Original Post 03/27/15 I had to make this thread even though I'm an Apple fan <3 I know there's a Google/Nexus discussion thread but I don't think it's the best place to discuss the Galaxy S6 since this is a big release like the iPhone 6 was back in September last year. Disclaimer: I am not a Samsung employee
Samsung announced the availability for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge for the United States. Quite expectedly the flagship duo will be released on April 10, while the pre-orders open tomorrow - March 27.
All US carriers will be offering the Galaxy S6 smartphone. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular and Verizon will be carrying both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, while Boost, Cricket and MetroPSC will offer the Galaxy S6 only.
AT&T will launch the 32GB Galaxy S6 for $22.84 via the AT&T Next 24 plans, while the Galaxy S6 edge will cost $27.17 on the Next 24. You can also opt for the Galaxy S6 with a 2-year contract for $200 or the Galaxy S6 edge and a 2-year agreement for $300. Contract-free prices are $685 for the Galaxy S6 and $814 for the Galaxy S6 edge.
T-Mobile's leasing plan for the Galaxy S6 has it on $28.33 for 24 months or $680 contract-free. The leasing for the Galaxy S6 edge is at $32.50 for 24 months or $780 cash commitment free.
Boost Mobile will be offering the 32GB Galaxy S6 for $650 free of contracts.
Finally, Sprint lists the 32GB Galaxy S6 for $80 per month for 2 years - device leasing and carrier services included. The 32GB Galaxy S6 edge monthly payment is a total of $85. If you are interested into the 64 or 128GB models just add $5 or $10 to those fees.
You will be also able to get Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge through various partners such as Best Buy (Samsung Experience Shops), Amazon, Costco Wholesale, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart.
Samsung's official statement regarding their new flagships:
"Metals will flow. Beauty will be powerful. Borders will disappear. Reflections will be free. Colors will live. The future will be the present.”
Right now I have an iPhone 5 with about $150 of apps and I am highly considering in upgrading to the Galaxy S6 Edge. I was going to get the iPhone 6 in January, but I thought I might as well just wait around for the Galaxy S6 to come out.
So far, I'm impressed by the build quality (even though I haven't seen it). I also don't like what Apple's doing at the moment. It hasn't put in any advanced technology into its latest iPhone even when it's sitting on a massive pile of cash. And they are overcharging for old technology... and I am a Apple fan who still thinks Macbook Airs are vastly superior to any other laptops.
New technology on the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge (technology that only the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge has):
Ultra-fast UFS flash memory - basically think of this as an SSD except it's for smartphones. Think of your phone right now and that's a HDD. So the UFS flash is a step forward. Also the memory has been bumped up to 32/64/128GB. There is no longer a 16GB version. No other phone has this, and it's a major selling point for me. The difference is supposed to be like going from a HDD to SSD on a computer.
LPDDR4 RAM instead of LPDDR3. The advancements in transfer speeds is like that from DDR3 to DDR4 (maybe that's why Samsung's UI doesn't appear to lag anymore?)
14nm Exynos 7420 processor. This is literally about 2 years ahead of Qualcomm and TSMC's processors. Both Qualcomm and TSMC are stuck at 20nm. They are currently trying to manufacture 16nm but are facing technical difficulties.
Curved display technology (limited to Galaxy S6 Edge) - what many people have been waiting for. The technological requirements for manufacturing these displays are so heavy that Samsung was reluctant to invest in this but looks like they reached it. But there are issues with keeping up supply to meet demand. We'll see what happens.
Upgrades to existing technology:
The 1080p resolution of the previous iteration of the Super AMOLED displays has been bumped up to 2K
... There's probably more I just can't think of them right now
Concerns:
Battery has been slimmed down (although tests show that it's still above average in terms of battery life*)
No more microSD slot -deal breaker for some people
No more removable battery -deal breaker for some people
Will keep on updating as more news comes out as the release date is approaching.
Anyway will you buy the Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge? Why or why not? Also, feel free to comment about these 2 phones in general.
This is the biggest technology product release until the iPhone 6s/6s+ in Q3/Q4 of this year.
The downfall for me in the series. No sd slot means a no no for someone like me. having a 64 gb card and not being able to use it just doesnt sit right with me. Also only music takes out 8.12 GB out of memory and theres still more to add to that. Not sure how the partitions go there cus im sittin on good ol GT-I9100 and out of 16 gb i can use only 11.4. This gives me somewhat of an idea how much user memory should be there ~25 gb. That leaves me with ~17gb to spare and it isnt nearly enough to hold all videos that I want. also Ultra-fast UFS flash memory applies to internal so yeah not used fully (still theres need for an sd card to support it too) And one more thing root is a must cus of the bloatware that tends to be in those phones nowadays im afraid of the number that will be there. Another thing is battery as for myself I had to replace it once cus the old one refused to work properly (works only when its charging otherwise after ~90 seconds of activity like camera or simple video playing phone shuts down without warning) So If something like that were to happen here I would be pretty dissapointed.
I myself am considering Note 4 (Exynos version), rarely I have the chance to use the full power of processor so that seems better to me cus of A7's efiiciency when it comes to battery. Still 2K+ (660$+) is kinda too much even knowing that I have more money saved up.
Last thing isnt this like the ceiling of how the technology allows it? 14 nm seems really small and quad 1.5 + quad 2.1 seems a bit excessive. Im not an expert but "the technology is still developing" is there.
Ah to people reading this: How often do you chance your device and what do you do with your old one? If you dont change them too often how long do you expect the carefully chosen one to work for you?
The product cycle of Smartphones is so short, I couldn't bring myself to waste money on the newest cutting edge model just to be ahead of the curve for a few months.
On March 27 2015 17:44 veQ wrote: Last thing isnt this like the ceiling of how the technology allows it? 14 nm seems really small and quad 1.5 + quad 2.1 seems a bit excessive. Im not an expert but "the technology is still developing" is there.
Ah to people reading this: How often do you chance your device and what do you do with your old one? If you dont change them too often how long do you expect the carefully chosen one to work for you?
No, 14nm is not the ceiling. Samsung has said that they can go to 5nm with silicon and Intel said that they will abandon silicon at 7nm. This is only like 5 years away.
I'm still on a GT-I9100 as well and I've had it for almost four years now. Plan to keep it until it dies or until the end of the year if something appealing shows up in the summer though I doubt that. I expect my devices to last at least 3-4 years but the longer the better of course.
The amount of bloatware that comes with Touchwiz on the S6 has been slimmed down quite a bit based on the screenshots I've seen.
I've been using a Galaxy S2 for 3 years now, since it was released. Wondering if I should upgrade. On one hand it's a sexy new phone with a nice screen and ultra fast, on the other hand I don't see why my old phone doesn't allow for web browsing, WhatsApp, Twitch etc.
Basically I'm trying to justify for myself that it's worth it utility wise.
On March 27 2015 14:37 Shinokuki wrote: I wonder when smartphone bubbles will pop. it seems now every phones after m8, iphone 5s, and samsung gs5 it doesnt even matter
When you have portable and affordable mind-computer interface lol.
A Lumia 640, because it has a MicroSD slot so I can use the 128GB card from my Galaxy S3. Plus I want to try Windows on phone. Fuck Samsung with the S6 changes.
I actually dislike external SD because it strays from the Nexus standard and each manufacturer has its own implementation of ext. SD path, which makes it very clusterfucked for some apps to operate (Titanium Backup as an example).
On March 28 2015 09:17 crimethinking wrote: I actually dislike external SD because it strays from the Nexus standard and each manufacturer has its own implementation of ext. SD path, which makes it very clusterfucked for some apps to operate (Titanium Backup as an example).
That would make me dislike Android for being shit and not properly supporting external SD. Why would you pay $200+ more ($240 according to one of the contract details above, £100 more by my calculations for a UK provider, which is $150 or so) for the PHONE in order to upgrade from 32GB to 128GB each time you buy a phone when for $100 you could buy a 128GB MicroSD card you can use with every phone? From a consumer perspective, it's an obscene rip-off.
That doesn't mean every phone should be required to support MicroSD, but Google should make an OS that supports them properly so that manufacturers can opt to have the support there with apps being able to use it on a consistent basis. It's a Google problem that should not exist, since they aren't even a hardware manufacturer so don't benefit from the obscene margins that are made on capacity upgrades for phones/tablets.
On March 28 2015 05:48 always_winter wrote: "Alright gentlemen, let's get down to business. We need to upgrade the Galaxy, and we need to sustain our market share."
"Is the integrity of our design team relevant?"
"Absolutely not."
"Well Apple just made their screen a lil bit bigger and the world ate that shit up."
"You, sir, have just earned yourself a raise."
-Important Samsung meeting
this is what people think when they don't understand the very impressive technological progress made with the s6 it's a damn impressive phone in all levels
A Lumia 640, because it has a MicroSD slot so I can use the 128GB card from my Galaxy S3. Plus I want to try Windows on phone. Fuck Samsung with the S6 changes.
Depending on how much you are dependent on apps, you may end up very disappointed. The OS is great though.
On March 28 2015 07:59 Capped wrote: Was planning on ordering an S5 soon so i was hyped to see this thread "Ooooh S6, maybe i'll get that!"
No SD card. "Well fuck that then."
Now do i go with the older S5 or look for an upcoming alternative.. :|
There's not many choices worse than S5. If you have money, buy S6 with higher storage capacity (do you really need more than 64/128 GB?), if not, go for LG G3, Sony Z3 or some of the high-end Xiaomis. Oh and ASUS should start selling first phone with 4GB ram.
On March 28 2015 18:09 excitedBear wrote: So Samsung has managed 14nm while the others have not? Does that mean that the iPhone will not be able to catch up for a long time?
Anyway in 2 years and we are gonna be at 10nm and then it's gonna get interesting if they can find a substitute for silicone.
Yes. Samsung has managed to mass manufacture 14nm mobile processors before Intel, Qualcomm and TSMC.
It's actually a weird mutually beneficial relationship between Samsung and American electronics giants now. The success of Samsung means the success of Apple and Qualcomm. I don't know if Apple and Qualcomm wants to diversify their sources for CPUs but Samsung's technological capacity is just too much for anyone else to compete.
And I'm kinda glad that Apple is moving to Samsung for its chips again. 20nm is just way too behind IMO. Apple really needs to upgrade their hardware to 14nm and DDR4 to make the iPhone 6s look impressive. And this is most likely the case because the next step from 20nm is either 16nm and 14nm and TSMC is having a bit of trouble with manufacturing 16nm right now.
I know hardware isn't everything, but the transitions on iPhones are quite slow. For example, when I press on, let's say, the Safari button on my iPhone 5, the response time to app load time is too slow. I noticed that on the Galaxy S6, the responses are pretty much instantaneous. So if Apple uses faster processors, this may mean they might be able to get rid of the annoying transition animations/lag that is so evident in today's iPhones. And I'm not talking about stuttering lag. The lag I'm talking about is referring to the time it takes for the iPhone to respond when I click on an application.
Also the touchscreen on current iPhones can be improved. I noticed that Samsung smartphone touchscreens are much more accurate in responding to tactile stimuli. If you guys have iPhones, I highly recommend trying out a Samsung smartphone (any smartphone, it doesn't have to be the Galaxy S6) and you'll see a big difference. Here's an article from TomsHardware discussing this: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/galaxy-s3-beats-iphone-5s-5c-touch-accuracy,24874.html
Well this is another leap in performance, with the last one being S3 or S4.
