On April 25 2015 19:46 WhiteDog wrote: Do we know where the Samsung Galaxy S6 is produced and in which conditions ?
Samsung uses slave labor as always. Same as Apple. The only countries that utilizes fair labor are HTC, Nokia and OnePlus. It's funny how some people think the specs are important. There are many phones like the HTC One M9, LG G3, etc that are very smooth without the best specs. Better specs does not mean better performance.
At one point it kinda did, but since the Snapdragon 600/800 series more or less we have much much more power than we actually need, unless you play heavy graphically games on your phone, you dont need more than a Snapdragon 400 nowadays.
at least not untill android OS get really optimized for 4+ cores...
On May 03 2015 01:13 DinoMight wrote: Is there a battery life comparison out there for S6 vs. other similar phones coming out (or that have come out recently)?
I've heard the phone has real shit battery life and that's my biggest issue with my S4 right now
I have the iPhone 6 and battery life has been extremely poor. I need to charge it twice a day sometimes. It's ridiculous. And I'm not exaggerating. I hope the iPhone 6s is better. I think most current phones have bad battery life.
On May 03 2015 01:13 DinoMight wrote: Is there a battery life comparison out there for S6 vs. other similar phones coming out (or that have come out recently)?
I've heard the phone has real shit battery life and that's my biggest issue with my S4 right now
I have the iPhone 6 and battery life has been extremely poor. I need to charge it twice a day sometimes. It's ridiculous. And I'm not exaggerating. I hope the iPhone 6s is better. I think most current phones have bad battery life.
That's too bad. My wife's iPhone 5 has been really good on battery life. My Razr on the other hand has been absolutely awful.
I upgraded to this phone from my galaxy nexus and it is a huge improvement. My old phone was constantly crashing and slowing down too much that I had to get rid of it.
Battery life seemed like a huge improvement the first day I charged it, but the s6 currently has an issue where "cell standby" is draining the battery a lot more than it seems like it should be. I've had problems with that a little bit when I was connecting to a few different WiFis at my school but it's not really showing up for me now that I'm at my house. I'm at 75 percent as posting this after an hour and 45 minutes of use texting and looking at tl. But I do have screen brightness up all the way, so it'd probably be a bit better if I changed that. If anybody else has an s6 I'd like to know your experience with this. My carrier is currently verizon too.
Another problem I have is the keyboard is making a lot of really horrible autocorrect changes. This usually happens when I make a mistake and have to delete a few letters of my last word but it then tries to autocorrect the few letters I entered into a new word without taking into account it's attached to the previous word. That didn't happen with my old phone and it's really bugging me lol.
Also the default clock/alarm app sucks and you'll have to download a third party app for that (I recommend Timely). That was a bit of an inconvenience for me too.
Overall really solid with a few things I'd have liked to have been done differently.
On May 07 2015 22:45 RapidTiger wrote: ^ So even Linus is now funded by Samsung?
If you read the comments in the video, Linus said he purchased it himself. So no, Linus is not funded by Samsung. If he is, then he's also funded by Intel, Seagate, etc.
Linus reviews pretty much everything in the tech world. But he's a highly reliable and objective reviewer.
Everyone who knows Linus' method of reviewing would know this.
On May 07 2015 23:18 maartendq wrote: Is this some kind of hidden Samsung promotional thread?
I don't see how this is any more "promotional" than the Apple Watch thread I made a few weeks ago. Or any other thread that talks about any product, for that matter (tons of them in the "Other Games" subforum and "Tech Support" subforum).
On May 08 2015 07:49 Epishade wrote: I upgraded to this phone from my galaxy nexus and it is a huge improvement. My old phone was constantly crashing and slowing down too much that I had to get rid of it.
Battery life seemed like a huge improvement the first day I charged it, but the s6 currently has an issue where "cell standby" is draining the battery a lot more than it seems like it should be. I've had problems with that a little bit when I was connecting to a few different WiFis at my school but it's not really showing up for me now that I'm at my house. I'm at 75 percent as posting this after an hour and 45 minutes of use texting and looking at tl. But I do have screen brightness up all the way, so it'd probably be a bit better if I changed that. If anybody else has an s6 I'd like to know your experience with this. My carrier is currently verizon too.
Another problem I have is the keyboard is making a lot of really horrible autocorrect changes. This usually happens when I make a mistake and have to delete a few letters of my last word but it then tries to autocorrect the few letters I entered into a new word without taking into account it's attached to the previous word. That didn't happen with my old phone and it's really bugging me lol.
Also the default clock/alarm app sucks and you'll have to download a third party app for that (I recommend Timely). That was a bit of an inconvenience for me too.
Overall really solid with a few things I'd have liked to have been done differently.
I certainly agree that the Galaxy S6 has a few software issues that need to be fixed such as the Flipboard Briefing widget on the left-most homescreen (which can be disabled, by the way). Also there are some issues with RAM utilization with the Galaxy S6 which means that apps will be in hibernation mode rather than fully open in the background when multitasking.
On May 07 2015 22:45 RapidTiger wrote: ^ So even Linus is now funded by Samsung?
If you read the comments in the video, Linus said he purchased it himself. So no, Linus is not funded by Samsung. If he is, then he's also funded by Intel, Seagate, etc.
Linus reviews pretty much everything in the tech world. But he's a highly reliable and objective reviewer.
Everyone who knows Linus' method of reviewing would know this.
On May 07 2015 23:18 maartendq wrote: Is this some kind of hidden Samsung promotional thread?
I don't see how this is any more "promotional" than the Apple Watch thread I made a few weeks ago. Or any other thread that talks about any product, for that matter (tons of them in the "Other Games" subforum and "Tech Support" subforum).
