It was pretty much the money. I'd decided that the larger screen of the Note3 would be better for my use in the car, but got the call that I could have an S5 for free if I said yes right now. So I did. I hadn't been comparing the S5 to anything, so I don't have any arguments for or against it. I haven't done any research at all. I suspect that any of the current phones can do all the things I want them to do fairly well.