The technical specs look mighty impressive, even though I'm not a big fan of the Samsung software.
Only wish there was some way to increase battery energy storage density, but improving on Lipos as far as I can tell it is impossible without switching to a different mode of storage outside of chemical bonds, which were likely long away from.
On March 29 2015 13:32 FiWiFaKi wrote: Well this is another leap in performance, with the last one being S3 or S4.
The technical specs look mighty impressive, even though I'm not a big fan of the Samsung software.
Only wish there was some way to increase battery energy storage density, but improving on Lipos as far as I can tell it is impossible without switching to a different mode of storage outside of chemical bonds, which were likely long away from.
The battery, while slimmed down, is actually better than the iPhone 6 according to this review. However it's noticeably worse than the Galaxy Note 4's battery.
Samsung had to choose between keeping the phone slim to make the S6 aesthetically pleasing or to increase battery size (compromising thinness).
Samsung chose to make the S6 slimmer than its predecessor and I think they did a pretty solid balancing act without compromising battery life too much.
Currently there is research going into graphene battery technology. It's nowhere near implementation stages and it will take decades for the technology to mature. Until then, Li-Ion technology is the most reliable and advanced battery technology that is suitable for smartphones.
EDIT: I just came across this on Anandtech: Galaxy S6 drop test
I wouldn't want to get into an argument this girl! The glass on the Galaxy S6 seems like it's invincible!
On March 28 2015 05:48 always_winter wrote: "Alright gentlemen, let's get down to business. We need to upgrade the Galaxy, and we need to sustain our market share."
"Is the integrity of our design team relevant?"
"Absolutely not."
"Well Apple just made their screen a lil bit bigger and the world ate that shit up."
I came across the camera bitrate effect while experimenting with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Response time and input lag are (unintuitively) completely different things.
Response time refers to the time that pixels take to change color, while input lag is the delay between performing an action and it actually being shown to you.
That still looks like it has a lag of ~100ms and further delay due to lag/freezing when switching between screens etc, like pretty much every smartphone ever. IDK why nobody has made any progress there.
You can very clearly see her finger moving, but the screen not scrolling for a fraction of a second or even longer at times. It's happening IRL (like on every other smartphone and tablet pretty much ever) and not just a camera problem
I came across the camera bitrate effect while experimenting with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Response time and input lag are (unintuitively) completely different things.
Response time refers to the time that pixels take to change color, while input lag is the delay between performing an action and it actually being shown to you.
That still looks like it has a lag of ~100ms and further delay due to lag/freezing when switching between screens etc, like pretty much every smartphone ever. IDK why nobody has made any progress there.
You can very clearly see her finger moving, but the screen not scrolling for a fraction of a second or even longer at times. It's happening IRL (like on every other smartphone and tablet pretty much ever) and not just a camera problem
Sorry I thought you meant the screen flickering.
BTW if you look at the video closely, at the times the screen didn't move, she actually gestured up & down (or at an angle that was more vertical than horizontal) rather than sideways. Also she was tapping at the screen at times so the screen didn't move. Towards the end, she pressed the home button, so again nothing to do with gesturing sideways.
I came across the camera bitrate effect while experimenting with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Response time and input lag are (unintuitively) completely different things.
Response time refers to the time that pixels take to change color, while input lag is the delay between performing an action and it actually being shown to you.
That still looks like it has a lag of ~100ms and further delay due to lag/freezing when switching between screens etc, like pretty much every smartphone ever. IDK why nobody has made any progress there.
You can very clearly see her finger moving, but the screen not scrolling for a fraction of a second or even longer at times. It's happening IRL (like on every other smartphone and tablet pretty much ever) and not just a camera problem
Sorry I thought you meant the screen flickering.
BTW if you look at the video closely, at the times the screen didn't move, she actually gestured up & down (or at an angle that was more vertical than horizontal) rather than sideways. Also she was tapping at the screen at times so the screen didn't move. Towards the end, she pressed the home button, so again nothing to do with gesturing sideways.
So it wasn't a lag issue at all.
Aha thanks for those
you can still see the lag though in the first 5 seconds very clearly
I came across the camera bitrate effect while experimenting with Adobe Premiere Pro.
Response time and input lag are (unintuitively) completely different things.
Response time refers to the time that pixels take to change color, while input lag is the delay between performing an action and it actually being shown to you.
That still looks like it has a lag of ~100ms and further delay due to lag/freezing when switching between screens etc, like pretty much every smartphone ever. IDK why nobody has made any progress there.
You can very clearly see her finger moving, but the screen not scrolling for a fraction of a second or even longer at times. It's happening IRL (like on every other smartphone and tablet pretty much ever) and not just a camera problem
Sorry I thought you meant the screen flickering.
BTW if you look at the video closely, at the times the screen didn't move, she actually gestured up & down (or at an angle that was more vertical than horizontal) rather than sideways. Also she was tapping at the screen at times so the screen didn't move. Towards the end, she pressed the home button, so again nothing to do with gesturing sideways.
So it wasn't a lag issue at all.
Aha thanks for those
you can still see the lag though in the first 5 seconds very clearly
Certainly looks like a bit of stutter but still not sure if that's actual lag because the video is 240p. I have yet to see real lag on videos on the Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge on other videos though. Such as this:
And here's another video by a different reviewer: Skip to 1:50 where he starts to use the phone and watch until the end. No lag is evident here.
Skip to about 4:30 and you'll see him swiping at the screen. There is virtually no lag. The times the screen didn't move was when the screen didn't register the swipe (probably various reasons including the fact that swipes need to be a certain length to be registered by a smartphone touchscreen).
Here is another video of the same guy with the Galaxy S6 Edge this time:
So I think the other video I linked with the girl smashing the phone was actually not lag, but looks like lag. A the start, I can definitely notice some stuttering. But this may be due to the effect I was talking about with Super AMOLED displays.
Skip to about 4:30 and you'll see him swiping at the screen. There is virtually no lag.
There's a noticable time delay between the action and it being represented on screen that's probably 5x more obvious when you're actually using the device
There's the usual delay when interacting with the screen in any way, 50ms+ (maybe 100ms) - there's always some amount of delay, it's just different depending on hardware and software (and very unusually high on smartphone/tablet touchscreens compared to even regular PC usage)
If you can't see it there, you just don't know what to look for
There's the usual delay when interacting with the screen in any way, 50ms+ (maybe 100ms) - there's always some amount of delay, it's just different depending on hardware and software (and very unusually high on smartphone/tablet touchscreens compared to even regular PC usage)
If you can't see it there, you just don't know what to look for
Oh yeah there's definitely some delay on that screen in the first 5 seconds or so.
I wouldn't necessarily call it laggy though. If you mean that it's laggy in that there is delay, then I guess you could say all displays these days have some kind of lag.
But yeah I agree, there are some delay issues with the video. For example, there is some noticeable delay when she swipes to the right to bring the app (some sort of social media/news app?).
By the way, here is another (and more impressive) drop test:
The Galaxy S6 Edge survives an 8 feet drop! This is beyond impressive IMO. That phone is literally indestructible in any everyday situation that involves dropping your phone. I know my iPhone 5 wouldn't survive that, nor would any other phone on the market.
Perhaps the next iPhone 6s may get the newest Corning glass found on the Galaxy S6 & S6 Edge.
I don't know why any other new phones are not using the new Corning glass. I think it's most likely due to costs. Corning glass is the most expensive glass for displays on the market.
I'm pretty sure HTC One M9 is also using Gorilla Glass 4 but you do realize that Gorilla Glass 4 only came out a few months ago and that like LG and Sony hasn't announced their flagships yet.
Meh but this "the thinner the better" trend is terrible.
First of all, you people don't like the worse battery life? Well, if the phone was ticker, it would be posible to have a larger battery there. It doesnt even has to be super tick, since the Moto Maxx has 2 days battery life withouth being a brick.
Also, IDK whats the point of making the phone thiner, if thats going to make the camara stand out of the device, making it easier to scratch, not being able to rest the device on a surface because it will move, and as I said, it doesn't look bad and they could put a bigger battery there.
Samsung phones will always be more laggy than others, they put too much stuff there. Most of it isn't really useful. But they are good devices.
On March 31 2015 10:46 skyR wrote: I'm pretty sure HTC One M9 is also using Gorilla Glass 4 but you do realize that Gorilla Glass 4 only came out a few months ago and that like LG and Sony hasn't announced their flagships yet.
Hey actually you're right, the HTC One M9 also uses Corning's Gorilla Glass 4.
So I guess that adds to the list of devices that use Gorilla Glass 4.
I think Sony said the Z4 will be their last smartphone which sucks because they made good smartphones. Although this has not been 100% confirmed.
The iPhone 6s and LG G4 will probably use Gorilla Glass 4 as well if we go by the trend.
we might be seeing a break through in Battery tech soon. Search for FLCB. Hoping this tech be more matured in a year or two. This can make for some awesome battery slim case
But with the quick charge feature I think the phone battery life shouldn't be a concern.
On March 31 2015 18:10 excitedBear wrote: I'm waiting for something like this: Solar powered smart phones. If calculators can do it, why not smart phones?
Because calculators only need micro Watts of power and phones need Watts, about a million times more! And do you want your phone to be covered in solar panels?
On March 31 2015 18:10 excitedBear wrote: I'm waiting for something like this: Solar powered smart phones. If calculators can do it, why not smart phones?
Because calculators only need micro Watts of power and phones need Watts, about a million times more! And do you want your phone to be covered in solar panels?
That and most people keep their phones in their pockets most of the time.
Would be at least a start. I'm not sure why you cannot charge the battery with solar power.
Having it behind the screen is a good spot but even as the article mentions it won't replace traditional charging, just allow to quickly check an email after the battery dies or something. Maybe if you leave it in the sun for 10 minutes you'd get a minute extra of screen time. Phones are simply too power hungry to make this work.
On March 31 2015 18:10 excitedBear wrote: I'm waiting for something like this: Solar powered smart phones. If calculators can do it, why not smart phones?
Yeah it would be good to see solar powered smartphones.
However research and development of solar powered devices hasn't really caught up with the rest of the electronics industry simply because they're economically unfeasible for most companies.
Further research and development for solar power products will only happen if there is an economic impetus and a promise of competitive advantage for companies.
Anyway, here's the best Galaxy S6 Edge Review yet:
Aaand... it bends! Although the Galaxy S6 edge has glass on the most anterior aspect of the phone, which makes this test biased in favor of the HTC One M9 and iPhone 6.
14nm Exynos 7420 processor. This is literally about 2 years ahead of Qualcomm and TSMC's processors. Both Qualcomm and TSMC are stuck at 20nm. They are currently trying to manufacture 16nm but are facing technical difficulties.
Unless I'm mistaken, Qualcomm doesn't actually have a fab, and TSMC doesn't design processors, like the original post implies. If TSMC was stuck at 20nm, it would still be theoretically possible for Qualcomm to use a different fab.
TSMC is the largest independent fab so Qualcomm is stuck with them for the foreseeable future and stuck with whatever process TSMC is at. It's not likely that Qualcomm will ink a deal with Samsung or Intel for another year or so.
14nm Exynos 7420 processor. This is literally about 2 years ahead of Qualcomm and TSMC's processors. Both Qualcomm and TSMC are stuck at 20nm. They are currently trying to manufacture 16nm but are facing technical difficulties.