On May 08 2015 07:49 Epishade wrote: I upgraded to this phone from my galaxy nexus and it is a huge improvement. My old phone was constantly crashing and slowing down too much that I had to get rid of it.
Battery life seemed like a huge improvement the first day I charged it, but the s6 currently has an issue where "cell standby" is draining the battery a lot more than it seems like it should be. I've had problems with that a little bit when I was connecting to a few different WiFis at my school but it's not really showing up for me now that I'm at my house. I'm at 75 percent as posting this after an hour and 45 minutes of use texting and looking at tl. But I do have screen brightness up all the way, so it'd probably be a bit better if I changed that. If anybody else has an s6 I'd like to know your experience with this. My carrier is currently verizon too.
Another problem I have is the keyboard is making a lot of really horrible autocorrect changes. This usually happens when I make a mistake and have to delete a few letters of my last word but it then tries to autocorrect the few letters I entered into a new word without taking into account it's attached to the previous word. That didn't happen with my old phone and it's really bugging me lol.
Also the default clock/alarm app sucks and you'll have to download a third party app for that (I recommend Timely). That was a bit of an inconvenience for me too.
Overall really solid with a few things I'd have liked to have been done differently.
I certainly agree that the Galaxy S6 has a few software issues that need to be fixed such as the Flipboard Briefing widget on the left-most homescreen (which can be disabled, by the way). Also there are some issues with RAM utilization with the Galaxy S6 which means that apps will be in hibernation mode rather than fully open in the background when multitasking.
Linus supports Intel and Samsung a lot.
So much that it's hard not to believe that Intel and Samsung pay big bucks to Linus.
And did you know that Intel and Samsung have a secret alliance?
Reading this thread has made me bitter. All these fanboys on both sides. iPhones! Paid shills! Samsungs! Techies like Linus will like certain products, just like "regular people" will go crazy for the products of a certain brand. I assure you, the die hard fans who line up days in advance to get the latest phone from Apple and Samsung alike are not necessarily paid by neither company, and yet they still feel the need to defend the company like rabid dogs. You don't need to be paid by anyone to defend products, especially not when you're an enthusiast of said products.
Lastly, it's a phone, it's not who you are, stop being so insecure =_=.
On May 09 2015 22:20 Djzapz wrote: Reading this thread has made me bitter. All these fanboys on both sides. iPhones! Paid shills! Samsungs! Techies like Linus will like certain products, just like "regular people" will go crazy for the products of a certain brand. I assure you, the die hard fans who line up days in advance to get the latest phone from Apple and Samsung alike are not necessarily paid by neither company, and yet they still feel the need to defend the company like rabid dogs. You don't need to be paid by anyone to defend products, especially not when you're an enthusiast of said products.
Lastly, it's a phone, it's not who you are, stop being so insecure =_=.
I wasn't trying to criticize anyone. It's just the fact that these big companies like Apple, Samsung and Intel are involved in shady schemes.
On May 09 2015 22:20 Djzapz wrote: Reading this thread has made me bitter. All these fanboys on both sides. iPhones! Paid shills! Samsungs! Techies like Linus will like certain products, just like "regular people" will go crazy for the products of a certain brand. I assure you, the die hard fans who line up days in advance to get the latest phone from Apple and Samsung alike are not necessarily paid by neither company, and yet they still feel the need to defend the company like rabid dogs. You don't need to be paid by anyone to defend products, especially not when you're an enthusiast of said products.
Lastly, it's a phone, it's not who you are, stop being so insecure =_=.
I wasn't trying to criticize anyone. It's just the fact that these big companies like Apple, Samsung and Intel are involved in shady schemes.
Like every other major company in the world in every other market. Nothing new here lol.
On May 09 2015 22:20 Djzapz wrote: Reading this thread has made me bitter. All these fanboys on both sides. iPhones! Paid shills! Samsungs! Techies like Linus will like certain products, just like "regular people" will go crazy for the products of a certain brand. I assure you, the die hard fans who line up days in advance to get the latest phone from Apple and Samsung alike are not necessarily paid by neither company, and yet they still feel the need to defend the company like rabid dogs. You don't need to be paid by anyone to defend products, especially not when you're an enthusiast of said products.
Lastly, it's a phone, it's not who you are, stop being so insecure =_=.
I wasn't trying to criticize anyone. It's just the fact that these big companies like Apple, Samsung and Intel are involved in shady schemes.
Like every other major company in the world in every other market. Nothing new here lol.
Yea but it's bad practice for the market though. Apple, Samsung and Intel are part of the New World Order. These companies will basically form part of the future global government.
On May 09 2015 22:20 Djzapz wrote: Reading this thread has made me bitter. All these fanboys on both sides. iPhones! Paid shills! Samsungs! Techies like Linus will like certain products, just like "regular people" will go crazy for the products of a certain brand. I assure you, the die hard fans who line up days in advance to get the latest phone from Apple and Samsung alike are not necessarily paid by neither company, and yet they still feel the need to defend the company like rabid dogs. You don't need to be paid by anyone to defend products, especially not when you're an enthusiast of said products.
Lastly, it's a phone, it's not who you are, stop being so insecure =_=.
I wasn't trying to criticize anyone. It's just the fact that these big companies like Apple, Samsung and Intel are involved in shady schemes.
Like every other major company in the world in every other market. Nothing new here lol.
Yea but it's bad practice for the market though. Apple, Samsung and Intel are part of the New World Order. These companies will basically form part of the future global government.
Ok now I can't tell if you're trolling or using sarcasm...
Obviously Linus supports Intel and Samsung since he's a PC guy. There is only AMD and Intel. When Intel has good products with amazing post-sale support along with lots of money for marketing and AMD is in the gutter, it's pretty obvious who you would support as an enthusiast or even as an average consumer.
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