except the bluetooth and the video player wich could be interesting, this evolution is not so special...
To record a FM station is not very usefull, do you think you'll use it ?
Personnaly I have the K5, I don't use the picture player because screen is to little, so it will be the same for the video... I don't imagine mylself with the eyes at 5cm to the screen to watch a film...

but wait and see...

[Piers Hausjell @ Aug 17th 2007 1:26PM]

http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.generationmp3.com%2Findex.php%2F2007%2F08%2F16%2F7039-exclusif-gmp3-samsung-presente-son-yp-s5-successeur-du-yp-k5&langpair=fr%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 - translated page

[Armi @ Aug 21st 2007 9:26PM]

This Samsung Yepp-K3 is definitively a slice of delight, its an awesome product,I love it... but please I need help... on a terrible mistake I put my Yepp in my pocket with my keys and unfortunately they scratched this beautiful invention. Do somebody knows how can I get rid of the scratches? i feel terribly guilty. Hope you can help me. Thanks.