Unless I'm mistaken, Qualcomm doesn't actually have a fab, and TSMC doesn't design processors, like the original post implies. If TSMC was stuck at 20nm, it would still be theoretically possible for Qualcomm to use a different fab.
The main reason is that TSMC is still stuck at 20nm manufacturing process and is struggling to implement the 16nm process. Samsung is already at 14nm tech with their new Galaxy S6/S6 edge and is currently developing 10nm.
Anyway I'm getting my Galaxy S6 edge soon so I'll post back when I get it.
Nice. However developing the technology is one thing, having the technological capacity to manufacture them efficiently in large quantities is a more technologically demanding.
On April 08 2015 18:25 Grovbolle wrote: I hope that Samsung will stop filling their phones with bloatware and slim down the Touchwiz to the bare essentials
Most technology reviewers are claiming that the Galaxy S6 UI has been so slimmed down that it's virtually lag-free. I'll report back with what I think later.
On April 11 2015 05:35 wei2coolman wrote: not sure what all the hate around samsungs use of plastic was.... it's fine, it's a light weight material that's cheap, and easy to replace...
Hell, nokia's were plastic, ain't nobody complaining about build quality of that brick.
Once you have a hold and feel of the Galaxy S6 you will understand why people are saying that the Galaxy S6 is Samsung's best designed device yet.
Surprised by the amount of phones we got at work. Both the regular S6 and the Edge. I mean, we got a shit ton, at least 4-5x the amount of Iphone 6s we got.
Almost no one getting the Edge, as expected (least from me and my co-workers) the phone itself is more expensive because you're paying for a function that wasn't really needed or asked for. Not to mention finding a good case is impossible, and there's no screen shields for it either.
I expect we will be sending back at least half of our S6 Edge.
On March 31 2015 18:10 excitedBear wrote: I'm waiting for something like this: Solar powered smart phones. If calculators can do it, why not smart phones?
Because calculators only need micro Watts of power and phones need Watts, about a million times more! And do you want your phone to be covered in solar panels?
That and most people keep their phones in their pockets most of the time.
No they don't. Go to a mall and count how many people have smart phones out. I would be surprised if it was less than 70% since no one watches were they are walking and bump into me all the fuckin time.
Lookin forward to replacing my Galaxy S3 with the S6 Edge. I see no logical reason to buy new phones every year but the upgrade from S3 to S6 Edge is big enough to justify IMO. Plus my phone has an image of my keyboard burned into the screen....
On April 11 2015 13:27 Zooper31 wrote: Surprised by the amount of phones we got at work. Both the regular S6 and the Edge. I mean, we got a shit ton, at least 4-5x the amount of Iphone 6s we got.
Almost no one getting the Edge, as expected (least from me and my co-workers) the phone itself is more expensive because you're paying for a function that wasn't really needed or asked for. Not to mention finding a good case is impossible, and there's no screen shields for it either.
I expect we will be sending back at least half of our S6 Edge.
Surprising considering the news says that, due to the high demand for the Galaxy S6 edge, Samsung is expecting that supply would be unable to keep up with demand. Maybe it's just the store you're working at because out of all the people who got the Galaxy S6 that I know, about 50% of them got the Galaxy S6 edge.
I've actually got my Galaxy S6 edge next to me now but I've been busy. I'll be posting a review with photos soon.
On April 11 2015 14:00 kingcastles wrote: wat? im still using my 90s phone and this confuses me. what phone takes the best pics/vids?
I'm not sure if you're being serious or not lol.
Many smartphones take decent pics/vids but nothing comes close to the Galaxy S6. The Samsung Galaxy S6 uses the Sony Exmor IMX240 sensor which is the most technologically advanced camera sensor for smartphones on the market.
There are some phones with a higher MP count but higher MPs does NOT equal better image quality. Hence why I would say the iPhone 6 has the 2nd best smartphone camera even though it's only 8MPs. Higher MPs is meant to deceive customers into thinking higher MPs = better image quality.
QuantumTeleportation's Review: Disclaimer: these are purely my opinions and perspectives of the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge. It does not necessarily apply to you. And I am not a Samsung employee. If you think it's advertising or over-promoting, you can ignore this review and get on with your life. If moderators think this is too "shilly" then they can delete it or PM me on ways to make it more suitable for TeamLiquid. I'm both an Apple and Samsung fan, so I'm not biased towards any company. I own products from both companies. And I don't own any shares in either company.
I've owned the Galaxy S6 edge for about 6 days now and wow, this thing is just... I can't describe it. I'm speechless. Hardware: Samsung, you're already 2 years ahead of other tech companies. The world's 14nm mobile CPU, DDR4 RAM, UFS flash memory, 16MP camera with DSLR-like capabilities and Quad-HD display speak for themselves. Excellent! Software: Yes, thank you Samsung. It took you this long to figure out the software. But you finally did it.
Pros
Firstly, the best thing about the Galaxy S6 / S6 edge is the sexy glass design. The Galaxy S6 edge is actually making up 50% of the Galaxy S6 sales right now. Many people are getting the Galaxy S6 edge variant because it can't be copied by Chinese copycats as manufacturing the dual curved display requires high tech manufacturing facilities which these Chinese copycat companies don't have. There are literally millions of fake iPhone 6s and past Galaxy devices on sale in China right now, and they look EXACTLY identical to the iPhone 6/GalaxyS5. The Galaxy S6 edge just cant be copied by low tech copycat manufacturers.
The glass design actually has a refractive layer, another advanced technology that Samsung has integrated within the glass. Refraction causes a color shift and this depends on light intensity and angle of light hitting the glass surface. Very cool technology. If you have doubts about the quality of the glass on the Galaxy S6 check these videos out:
The software is smooth, smoother than the iPhone 6's even. It's definitely not lag-free, however. Even with the 14nm Octa-Core CPU, I've had some lag occasionally when I ran >5 large apps and >10 tabs of huge desktop versions of image/video-heavy websites. But when does that ever happen, practically? So, yeah you wont get any lag with this phone unless you actually try to make it lag. So, practically, both the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 are lag-free.
The camera is AMAZING. The white balance is top-notch. The 2-tap mechanism is impeccable. Most tech reviews are saying that the Galaxy S6's camera is the best camera in the smartphone industry. The DSLR capabilities and superb OIS (which is superior to the OIS seen on the iPhone 6 Plus) make it the best video camera as well. Note: the standard iPhone 6 doesn't have OIS, whereas the iPhone 6 Plus has OIS.
The buttons are very well machined and responsive. Click sounds have a very modern and satisfying feel to them.
No more "bloop, bloop, BLOOP" water sounds. No more nature themed bs. Good riddance.
Even the case that encases the Galaxy S6 is a very modern and sleek white design.
I have medium-large hands and the Galaxy S6 edge felt more comfortable in the hand compared to the standard Galaxy S6.
The front facing camera is much better than the Galaxy Note 4's I noticed which held the previous title for best selfie camera. So this phone is a must for girls who take selfies .
Cons
While the speakers are loud, they're still mono speakers like the iPhone 6. If you want the best loudspeakers, the Galaxy S6 will offer you very good volume but not the best sound reproduction.
The flipboard notification thing that comes with the Galaxy S6 isn't integrated properly with the UI which causes a split second delay when scrolling through it. It's a non-essential thing and I've disabled it. It doesn't affect the actual flipboard app at all.
Although much smoother than previous iterations of Galaxy devices and on-par with the iPhone 6, the occasional bouts of lag still exist but only if you want to make it lag. I would put the Galaxy S6 on par with the iPhone 6 in terms of smoothness. I'm not sure if the lag is because of the Quad-HD display on the Galaxy S6/S6 edge pushing >2X as many pixels of a HD display (and 4X more pixels than the iPhone 6's display) or software issues, but the Galaxy S6/S6 edge does lag if you want to make them to like loading >5 CPU/memory-heavy apps and >10 image/video-heavy websites, but who does that?. Then again, I don't think there will be such a thing as a lag-free phone in the future, because "lag" is contextual. For example, if you load up 30 image and video-heavy webpages on a smartphone, you will get lag, no matter how powerful the processor is. It's just a limitation of computing.
TL;DR The Galaxy S6 is a huge upgrade from my iPhone 5. With a 14nm CPU, DDR4 RAM, ultra-fast UFS flash memory, 16MP camera with DSLR capabilities, fast charging battery mode and Quad-HD display which is the industry's most accurate display with highest maximum brightness, I think this is easily the best smartphone of this year. I don't think we will ever see a lag-free phone. The Galaxy S6/S6 edge is close to being that lag-free phone. The iPhone 6S probably wont beat it, considering it wont have a Quad-HD display and probably no DDR4 RAM. There are rumors that the iPhone 6S will have a 14nm CPU made by Samsung but we'll have to see if those rumors are true.
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Quick question, you using a case with that? Also, any cool features regarding the edge part of the screen? any of them must have's? Or cool features that you rarely use? or completely useless and just looks cool?
On April 16 2015 12:15 wei2coolman wrote: Quick question, you using a case with that? Also, any cool features regarding the edge part of the screen? any of them must have's? Or cool features that you rarely use? or completely useless and just looks cool?
I'm getting a case soon. I've been so busy with work that I only managed to write this review today haha.
If anyone knows some good cases, please recommend them to me.
I think I've been hearing that the Spigen Neo Hybrids are good.
As for the functionality of the edge part of the display, I only use one of them and that's the edge swipe feature that instantly brings up your pre-determined favorite contacts.
I mainly bought the Galaxy S6 edge purely for the aesthetics and I think that's what most people are thinking too.
i bought an S6 last Friday when i first came out in Australia... wanted to get the Edge but settled for the original S6 as i prefer the standard look...
no complaint thus far except for the camera bump ...
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote: long review here
You say it's a huge update, but in what sense? Sure the specs are impressive, but there are very few people who complain about the iPhone 5 (let alone about the 5s) being slow or taking bad pictures.
EDIT: you mention that the software is smoother than an iPhone 6, but then say that it still lags. That's kind of contradictory.
Forgive me for being biased but I paid €550 for a galaxy S4 back in the day, and I ended up regretting it very much: it got uncomfortably hot during light usage (such as reading text) and it showed signs of slowdown after barely half a year of usage. My girlfriend's S3 was ripe for the garbage can after two years of use, much to her dismay because she paid full price for it and had hoped it to last at least twice as long. We both switched our phones for second hand iPhone 5S phones (I had sold my S4 before that to buy a Lumia 1020, but found the lack of apps and the state of WP8.1 to be rather annoying), and neither of us are looking back, to be honest. My girlfriend was especially pleased with the fact that her phone is blazing fast, doesn't crash and doesn't require her to carry a power bank with her anymore.
To me Samsung has become synonym with overpriced phones with a built-in planned obsolescence feature. If my iPhone breaks down I will probably settle for a Lumia 530 or 630. I bought all the above phones when I still lived with my parents and had money to spend. I live together with my student girlfriend right now, and no longer have the liberty to spend hundreds of euros on phones. I don't trust android on budget hardware. It is a horribly optimised, one-size-fits-all mobile OS that operates badly below a certain threshold. Windows Phone has a much better reputation when it comes to running on budget hardware.
Disclaimer: I would not call myself an apple fanboy (I have a single apple device) or android hater. I'm just someone whose experiences with android so far have been abysmal, and whose experiences with iOS have been nothing but positive ones. Regardless of that I do not use any of Apple's cloud apps: my tablet is Windows 8.1, my laptop is Windows 8.1 and my Desktop PC is Windows 8.1. Needless to say I prefer using Microsoft's cloud services on all of those devices, as well as on my phone.
