Samsung Galaxy S6

Thread is about the GALAXY S6 lads, Samsung device?!

I'm heading up to Dundrum tonight to have a look at both phones. I am finally making the switch to an Android phone after only ever owning Apple iPhone 4 and 5, the battery life on the iPhone's is the main reason I'm switching.

I now have to decide between Samsung or the HTC M9, the M9 isn't getting great reviews so it's looking like I'll be going with Samsung.

Will the carphone warehouse be selling the phones sim free?

Ya the release date is roughly the 10th April according to Samsung's release of S6 talk at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier in March.

doovdela wrote: »

Ya the release date is roughly the 10th April according to Samsung's release of S6 talk at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier in March.

For fear of repeating. It's not roughly the 10th. It IS the 10th. We're shipping to stores on the 9th and accepting orders on 10th.

Went up this evening, I rather the look of the Edge but think the normal S6 feels better in the hand. Great looking phone and really light, the screen is fantastic. The lad in the Samsung shop confirmed they won't be selling any Sim Free phones, but will be available on pre pay with the networks.

Wow. That's would be a crazy price with VF doing it for 250 and a new phone every year. Guess I will see what happens.

But I think you are right as the IP6 Plus 64gb is 369 with Three. So the Edge will be similar I think. I can't see it being worth it if the normal S comes in much cheaper.

One thing I did notice by the way having another play with the Edge today is on a light coloured screen there is a significant blue border down the edge of both sides of the screen. I found it very distracting to be honest. It looks like it's just a symptom of colour shifting that happens with amoled screens and its exaggerated by the curve.

See 2:25 on this vid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3VsVZxE28

Had a play with the S6 and S6 Edge last night in the Samsung store. I'm sorry I don't get it, if that is the premium build that everyone was demanding then they can have it and I'll stick with my Note 3 and wait for the Note 5 in September or the LG G4 in May.
Both devices kept slipping out of my hands.
I played a video named Iceland on both devices simultaneously to compare screens and the S6 pops more than the edge, it's as if there's another layer on the edge that the colour is trying to break through, maybe it's extra protection but it takes from the screen, also the curve on the edge causes a reflection from any overhead lights which I also would imagine would happen with the sun, it's a major distraction.
I'll pass thanks.

http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-S6-edge-Review_id3966/page/3
Only 0.54v on the headphone output which absolutely sucks. Means when commuting regardless of high the db rating or low impedance you earphones are, they just aren't going to be loud enough for me (just like the note4, galaxy 5 and the even worse Xperia Z3). Some of the blame lies with the Eu who limit smartphones that are bundled with earphones to 100db, though that can be cured by rooting and changing the headphone gain. But I really would have thought Samsung would have matched the 1v+ delivered by the M8, M9 and IP6. At least they had the good sense to use a dedicated Wolfon dad this time.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9111/samsung-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge-preview/3
If you read his preview you will see most of the measurements match the iPhone 6 in terms of luminance and colour accuracy. But there does seem to be that colour shifting going on with the edge which I mentioned earlier. Also the gpu performance while very good isn't as good as those early benchmarks showed.

"The only real problems I can see are color shifts with viewing angles, and white point tending to be a bit green depending upon the unit we’re looking at. There are some edge-specific issues, namely uneven luminance and odd color shifting towards green hues on white at the edge of the display."

Old new this. Bit I just read on some sites that the S6/Edge is coming with cleanmaster baked in

http://www.androidcentral.com/some-samsungs-galaxy-s6-software-sends-mixed-message-about-performance

Does this mean if you don't root, the best you can hope for is to disable this crap ?

Update : had a play around with an Edge in the Samsung experience store and this crapware runs under cheetah.mobile.service and can't be disabled only stopped. It starts up again afterwards. Also the icon in the app tray can't be removed it seems. It's called 'Smart Manager'. Had a look at the app and it's a slightly less cluttered version of the one you can download from the play store..it has the memory manager, battery manager etc.. but also included their own brand of anti-virus and inside that you have option to turn Knox. Was off by default. It does actually look like a Samsung app and there are no ads or nasty popups. Not the worst I have seen but would be nice to be able to uninstall it. Hard to tell how much other bloatware on there as there was a gazillion apps, demos and games installed.

Incidentally I played some music also using the note4 earphones and the apple earpods and the volume level at max was very very loud. The note 4 as expected was terrible as was the S5 which I compared for reference. So either GSMArena are incorrect about the headphone jack only outputting 0.45v on the S6 (as the earphones were much louder than the iPhone 6 which outputs over 1v) and/or Samsung have not dropped the max output db level to 100 on the demo models (as required by EU law on retails handsets which ship with earphones). The quality was pretty good though

I don't like the feel of the edge in my hand. Too sharp. But am sold on the looks. I checked all 4 edges in the store and the white back glass by far is not a fingerprint magnet unlike the black. So would definitely go for the white.

Unfortunately on the edge, when browsing on a webpage with a light background, you could see blue/green stripe down each side of the screen (limitation of amoled). But I think in normal use (running apps, games) it won't be too bad. This was on all 4 models I looked at.

The only other negative is the Samsung rep said 3 will only be doing 32gb non edge models for launch

podgeandrodge wrote: »

Sigh. LG G4 sounding tempting now but only because I haven't heard any disadvantages to it yet.

Hey there could you send me the link of where you've read about the G4 please. All I saw was the promotional poster on the leather book for the 28th of April announcement.

Mundane wrote: »

Anybody spot prices for the 64gig S6 (non-edge)?

No but I'm very curious. I'd have guessed +€100 for the 64gb v the 32gb??

I quite want the Edge and I'm not certain why. I just get the feeling that if I got the S6, every time I saw the Edge I'd think "I didn't get the one that I really wanted".

Well done to the Samsung marketing machine for making me want to pay ~150 more for some cool looking curves and very situationally useful functionality that I'd likely never use.

i just pre ordered the S6.

I had a go of the Edge, and although it seems a stunning piece of kit. i just think in my work (construction) it wouldnt last well.

Really looking forward to getting the new phone. Roll on April 10th :-)

Cotts72 wrote: »

Haha agreed! I had a look at both devices last Saturday,looked at the edge first and upon moving onto the s6 I felt underwhelmed in comparison even though it us a great phone!

I've had the s2 and I'm posting from an s4.

The edge is that bit different to the phones ive had in the past and is different to everything else out there that i could justify spending more on. I'd appreciate that every time i took it out of my pocket or put it on a table (until someone else designs something more impressive).

I'd happily pay a premium for that but i don't know if i want to pay *THAT* much of a premium. In summary this is a far tougher decision than I'd anticipated making on a wednesday.

Hi,

Anyone have a link to Three preorders page ?

Can't find anything on their site and no email either although I registered my interest

Are three the only ones to release their bill plans so far?

I was onto them earlier and you can preorder black or white according to chap I spoke with.
But only 64gb. The regular version is available in 32gb but didn't go into prices.

Was playing with the idea of cancelling my M9 order but it was too far along.
They wanted 369 for the edge and delivery in 10-12 days.
If I want I can refuse delivery of the M9 and order the Edge once they have verified the M9 is returned to them, but the M9 was less 120 euro, so 369 is hard pill to swallow.

byte wrote: »

3 emailed me about the S6 being available for pre-order but no mention of a free wireless charger?

I ordered mine this evening. No mention of a free wireless charger with it, but I thought I read somewhere that if you preordered it you got one. Just have to find a decent case now.

I got an email about the s6 edge, it mentions there that it comes with it when preordered. I wonder is it the same for the normal s6.