You say it's a huge update, but in what sense? Sure the specs are impressive, but there are very few people who complain about the iPhone 5 (let alone about the 5s) being slow or taking bad pictures.
EDIT: you mention that the software is smoother than an iPhone 6, but then say that it still lags. That's kind of contradictory.
Forgive me for being biased but I paid €550 for a galaxy S4 back in the day, and I ended up regretting it very much: it got uncomfortably hot during light usage (such as reading text) and it showed signs of slowdown after barely half a year of usage. My girlfriend's S3 was ripe for the garbage can after two years of use, much to her dismay because she paid full price for it and had hoped it to last at least twice as long. We both switched our phones for second hand iPhone 5S phones (I had sold my S4 before that to buy a Lumia 1020, but found the lack of apps and the state of WP8.1 to be rather annoying), and neither of us are looking back, to be honest. My girlfriend was especially pleased with the fact that her phone is blazing fast, doesn't crash and doesn't require her to carry a power bank with her anymore.
To me Samsung has become synonym with overpriced phones with a built-in planned obsolescence feature. If my iPhone breaks down I will probably settle for a Lumia 530 or 630. I bought all the above phones when I still lived with my parents and had money to spend. I live together with my student girlfriend right now, and no longer have the liberty to spend hundreds of euros on phones. I don't trust android on budget hardware. It is a horribly optimised, one-size-fits-all mobile OS that operates badly below a certain threshold. Windows Phone has a much better reputation when it comes to running on budget hardware.
Disclaimer: I would not call myself an apple fanboy (I have a single apple device) or android hater. I'm just someone whose experiences with android so far have been abysmal, and whose experiences with iOS have been nothing but positive ones. Regardless of that I do not use any of Apple's cloud apps: my tablet is Windows 8.1, my laptop is Windows 8.1 and my Desktop PC is Windows 8.1. Needless to say I prefer using Microsoft's cloud services on all of those devices, as well as on my phone.
What? I'm still using an SGS2 and it works fine. Sure I can't play 3D games and I put Cyanogen Mod on it, but still.
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote: long review here
You say it's a huge update, but in what sense? Sure the specs are impressive, but there are very few people who complain about the iPhone 5 (let alone about the 5s) being slow or taking bad pictures.
EDIT: you mention that the software is smoother than an iPhone 6, but then say that it still lags. That's kind of contradictory.
Forgive me for being biased but I paid €550 for a galaxy S4 back in the day, and I ended up regretting it very much: it got uncomfortably hot during light usage (such as reading text) and it showed signs of slowdown after barely half a year of usage. My girlfriend's S3 was ripe for the garbage can after two years of use, much to her dismay because she paid full price for it and had hoped it to last at least twice as long. We both switched our phones for second hand iPhone 5S phones (I had sold my S4 before that to buy a Lumia 1020, but found the lack of apps and the state of WP8.1 to be rather annoying), and neither of us are looking back, to be honest. My girlfriend was especially pleased with the fact that her phone is blazing fast, doesn't crash and doesn't require her to carry a power bank with her anymore.
To me Samsung has become synonym with overpriced phones with a built-in planned obsolescence feature. If my iPhone breaks down I will probably settle for a Lumia 530 or 630. I bought all the above phones when I still lived with my parents and had money to spend. I live together with my student girlfriend right now, and no longer have the liberty to spend hundreds of euros on phones. I don't trust android on budget hardware. It is a horribly optimised, one-size-fits-all mobile OS that operates badly below a certain threshold. Windows Phone has a much better reputation when it comes to running on budget hardware.
Disclaimer: I would not call myself an apple fanboy (I have a single apple device) or android hater. I'm just someone whose experiences with android so far have been abysmal, and whose experiences with iOS have been nothing but positive ones. Regardless of that I do not use any of Apple's cloud apps: my tablet is Windows 8.1, my laptop is Windows 8.1 and my Desktop PC is Windows 8.1. Needless to say I prefer using Microsoft's cloud services on all of those devices, as well as on my phone.
The iPhone 6 isn't without lag. I've seen it crash and lag several times before. It's just rarer compared to Android smartphones. The Galaxy S6 is the first smartphone to be equal to the iPhone 6 in terms of smoothness. Most tech experts are actually saying that the iPhone 5S was the smoothest Apple device and it went downhill with the iPhone 6. I've heard many people say that the iPhone 6 is one of the laggiest iPhones although it is still practically lag-free. All I'm saying is that, practically, both the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 are lag-free devices and they only lag if you actually want them to lag (i.e. load up >5 heavy apps and >10 image/video-heavy websites).
The Galaxy S6 is hence very impressive since it's Quad-HD display is pushing 4X more pixels than the iPhone 6's less-than-HD display. And the two devices are equal in terms of smoothness. This demonstrates how powerful the Galaxy S6's 14nm CPU and DDR4 RAM modules are.
Yes I said that the Galaxy S6 lags occasionally but so does the iPhone 6. Both are relatively lag-free compared to other smartphones. They only lag when you want them to such as loading 5 CPU/memory-intensive apps and >10 desktop versions of image/video-heavy websites.
I can see where you're coming from with the Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S4 as well as the Galaxy S5 were lag city. The Galaxy S6 is totally different from them in this area. They are like polar opposites even though they are made by the same company.
The iPhone 5S is still a great device and you probably shouldn't upgrade to an iPhone 6. You definitely should wait for the iPhone 6S. Or get the Galaxy S6/S6 edge because, in terms of the technological level, the iPhone 6S wont beat the Galaxy S6/S6 edge. The iPhone 6S will be a hardware upgrade, but it most likely wont have the newest high tech parts.
I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
On April 17 2015 10:04 Faruko wrote: I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
I am looking to get a cheap smart phone. I have a nexus 4 but it barely works (turns off randomly and won't turn on sometimes even though it has been plugged in for an hour T_T). I see that you mentioned the Moto G and that is something that I would be interested in getting. Can you tell me more about it? I don't play intensive apps on it (only youtube/twitch). I would like an adequate camera (my Nexus 4 takes low lighting shots). Smaller screen size doesn't matter. I also hear the battery life is better which is a huge plus. Any information you can give me would be awesome
-I am sorry that this is an offtopic post. Should I take this to PMs?
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote: long review here
You say it's a huge update, but in what sense? Sure the specs are impressive, but there are very few people who complain about the iPhone 5 (let alone about the 5s) being slow or taking bad pictures.
EDIT: you mention that the software is smoother than an iPhone 6, but then say that it still lags. That's kind of contradictory.
Forgive me for being biased but I paid €550 for a galaxy S4 back in the day, and I ended up regretting it very much: it got uncomfortably hot during light usage (such as reading text) and it showed signs of slowdown after barely half a year of usage. My girlfriend's S3 was ripe for the garbage can after two years of use, much to her dismay because she paid full price for it and had hoped it to last at least twice as long. We both switched our phones for second hand iPhone 5S phones (I had sold my S4 before that to buy a Lumia 1020, but found the lack of apps and the state of WP8.1 to be rather annoying), and neither of us are looking back, to be honest. My girlfriend was especially pleased with the fact that her phone is blazing fast, doesn't crash and doesn't require her to carry a power bank with her anymore.
To me Samsung has become synonym with overpriced phones with a built-in planned obsolescence feature. If my iPhone breaks down I will probably settle for a Lumia 530 or 630. I bought all the above phones when I still lived with my parents and had money to spend. I live together with my student girlfriend right now, and no longer have the liberty to spend hundreds of euros on phones. I don't trust android on budget hardware. It is a horribly optimised, one-size-fits-all mobile OS that operates badly below a certain threshold. Windows Phone has a much better reputation when it comes to running on budget hardware.
Disclaimer: I would not call myself an apple fanboy (I have a single apple device) or android hater. I'm just someone whose experiences with android so far have been abysmal, and whose experiences with iOS have been nothing but positive ones. Regardless of that I do not use any of Apple's cloud apps: my tablet is Windows 8.1, my laptop is Windows 8.1 and my Desktop PC is Windows 8.1. Needless to say I prefer using Microsoft's cloud services on all of those devices, as well as on my phone.
The iPhone 6 isn't without lag. I've seen it crash and lag several times before. It's just rarer compared to Android smartphones. The Galaxy S6 is the first smartphone to be equal to the iPhone 6 in terms of smoothness. Most tech experts are actually saying that the iPhone 5S was the smoothest Apple device and it went downhill with the iPhone 6. I've heard many people say that the iPhone 6 is one of the laggiest iPhones although it is still practically lag-free. All I'm saying is that, practically, both the Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 are lag-free devices and they only lag if you actually want them to lag (i.e. load up >5 heavy apps and >10 image/video-heavy websites).
The Galaxy S6 is hence very impressive since it's Quad-HD display is pushing 4X more pixels than the iPhone 6's less-than-HD display. And the two devices are equal in terms of smoothness. This demonstrates how powerful the Galaxy S6's 14nm CPU and DDR4 RAM modules are.
Yes I said that the Galaxy S6 lags occasionally but so does the iPhone 6. Both are relatively lag-free compared to other smartphones. They only lag when you want them to such as loading 5 CPU/memory-intensive apps and >10 desktop versions of image/video-heavy websites.
I can see where you're coming from with the Galaxy S4. The Galaxy S4 as well as the Galaxy S5 were lag city. The Galaxy S6 is totally different from them in this area. They are like polar opposites even though they are made by the same company.
The iPhone 5S is still a great device and you probably shouldn't upgrade to an iPhone 6. You definitely should wait for the iPhone 6S. Or get the Galaxy S6/S6 edge because, in terms of the technological level, the iPhone 6S wont beat the Galaxy S6/S6 edge. The iPhone 6S will be a hardware upgrade, but it most likely wont have the newest high tech parts.
Glad to hear that Samsung is finally stepping up its game. Don't worry, I won't be replacing my iPhone 5s for hopefully a long time still. I used to have an iPhone 3GS and it lasted me three years, and my sister another two. Of course it had gotten slower (mainly due to the updates) and the battery life had deteriorated, but it still worked. Considering the iPhone 5S is much better technology, I am hoping for at least the same usage scenario.
On April 17 2015 10:04 Faruko wrote: I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
I am looking to get a cheap smart phone. I have a nexus 4 but it barely works (turns off randomly and won't turn on sometimes even though it has been plugged in for an hour T_T). I see that you mentioned the Moto G and that is something that I would be interested in getting. Can you tell me more about it? I don't play intensive apps on it (only youtube/twitch). I would like an adequate camera (my Nexus 4 takes low lighting shots). Smaller screen size doesn't matter. I also hear the battery life is better which is a huge plus. Any information you can give me would be awesome
-I am sorry that this is an offtopic post. Should I take this to PMs?
On April 17 2015 10:04 Faruko wrote: I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
The 14nm CPU, DDR4 RAM and ultra-fast UFS flash memory inside the Galaxy S6 isn't manly for boosting the intra-application speeds.
Rather, these high tech parts are used for other reasons such as loading apps faster and boosting web browsing speeds and smoothness. Also I noticed that the Galaxy S6 tends not to lag much in high stress situations such as having massive amounts photos or videos on a webpage. The iPhone 6 becomes lag city when subjected to the same conditions.
Also the double tap to open the camera mechanism can only be achieved with the Galaxy S6 because it requires high processing speeds.
Some people have realized that not even the iPhone 6S will challenge the Galaxy S6 when it comes to high tech parts.
Of course some people want simplicity and that's what iPhones offer. But the Galaxy S6 is just as simple to use IMO, unless someone is really computer/smartphone illiterate.
On April 16 2015 23:24 endy wrote: What? I'm still using an SGS2 and it works fine. Sure I can't play 3D games and I put Cyanogen Mod on it, but still.
I got a S2/3/4. The funny thing is that while my S2 is still working(changed its battery a few times tho), my S3/4 are dead... I'm staying away from their flagship models now. I rather just get a cheaper phone since they are now designed to fail withing 1 or 2 years of using.
It's funny how S2 was such a great phone and then Samsung went a little overboard and over engineered for what the consumers wants.
Edit: As for the S6, I've yet to see anyone using it but its only been recently launched in Singapore.
On April 16 2015 23:24 endy wrote: What? I'm still using an SGS2 and it works fine. Sure I can't play 3D games and I put Cyanogen Mod on it, but still.
I got a S2/3/4. The funny thing is that while my S2 is still working(changed its battery a few times tho), my S3/4 are dead... I'm staying away from their flagship models now. I rather just get a cheaper phone since they are now designed to fail withing 1 or 2 years of using.
It's funny how S2 was such a great phone and then Samsung went a little overboard and over engineered for what the consumers wants.
Edit: As for the S6, I've yet to see anyone using it but its only been recently launched in Singapore.
My thoughts exactly, made that mistake more than once.
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
When I saw this thread I instantly wondered whether QuantumTeleportation was AutoEngineer's new account.
On April 17 2015 10:04 Faruko wrote: I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
The 14nm CPU, DDR4 RAM and ultra-fast UFS flash memory inside the Galaxy S6 isn't manly for boosting the intra-application speeds.
Rather, these high tech parts are used for other reasons such as loading apps faster and boosting web browsing speeds and smoothness. Also I noticed that the Galaxy S6 tends not to lag much in high stress situations such as having massive amounts photos or videos on a webpage. The iPhone 6 becomes lag city when subjected to the same conditions.
Also the double tap to open the camera mechanism can only be achieved with the Galaxy S6 because it requires high processing speeds.
Some people have realized that not even the iPhone 6S will challenge the Galaxy S6 when it comes to high tech parts.
Of course some people want simplicity and that's what iPhones offer. But the Galaxy S6 is just as simple to use IMO, unless someone is really computer/smartphone illiterate.
HAHAHAHAHAHA PLEASE STOP I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE
Man my X 2014 seems to be from the future because it does it without even having to tap anywhere ! Im 2 taps ahead of the Galaxy S6 ...
(for the record, i really like the S6)
EDIT: And it seems even the Galaxy s4 has that "impressive high processing speed that you need to double tap a physical button"
Checked it yesterday in the shop and although the front side looks slick, the back side is really, really ugly. There's no mat finish like HTC has, and the camera protruding from the back feels so akward, especially with the back side being so flat, with rough edges.
Design wise, it's far from M9 and doesn't give that premium feeling of holding something metal and sturdy in your hand.
Can't comment on the SW side, I know my S3 dissapointed me to no end with the awful battery and laggy OS and it will take a lot of good reviews to get me back on Samsungs side again.
On April 20 2015 01:38 Odoakar wrote: Checked it yesterday in the shop and although the front side looks slick, the back side is really, really ugly. There's no mat finish like HTC has, and the camera protruding from the back feels so akward, especially with the back side being so flat, with rough edges.
Design wise, it's far from M9 and doesn't give that premium feeling of holding something metal and sturdy in your hand.
Can't comment on the SW side, I know my S3 dissapointed me to no end with the awful battery and laggy OS and it will take a lot of good reviews to get me back on Samsungs side again.
HTC M9 is my choice for this generation.
Ill keep an eye on the M8 if i were you, it will drop quite in price and some reviewers/people are kinda dissapointed with the M9 since it didnt upgade enough.
Check reviews or something, maybe you can get almost the same smartphone for a lot less
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
When I saw this thread I instantly wondered whether QuantumTeleportation was AutoEngineer's new account.
That's what I thought. I was hoping somehow the conversation would turn toward Japan.
On April 17 2015 10:04 Faruko wrote: I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
The 14nm CPU, DDR4 RAM and ultra-fast UFS flash memory inside the Galaxy S6 isn't manly for boosting the intra-application speeds.
Rather, these high tech parts are used for other reasons such as loading apps faster and boosting web browsing speeds and smoothness. Also I noticed that the Galaxy S6 tends not to lag much in high stress situations such as having massive amounts photos or videos on a webpage. The iPhone 6 becomes lag city when subjected to the same conditions.
Also the double tap to open the camera mechanism can only be achieved with the Galaxy S6 because it requires high processing speeds.
Some people have realized that not even the iPhone 6S will challenge the Galaxy S6 when it comes to high tech parts.
Of course some people want simplicity and that's what iPhones offer. But the Galaxy S6 is just as simple to use IMO, unless someone is really computer/smartphone illiterate.
HAHAHAHAHAHA PLEASE STOP I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE
Man my X 2014 seems to be from the future because it does it without even having to tap anywhere ! Im 2 taps ahead of the Galaxy S6 ...
(for the record, i really like the S6)
EDIT: And it seems even the Galaxy s4 has that "impressive high processing speed that you need to double tap a physical button"
On April 17 2015 10:04 Faruko wrote: I owned a Moto G, now a Moto X 2014, was thinking about the S6 but... (And this is for all phones mind you !)
i realize that even with all the specs of the X i dont use it for anything that would task the CPU/GPU at all... pretty much Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter, some non-intensive games and thats about it
For all that matters if i would have stayed with the G everything would be the same, sure i love the X and its the best phone ive ever owned (and not talking about specs !), i mean sure its slightly smoother (i say the X 2014 its pretty much lag free), but its not a HUGE step up from my old G (In fact, i just upgrade my gf G to 5.0 and its pretty much as smooth as my X 2014)
But we have come to the point that the specs of the phone are much more than what we actually need, i rather see Companies put new (worthwile) stuff and try to come up with new battery technology than a fingerprint/biometric sensor, thats just a novelty, cool to have, but everyone could live without it
Or Google/Android start taking advantage of all this terrific specs because i sure dont feel they havent been doing enough with it (Make no comparisson to Apple, because i feel they are doing the same)
The 14nm CPU, DDR4 RAM and ultra-fast UFS flash memory inside the Galaxy S6 isn't manly for boosting the intra-application speeds.
Rather, these high tech parts are used for other reasons such as loading apps faster and boosting web browsing speeds and smoothness. Also I noticed that the Galaxy S6 tends not to lag much in high stress situations such as having massive amounts photos or videos on a webpage. The iPhone 6 becomes lag city when subjected to the same conditions.
Also the double tap to open the camera mechanism can only be achieved with the Galaxy S6 because it requires high processing speeds.
Some people have realized that not even the iPhone 6S will challenge the Galaxy S6 when it comes to high tech parts.
Of course some people want simplicity and that's what iPhones offer. But the Galaxy S6 is just as simple to use IMO, unless someone is really computer/smartphone illiterate.
HAHAHAHAHAHA PLEASE STOP I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE
Man my X 2014 seems to be from the future because it does it without even having to tap anywhere ! Im 2 taps ahead of the Galaxy S6 ...
(for the record, i really like the S6)
EDIT: And it seems even the Galaxy s4 has that "impressive high processing speed that you need to double tap a physical button"
On April 20 2015 01:38 Odoakar wrote: Checked it yesterday in the shop and although the front side looks slick, the back side is really, really ugly. There's no mat finish like HTC has, and the camera protruding from the back feels so akward, especially with the back side being so flat, with rough edges.
Design wise, it's far from M9 and doesn't give that premium feeling of holding something metal and sturdy in your hand.
Can't comment on the SW side, I know my S3 dissapointed me to no end with the awful battery and laggy OS and it will take a lot of good reviews to get me back on Samsungs side again.
HTC M9 is my choice for this generation.
Ill keep an eye on the M8 if i were you, it will drop quite in price and some reviewers/people are kinda dissapointed with the M9 since it didnt upgade enough.
Check reviews or something, maybe you can get almost the same smartphone for a lot less
Tnx, will look into it, I'm with M7 right now and loving it.
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
So I'm a "paid Samsung poster" who also posts about the Apple Watch and states that he loves Apple products?
The review that I wrote on page 4 was purely my opinion. It doesn't represent everyone's perspectives and it's not like I'm trying to force people to buy the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge.
On April 20 2015 01:38 Odoakar wrote: Checked it yesterday in the shop and although the front side looks slick, the back side is really, really ugly. There's no mat finish like HTC has, and the camera protruding from the back feels so akward, especially with the back side being so flat, with rough edges.
Design wise, it's far from M9 and doesn't give that premium feeling of holding something metal and sturdy in your hand.
Can't comment on the SW side, I know my S3 dissapointed me to no end with the awful battery and laggy OS and it will take a lot of good reviews to get me back on Samsungs side again.
HTC M9 is my choice for this generation.
I welcome your opinion.
The design on the Galaxy S6 is subject to debate, so is the design on the HTC One M9/iPhone 6/etc. Many people dislike the design on the HTC One M9 because it's too thick and heavy, but then again some people like a weighty feel to their phones. I personally don't like the thick/heavy feeling and the ugly antenna bands at the back of the HTC One M9. I like my smartphones to feel slim and light. Also metal is not the best choice for technology products as it impedes radio signals. http://pocketnow.com/2014/10/15/are-metal-phones-better Glass is the best choice for technology products such as smartphones because it feels premium and yet it doesn't impede radio signals. The disadvantage with glass is that it may shatter when dropped, although the glass on the Galaxy S6 and especially the Galaxy S6 Edge, has proven to be very resilient to shattering. Copy these links into your browser and watch them because I don't want to flood this post with so many videos: youtube.com/watch?v=gdkPKeOVOrk youtube.com/watch?v=DpsyGweP5so Another disadvantage of glass is that it may be more prone to fingerprints than metal smartphones, although the rather glossy metal finish on the HTC One M9 is prone to fingerprints too. I have the Galaxy S6 Edge and fingerprints on the glass are barely noticeable in everyday use and it's not easy to get a lot of visible fingerprints on the back.
The Galaxy S6 is most similar to the Sony Xperia Z3, not the iPhone 6 btw.
It doesn't mean that Samsung copied Sony.
In my opinion (and many analysts and experts' opinions), the HTC One M9 is a poor upgrade over the HTC One M8 for a number of important reasons:
These are during benchmarking, however there have been many reports of the HTC One M9 overheating during routine use. So it doesn't set a good precedent, especially if you want to keep your next smartphone for another 2 years.
The camera on the HTC One M9 has poor optics despite the 20MP sensor. Before you say "but the HTC One M9 has a 20MP sensor compared to the Galaxy S6's 16MP and iPhone 6's 8MP sensors". The fact is that megapixels mean almost next to nothing these days when it comes to image quality (IQ). Marques Brownlee even says that the HTC One M9's camera is one of its poorest points:
The design is unchanged from the HTC One M8 with only a few tweaks and adjustments. I guess people will say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" but still, the design doesn't bring anything new, so it's an automatic disadvantage for the HTC One M9 because most people want new aesthetics.
The HTC One M9 is still a great smartphone, however it's not a significant upgrade over the HTC One M8. If you guys are looking for a huge upgrade this year, get the iPhone 6S or the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge. Maybe even the LG G4 (the LG G4's quantum Quad-HD display will be one of the best displays this year) or the Sony Xperia Z4. But not the HTC One M9.
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
So I'm a "paid Samsung poster" who also posts about the Apple Watch and states that he loves Apple products?
The review that I wrote on page 4 was purely my opinion. It doesn't represent everyone's perspectives and it's not like I'm trying to force people to buy the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge.
If you're not a paid Samsung poster, why do you try so hard?
On April 20 2015 12:30 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
On April 19 2015 20:46 Jibba wrote:
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
So I'm a "paid Samsung poster" who also posts about the Apple Watch and states that he loves Apple products?
The review that I wrote on page 4 was purely my opinion. It doesn't represent everyone's perspectives and it's not like I'm trying to force people to buy the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge.
If you're not a paid Samsung poster, why do you try so hard?
If you see most of my posts I try to give maximal information regarding smartphones and the Apple Watch.
Maybe I'm just too over-enthusiastic about high tech products.
Please don't mistake that and label me as an Apple or Samsung employee.
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
The giant bezels are for protection. The HTC One M9 is thick because HTC doesn't want the phone to break.The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 are tacky IMO. They break easily when dropped. The HTC One M9 uses aerospace grade aluminum. The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 don't. It's a shame people dont realize this. The HTC One M9 is very well designed. Yet not many people notice it or buy it. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood? That's even tackier than iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
The only good thing about the Galaxy S6 is the high-end technology. And the iPhone 6 has 120FPS video recording.
Other than that, HTC One M9 is the best, especially the design.
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
The giant bezels are for protection. The HTC One M9 is thick because HTC doesn't want the phone to break.The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 are tacky IMO. They break easily when dropped. The HTC One M9 uses aerospace grade aluminum. The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 don't. It's a shame people dont realize this. The HTC One M9 is very well designed. Yet not many people notice it or buy it. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood? That's even tackier than iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
The only good thing about the Galaxy S6 is the high-end technology. And the iPhone 6 has 120FPS video recording.
Other than that, HTC One M9 is the best, especially the design.
I don't understand the meaning of "tacky", but once again I believe the case material is purely a matter of preference.
I find plastic or similar superior because - it absorbs shocks very well so quite often you don't even need a case (I dropped my S2 literally a hundred times over the last 4 years and it never broke) - it gives a much better grip for one hand usage - it's cheap and obviously premium materials are an (bad) excuse for a higher price. - I always remember the debates with my Apple fans friends back then who were making fun of the plastic case of my S2 while 90% of them had a disgusting rubber case around their iPhones :'-)
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
The giant bezels are for protection. The HTC One M9 is thick because HTC doesn't want the phone to break.The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 are tacky IMO. They break easily when dropped. The HTC One M9 uses aerospace grade aluminum. The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 don't. It's a shame people dont realize this. The HTC One M9 is very well designed. Yet not many people notice it or buy it. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood? That's even tackier than iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
The only good thing about the Galaxy S6 is the high-end technology. And the iPhone 6 has 120FPS video recording.
Other than that, HTC One M9 is the best, especially the design.
I don't understand the meaning of "tacky", but once again I believe the case material is purely a matter of preference.
I find plastic or similar superior because - it absorbs shocks very well so quite often you don't even need a case (I dropped my S2 literally a hundred times over the last 4 years and it never broke) - it gives a much better grip for one hand usage - it's cheap and obviously premium materials are an (bad) excuse for a higher price. - I always remember the debates with my Apple fans friends back then who were making fun of the plastic case of my S2 while 90% of them had a disgusting rubber case around their iPhones :'-)
I never really understood why people keep calling aluminium a "premium material". As far as I know it's one of the cheapest and least durable kinds of metal around. My iPhone has plenty of dents and scratches in it from falling on concrete. Not all that premium to me.
Although yes, it feels less cheap than holding a plastic slab. Doesn't necessarily mean it is though.
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
The giant bezels are for protection. The HTC One M9 is thick because HTC doesn't want the phone to break.The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 are tacky IMO. They break easily when dropped. The HTC One M9 uses aerospace grade aluminum. The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 don't. It's a shame people dont realize this. The HTC One M9 is very well designed. Yet not many people notice it or buy it. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood? That's even tackier than iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
The only good thing about the Galaxy S6 is the high-end technology. And the iPhone 6 has 120FPS video recording.
Other than that, HTC One M9 is the best, especially the design.
I don't understand the meaning of "tacky", but once again I believe the case material is purely a matter of preference.
I find plastic or similar superior because - it absorbs shocks very well so quite often you don't even need a case (I dropped my S2 literally a hundred times over the last 4 years and it never broke) - it gives a much better grip for one hand usage - it's cheap and obviously premium materials are an (bad) excuse for a higher price. - I always remember the debates with my Apple fans friends back then who were making fun of the plastic case of my S2 while 90% of them had a disgusting rubber case around their iPhones :'-)
I never really understood why people keep calling aluminium a "premium material". As far as I know it's one of the cheapest and least durable kinds of metal around. My iPhone has plenty of dents and scratches in it from falling on concrete. Not all that premium to me.
Although yes, it feels less cheap than holding a plastic slab. Doesn't necessarily mean it is though.
I agree. When I used "premium" I was using the marketers' word, that's why I added it was a bad excuse to sell the phones at a higher price.
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
The giant bezels are for protection. The HTC One M9 is thick because HTC doesn't want the phone to break.The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 are tacky IMO. They break easily when dropped. The HTC One M9 uses aerospace grade aluminum. The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 don't. It's a shame people dont realize this. The HTC One M9 is very well designed. Yet not many people notice it or buy it. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood? That's even tackier than iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
The only good thing about the Galaxy S6 is the high-end technology. And the iPhone 6 has 120FPS video recording.
Other than that, HTC One M9 is the best, especially the design.
I don't understand the meaning of "tacky", but once again I believe the case material is purely a matter of preference.
I find plastic or similar superior because - it absorbs shocks very well so quite often you don't even need a case (I dropped my S2 literally a hundred times over the last 4 years and it never broke) - it gives a much better grip for one hand usage - it's cheap and obviously premium materials are an (bad) excuse for a higher price. - I always remember the debates with my Apple fans friends back then who were making fun of the plastic case of my S2 while 90% of them had a disgusting rubber case around their iPhones :'-)
Plastic feels tacky and is a poor choice of material. It bends easier than metal and it just feels cheap. Aluminum is high quality if you can make it high quality. The HTC One M9 has aerospace grade aluminum.
On April 20 2015 19:33 Apotek wrote: Both the iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6 are ugly phones to be honest.
The best looking phone by far is the HTC One M9.
Too bad no one buys them because of Apple and Samsung's monopoly.
It's highly subjective, I personally find the M9 bad looking with its giant bezels.
I find the S6 very pretty but I think the glass will get scratched very easily and paying for an expensive glass cover only to put a rubber case on it is absurd. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood covers ftw. I just learned about the Moto Maxx and I love its back cover.
The giant bezels are for protection. The HTC One M9 is thick because HTC doesn't want the phone to break.The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 are tacky IMO. They break easily when dropped. The HTC One M9 uses aerospace grade aluminum. The iPhone 6/Galaxy S6 don't. It's a shame people dont realize this. The HTC One M9 is very well designed. Yet not many people notice it or buy it. Plastic/carbon fiber/nylon/leather/wood? That's even tackier than iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
The only good thing about the Galaxy S6 is the high-end technology. And the iPhone 6 has 120FPS video recording.
Other than that, HTC One M9 is the best, especially the design.
I don't understand the meaning of "tacky", but once again I believe the case material is purely a matter of preference.
I find plastic or similar superior because - it absorbs shocks very well so quite often you don't even need a case (I dropped my S2 literally a hundred times over the last 4 years and it never broke) - it gives a much better grip for one hand usage - it's cheap and obviously premium materials are an (bad) excuse for a higher price. - I always remember the debates with my Apple fans friends back then who were making fun of the plastic case of my S2 while 90% of them had a disgusting rubber case around their iPhones :'-)
I never really understood why people keep calling aluminium a "premium material". As far as I know it's one of the cheapest and least durable kinds of metal around. My iPhone has plenty of dents and scratches in it from falling on concrete. Not all that premium to me.
Although yes, it feels less cheap than holding a plastic slab. Doesn't necessarily mean it is though.
Exactly. That is what I meant. The HTC one M9 is premium because it feels premium and uses aerospace grade aluminum. It's a shame that no one buys HTC's phones because they are easily the best at designing. Aluminum is very premium if you can make it premium. Just remember buddy.
I never understood people's fixation on how the phone looks/feels. I barely ever see a phone not in a case of some sort anyway (ironically usually ugly and tacky as hell). Is that just the people I see?
On April 20 2015 12:30 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
On April 19 2015 20:46 Jibba wrote:
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
So I'm a "paid Samsung poster" who also posts about the Apple Watch and states that he loves Apple products?
The review that I wrote on page 4 was purely my opinion. It doesn't represent everyone's perspectives and it's not like I'm trying to force people to buy the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge.
If you're not a paid Samsung poster, why do you try so hard?
Maybe I'm just too over-enthusiastic about high tech products.
Perhaps. The line I quoted sounds exactly like cheesy PR speak.
It'd be like unironically saying, "I bought a Macbook Pro and I can really see how Apple helps its customers think different." I don't think any regular human would ever say that.
On April 21 2015 05:48 GreenHorizons wrote: I never understood people's fixation on how the phone looks/feels. I barely ever see a phone not in a case of some sort anyway (ironically usually ugly and tacky as hell). Is that just the people I see?
Depends on the crowd you hang with, a lot of the rich kids just buy insurance and toss their phones around without a care.
On April 20 2015 15:37 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
On April 20 2015 13:58 T.O.P. wrote:
On April 20 2015 12:30 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
On April 19 2015 20:46 Jibba wrote:
On April 16 2015 12:08 QuantumTeleportation wrote:
Samsung's slogan "the future will be the present" makes a lot of sense now.
Does QuantumTeleportation sound like a paid Samsung poster to anyone else? Remember when Samsung was caught doing that a couple years ago (and TL had one of them posting here.)
I'm not even against the phone. I'm glad Samsung finally figured out design beats tech specs/features in mobile phones, and the sales are vindicating them against people complaining about SD card slots and removable batteries. But man, his posts are shill-y.
So I'm a "paid Samsung poster" who also posts about the Apple Watch and states that he loves Apple products?
The review that I wrote on page 4 was purely my opinion. It doesn't represent everyone's perspectives and it's not like I'm trying to force people to buy the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge.
If you're not a paid Samsung poster, why do you try so hard?
Maybe I'm just too over-enthusiastic about high tech products.
Perhaps. The line I quoted sounds exactly like cheesy PR speak.
It'd be like unironically saying, "I bought a Macbook Pro and I can really see how Apple helps its customers think different.*" I don't think any regular human would ever say that.
On April 21 2015 05:48 GreenHorizons wrote: I never understood people's fixation on how the phone looks/feels. I barely ever see a phone not in a case of some sort anyway (ironically usually ugly and tacky as hell). Is that just the people I see?
The fixation is getting other people to notice you - either because you have the latest and greatest, it's really attractive or it does something amazing. Consumer product sales is mostly about perception, whether it's poor fidelity headphones with great looks, a pickup truck with absolutely unnecessary amounts of horsepower for 99.999% of use cases, a hybrid car that seems very earth friendly except is especially bad to manufacture and dispose of, or a phone that looks cool and is made by an interesting company.
People are vain and that bothers some people, except really it applies to everyone. Plastic is perceived as common, and in that way it underperforms aluminum and glass. Even if plastic performs better in other areas, those aren't the areas mass consumers care about. Samsung took a measured risk that the largest customer segments don't care about removable batteries, SD card slots and waterproofing and the sales figures indicate they're right. In terms of technical features, we know the S6 offers less than the S5. But the S6 and S6 Edge offer a lot of social value, which is really what gets people to shell out $700 per phone.
For years, Samsung received flak for copying Apple's features (whether they did or not is irrelevant and no one in the general public cares) but they've finally figured out they should've been copying Apple's design philosophy. That's what brings in the $$$ and is unpatentable.
On April 20 2015 22:25 zev318 wrote: battery life on the m9 seems to be not very good. better get some portable battery packs
Battery life isn't that important. Most people can get by for a whole day now. Also where is your proof that the M9 has "not very good" battery life?
just read any review, i googled htc m9 and clicking on random 2 reviews and they've both said it isn't good or as well as the m8 was or the s6 is, despite the bigger battery
On April 21 2015 05:48 GreenHorizons wrote: I never understood people's fixation on how the phone looks/feels. I barely ever see a phone not in a case of some sort anyway (ironically usually ugly and tacky as hell). Is that just the people I see?
I never put my phone in a case. Hence why design matters a lot to me.
On April 20 2015 22:25 zev318 wrote: battery life on the m9 seems to be not very good. better get some portable battery packs
Battery life isn't that important. Most people can get by for a whole day now. Also where is your proof that the M9 has "not very good" battery life?
just read any review, i googled htc m9 and clicking on random 2 reviews and they've both said it isn't good or as well as the m8 was or the s6 is, despite the bigger battery
Care to share a link? The differences are probably small. Anyway battery life isn't important when most phones can last a day.
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
On April 20 2015 22:25 zev318 wrote: battery life on the m9 seems to be not very good. better get some portable battery packs
Battery life isn't that important. Most people can get by for a whole day now. Also where is your proof that the M9 has "not very good" battery life?
just read any review, i googled htc m9 and clicking on random 2 reviews and they've both said it isn't good or as well as the m8 was or the s6 is, despite the bigger battery
Care to share a link? The differences are probably small. Anyway battery life isn't important when most phones can last a day.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
On April 20 2015 22:25 zev318 wrote: battery life on the m9 seems to be not very good. better get some portable battery packs
Battery life isn't that important. Most people can get by for a whole day now. Also where is your proof that the M9 has "not very good" battery life?
just read any review, i googled htc m9 and clicking on random 2 reviews and they've both said it isn't good or as well as the m8 was or the s6 is, despite the bigger battery
Care to share a link? The differences are probably small. Anyway battery life isn't important when most phones can last a day.
Yeah but these don't compare the HTC One M9 to anything else. I'm still waiting for a direct comparison between the batteries of HTC One M9 and Galaxy S6.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
It's about how you use it. There is research into it but basically graphics and screen time are huge hogs. People also tend to underestimate how brightness impacts power consumption. Also phone calls are actually huge drains on a phone but that's not an issue for everyone.
This combined with how frequently one checks their phone is probably one of the biggest reasons people report significantly different battery life's with the same/similar usage or models
Obviously there are changes phone to phone over time on the specifics but as far as I know it's all pretty accurate as to where the power generally goes. Checking the battery feature (tells you generally where your power is going) will usually confirm what you would expect. Unusual usage patterns (multiple hours of GPS navigation or something) might change things though.
TLDR: Seriously your brightness is eating your battery. (or not eating it in your particular case)
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Moto Maxx or Droid Turbo would get my vote if you are looking for superb battery life.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
People probably thought the penny farthing was the best design ever once...
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 23 2015 06:00 Faruko wrote:
On April 22 2015 15:10 Apotek wrote:
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
People probably thought the penny farthing was the best design ever once...
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 23 2015 06:00 Faruko wrote:
On April 22 2015 15:10 Apotek wrote:
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
Still makes it just an opinion bro.
Everything is an opinion. But when most people are saying that the HTC One M8 has the best design for a smartphone, that becomes consensus.
Can someone please tell me the major advantages of the Edge??? Just for seeing notifications and for a couple of additional menu options on the side I don't think it adds much. It does look nice though, I have to agree
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
i dunno if this explains anything rofl i listened to audiobook most of today during work + Show Spoiler +
as someone else said, how a person uses the phone will vary alot, i can only compare with my previous phones rather than someone else's experience so i'm impressed to see 60% at the end of work. i never listened to audiobook/music long periods like i do these days though.
You guys are arguing with a low post-count guy with 50% of his posts (if not more) spend talking about HTC phones in a thread concerning the Samsung Galaxy S6... Now going out on a limb here I'm not certain he is entirely objective.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 23 2015 06:00 Faruko wrote:
On April 22 2015 15:10 Apotek wrote:
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
i dunno if this explains anything rofl i listened to audiobook most of today during work + Show Spoiler +
as someone else said, how a person uses the phone will vary alot, i can only compare with my previous phones rather than someone else's experience so i'm impressed to see 60% at the end of work. i never listened to audiobook/music long periods like i do these days though.
I'm guessing 6:30ish is when you played hearthstone lol. Not checking your phone every 5 minutes for a new text or whatever (by turning on the screen) makes a huge difference. Simply running your screen brightness a couple notches lower can also make a huge difference. That's how someone can connect to wifi all day and listen to an audio book without hitting the battery too hard. If I had to guess with previous phones you weren't as busy and spent more time using it with the screen on. Of course the galaxy 4 is also pretty highly rated for battery life also.
That being said advancements in how backlighting (or AMOLED) lighting works/draws power the impacts they have may change. For instance with AMOLED darker colors take less light from all the individual pixels so they take less power. So the same brightness settings could result in different battery life simply because of the colors of their backgrounds.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 23 2015 06:00 Faruko wrote:
On April 22 2015 15:10 Apotek wrote:
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
i dunno if this explains anything rofl i listened to audiobook most of today during work + Show Spoiler +
as someone else said, how a person uses the phone will vary alot, i can only compare with my previous phones rather than someone else's experience so i'm impressed to see 60% at the end of work. i never listened to audiobook/music long periods like i do these days though.
What app is that? That doesn't look like the battery settings in Android.
On April 23 2015 16:50 Ghostcom wrote: You guys are arguing with a low post-count guy with 50% of his posts (if not more) spend talking about HTC phones in a thread concerning the Samsung Galaxy S6... Now going out on a limb here I'm not certain he is entirely objective.
I try my best to be objective. HTC struggled in the past but now they are returning to their former glory.
The HTC One M8 was the best designed smartphone of 2014 according to many reviews. It won many awards from a lot of reputable institutions. The HTC One M9 follows the design of the HTC One M8 with major improvements.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 23 2015 06:00 Faruko wrote:
On April 22 2015 15:10 Apotek wrote:
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
i dunno if this explains anything rofl i listened to audiobook most of today during work + Show Spoiler +
as someone else said, how a person uses the phone will vary alot, i can only compare with my previous phones rather than someone else's experience so i'm impressed to see 60% at the end of work. i never listened to audiobook/music long periods like i do these days though.
I'm guessing 6:30ish is when you played hearthstone lol. Not checking your phone every 5 minutes for a new text or whatever (by turning on the screen) makes a huge difference. Simply running your screen brightness a couple notches lower can also make a huge difference. That's how someone can connect to wifi all day and listen to an audio book without hitting the battery too hard. If I had to guess with previous phones you weren't as busy and spent more time using it with the screen on. Of course the galaxy 4 is also pretty highly rated for battery life also.
That being said advancements in how backlighting (or AMOLED) lighting works/draws power the impacts they have may change. For instance with AMOLED darker colors take less light from all the individual pixels so they take less power. So the same brightness settings could result in different battery life simply because of the colors of their backgrounds.
AMOLED sucks tbh. It's Samsung's excuse for looking high tech but really it's just another version of LED.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
65 is what I had of that posting after work, listened to audiobook about 3 hours, handful of calls. Not sure how to prove, there's an app that tracks it? It's 3am now, earlier post was bit after 7 and now I have 46%. Maybe 30 minutes of hearthstone and no other major usuage from last post.
I'm not a heavy user as mentioned from a previous post perhaps that's why. Overall the most noticeable and impressive about note 4 was battery life for me. Compared to my previous phones where it needed charging by night time, sub 30%.
Post your SOT by going into battery usage/settings.
On April 23 2015 06:00 Faruko wrote:
On April 22 2015 15:10 Apotek wrote:
On April 22 2015 11:54 MountainDewJunkie wrote: I use my phone constantly for my job, so having to charge it before lunch just so it won't die on me in the afternoon has been a huge inconvenience (I have a shitty RAZR (X?) that I paid $20 for). I'm upgrading next month and I just need something that can withstand heavy use (emails, text, calls, bluetooth occasional browsing) for 12 hours without it dying at an inconvenient moment. I want to go for a top of the line item for once, but I've never owned a Samsung phone, and my last was one was an old HTC. Would I be happy with the S6?
Which one was your old HTC? HTC has come a long way since then, you will surely like the HTC One M9, the best designed smartphone ever. Only fanboys buy the iPhone 6/Galaxy S6.
zev318, I'm still waiting for you to post the battery life comparisons for the HTC One M9 and others.
Opinion
Most people said that the HTC One M8 had the best design ever, hence the HTC One M9 should have the best design since HTC didn't change the design.
i dunno if this explains anything rofl i listened to audiobook most of today during work + Show Spoiler +
as someone else said, how a person uses the phone will vary alot, i can only compare with my previous phones rather than someone else's experience so i'm impressed to see 60% at the end of work. i never listened to audiobook/music long periods like i do these days though.
What app is that? That doesn't look like the battery settings in Android.
On April 23 2015 16:29 dandyb wrote: Can someone please tell me the major advantages of the Edge??? Just for seeing notifications and for a couple of additional menu options on the side I don't think it adds much. It does look nice though, I have to agree
How is your post count 0? OP said the curved screen bit is a huge hit because the Chinese can't rip it off. But it will only be a matter of time, seeing how fast the development cycle is for smartphones.
IMO the edges are worthless $100 gimmicks. Have fun looking for a case too. If you drop it and the screen cracks, it's going to be a little more inconvenient than cracking the screen of the regular S6.
Man, that Apotek clown/shill/troll really pissed me off with their weasel words garbage. "Most people" this and "many reviews" that. If he wasn't banned I'd drop him with a single "[citation needed]".
0 post count posters are posting from one of the Liquid sister-sites (that symbol indicates that it was liquidheart).
Using cases for phones is really not needed so I wouldn't exactly hold that against the edge. That being said, I'm still not sure what benefit it actually offers.
On April 21 2015 21:27 Faruko wrote: Battery life is as important as you need it to be
i never need more than 1 day of usage, not to mention i carry a usb cable everywhere so i can connect it to works PCs. So i dont care if the battery of the phone is actual crap or not
But you may need more than 1 day, and thats fine
The HTC One M9 lasts me about a day. My typical day starts at 9am and ends at 5pm. When I get home, I still have 15% to spare usually. I don't think the Galaxy S6 is any better than this.
Whoa, is note 4 on a different level? I unplug at 8am, listen to audiobook most of the day and when I leave work around 7 I still have 65%.
Unless you're using a battery pack, I don't believe you.
Post screenshots or it didn't happen.
Same for me too, when I'm listening to music from SD-card (require more battery), I have around 65% at the end of the day, 8am-5pm.
Yeah, I'm not sure what Apotek's point was. I respect his opinion but forcing it down someone's throat with using "most people say this" as the main source of evidence isn't exactly compelling.
Anyway, the review that everyone has been waiting for is out!
Marques Brownlee: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review
Summary:
Best screen/display on a smartphone, period.
Best camera on a smartphone, period. He initially said that the Galaxy S6's camera and the iPhone 6 Plus' camera are evenly matched but then says that the Galaxy S6's camera is superior. Note that he said the iPhone 6 Plus because the iPhone 6 doesn't have OIS and has slightly lower quality optics.
The glass/metal design looks and feels awesome, and the buttons are well-machined and have a nice quality click to them.
UI is a lot smoother than previous iterations and virtually lag-free.
Fingerprint scanner has been improved.
Battery life, while satisfactory, has been inconsistent.
So unless you're a person who goes on long camping trips every week or works in an environment where there is a lack of power sockets, the battery life is sufficient enough to last you the whole day. I'm a moderate-to-heavy user and I still have 20~30% remaining after a full day (I leave home at 8am usually and come back at 6~8pm on most days). It's better than my iPhone 5 at least, so I'm happy.
For those used to the Galaxy Note series or iPhone 6 Plus, then it may be a problem if you're used to having 50%+ remaining after a full day. But then you also have to ask yourself the question, what's the purpose of having 50%+ remaining after a full day? It has no practical purpose unless you actually have no charging ports near you most of the time. And for most people, that isn't the case. So the only real reason why you would go for a phablet like the Galaxy Note 4 or iPhone 6 Plus is because you like the larger displays and don't mind your phone being larger/heavier than a smartphone.
Now give it to me with expandable storage and easily replaceable battery. I won't upgrade my Nexus 4 (which, I realize, doesn't have either of those things) until I can buy something with those features. I'll get super obsolete if I have to.
Batteries lose capacity over time. The idea behind wanting a removable battery is so that you can replace the original battery that only lasts 2 hours now (as opposed to 4 when you got it three years ago) with a new battery.
After purchasing a LG G3, the difference between Androids are definitely huge (previous owner of a Galaxy S3 and looked into the Note series + S4). The G3 has a faster processor from experience compared to the Samsung phones, and has as similar if it better interface to Samsung. Of course, all of these are personal observations and definitely subjective opinions.
On April 25 2015 16:19 skyR wrote: Batteries lose capacity over time. The idea behind wanting a removable battery is so that you can replace the original battery that only lasts 2 hours now (as opposed to 4 when you got it three years ago) with a new battery.
Yeah but the current trend is decreasing length of ownership. I don't think a lot of owners are even keeping their phones for 2 years.
If anything, the S6 has shown Samsung those things don't matter. They may add them back in because they can or to appease certain groups, particularly for the Note, but it's just a non-issue for the vast majority of people.
On April 25 2015 19:46 WhiteDog wrote: Do we know where the Samsung Galaxy S6 is produced and in which conditions ?
I don't know about the American phones but the S6's for India will be made in India. Not really a shocker but the working conditions of the city in general are terrible. Where Noida ranks on that list I'm not sure. I think it's fair to say it takes at least near slave conditions to get the phone in ones pocket at or near the price it is.
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.
On April 26 2015 11:53 CorsairHero wrote: HTC uses Foxconn.
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure HTC uses their own manufacturing plants. I tried Googling "htc foxconn" but no results came up linking the 2 companies. So please provide evidence before making accusations.
Are you talking about assembly or manufacturing? Because HTC doesn't manufacture anything... The camera is made by Sony, their DRAM is made by either Samsung or Elpida, Snapdragon is made by TSMC, display made by Sharp (?), etc.
On April 26 2015 13:39 skyR wrote: Are you talking about assembly or manufacturing? Because HTC doesn't manufacture anything... The camera is made by Sony, their DRAM is made by either Samsung or Elpida, Snapdragon is made by TSMC, display made by Sharp (?), etc.
Manufacturing is the same as assembly. You're just using them in different contexts. Of course HTC doesn't manufacture parts...
On April 26 2015 23:35 Grovbolle wrote: Will probably get a S6 Mini once it gets released. Company pays for my phone anyway, so if it sucks I can just say it sucks and get another one.
I don't think Samsung will release S6 Mini. It will probably be in Samsung's new A series range. It's weird how Samsung uses uni-body aluminum in their mid-tier A series range but went with glass in their premium range. Copying Sony's Xperia series perhaps?
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.
Looks like G4 in auto mode overexpose the photos too much and auto white balance is constantly wrong. Some images are too cool and some are too warm and I am not even one who cares too too much about colour balance
The sensor size difference surprisingly doesn't make that much difference, but it is the long exposure that makes G4 better than S6 imo. Also in harsh light, looks like the G4 gets the colour more accurately than S6 and iphone6 which both just makes the colour over saturated.
In short my thoughts are: S6 is better than G4 in automode. G4 will be far better if you are a manual shooter especially if you go for raw. iphone6 is showing its age very very quickly.
^ Hmm, alright. iPhone 6 is indeed getting old. Any sensible Apple fan should wait for the iPhone 6s or 6s+ coming out in 4 months time.
Also an interesting video about Samsung. I actually never knew Samsung was this big O_O
As much as I hate Samsung, I have to admit that they are a very large company (going by revenues + profits + assets), much larger than Apple even. I'm not sure if I will buy their new Galaxy S6 though... I have the Galaxy Note 4 (and iPhone 6) and I will probably wait for the Galaxy Note 5. I may even go with the LG G4 if the Galaxy Note 5 doesn't get expandable storage. Who knows, I might even get an iPhone 6s if they improve the display (the iPhone's biggest weakness right now).
On May 11 2015 04:09 dabom88 wrote: Expandable storage is pretty much a requirement in my book, so I'm gonna skip the S6. Have there been any G4 vs. HTC One M9 comparisons yet?
And as non-shallow as I am, the LG G4's shape just looks bad to me. I really dislike how pointy the corners are on LG phones.
The G4's size is also bigger than the HTC and Galaxy. The G4 looks almost phablet-sized.
Are you sure that you need expandable storage?
I bough the 64GB Galaxy S6 Edge and I even though I have tons of music and some movies, I never came across the thought of needing more storage. I don't even need 128GB in-built memory. So to even imagine how much stuff that you would access that you require >128GB storage, that would be insane.
^ How can you generalize people like that? There are people who need expandable storage and those who don't. Simple as that.
Yeah and I know that 128GB is enough for most people, but I know 2 people with 128GB phones who still have SD cards. So people like that exist. Btw, I must be insane because I use a 128GB SD for my Galaxy Note 4.
Galaxy S6 shipments have hit 10 million units since release, however it's not clear when they reached this. I would suspect that it was earlier than 30 days, however the timing of the release of this news is off. Furthermore, most mobile companies release shipment numbers, not sales numbers. So we have no idea how the Galaxy S6 is selling compared to the Galaxy S4 or Galaxy S5. The Q2 and Q3 results will be interesting.
Samsung's soon-to-be new CEO, Lee Jae-yong, is reportedly focusing more on electric motor vehicle technology and autonomous driving technology. So smartphones doesn't seem like a huge priority of Samsung, especially when profits from the mobile division only make up 30% of Samsung Electronic's total profits.
Hmmm, about to get a new phone in a couple of months. Currently have the S4, not sure if I want to get the S6, S6 edge, or wait for OPO's new release.
The biggest issue I have with the edge seems to be lack of good strong cases due to the edge design, and I don't really want to shell out for insurance. I'll probably wait and see when OPO's gunna release their new phone.
Hi, I got the S6 two weeks ago. I'm having various problems related to duplicate/returning contacts due to syncing to google+ AND my cloud (Verizon), which are technically my fault.
I'm weathering the waters to post more opinions, although I will say that Messaging+ (Verizon app) sucks bawls, please just use normal Messaging if you carry Verizon. Also I'm getting stupid notifications that are essentially ads... Plus side: the camera is amazing, battery life is great (so far), and this "fast charge" cord is comes with lives up to the title.
In addition, at my job (where we all got a phone upgrade), over half of the recipients of the S6 Edge regret their choice. There are a handful of bugs that required factory resets plus assistance from the carrier. In comparison, all of us S6 people seem to be at the very least content.
On May 22 2015 03:28 CorsairHero wrote: not surprised
Yeah I've been hearing for a while Samsung's irrelevant in China (and Japan) and the iPhone is killing everybody. I think the case is particularly stupid in Japan: why are they shunning Samsung? Nationalism? Because Japan invaded and occupied Korea back in WWII? By that logic how do you explain Japan slobbering all over the iPhone, whose home country A-bombed the shit out of Japan in WWII?
On May 22 2015 03:28 CorsairHero wrote: not surprised
That's only the small picture. China's smartphone market is near saturation, so any gains in market share doesn't mean that much.
Looking at global market share, Samsung dominated Apple in Q1 2015. And Q1 2015 was before the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge were released. So it really looks like Samsung will lead smartphone market share in Q2 and Q3 2015 as well. Q4 will be very important for Apple as they're releasing the iPhone 6S. If Apple fails to overtake Samsung in Q4, then it will be very hard for Apple to catch up again.
On May 22 2015 03:28 CorsairHero wrote: not surprised
Yeah I've been hearing for a while Samsung's irrelevant in China (and Japan) and the iPhone is killing everybody. I think the case is particularly stupid in Japan: why are they shunning Samsung? Nationalism? Because Japan invaded and occupied Korea back in WWII? By that logic how do you explain Japan slobbering all over the iPhone, whose home country A-bombed the shit out of Japan in WWII?
it's because Apple has name power, Asians love their name-brand stuff,
On May 22 2015 03:28 CorsairHero wrote: not surprised
Yeah I've been hearing for a while Samsung's irrelevant in China (and Japan) and the iPhone is killing everybody. I think the case is particularly stupid in Japan: why are they shunning Samsung? Nationalism? Because Japan invaded and occupied Korea back in WWII? By that logic how do you explain Japan slobbering all over the iPhone, whose home country A-bombed the shit out of Japan in WWII?
it's because Apple has name power, Asians love their name-brand stuff,
While that's true, Japanese people despise their own electronics companies as well. You'll be surprised to see that Sony, Toshiba and Sharp products don't do well in Japan. And the reason why Japanese people don't buy Samsung phones as much is because of nationalism.
But since this thread is about the Galaxy S6, let's not discuss about politics here.
On May 22 2015 14:17 MountainDewJunkie wrote: Hi, I got the S6 two weeks ago. I'm having various problems related to duplicate/returning contacts due to syncing to google+ AND my cloud (Verizon), which are technically my fault.
I'm weathering the waters to post more opinions, although I will say that Messaging+ (Verizon app) sucks bawls, please just use normal Messaging if you carry Verizon. Also I'm getting stupid notifications that are essentially ads... Plus side: the camera is amazing, battery life is great (so far), and this "fast charge" cord is comes with lives up to the title.
In addition, at my job (where we all got a phone upgrade), over half of the recipients of the S6 Edge regret their choice. There are a handful of bugs that required factory resets plus assistance from the carrier. In comparison, all of us S6 people seem to be at the very least content.
I had my contacts duplicated and combined with my dad's contacts as well lol. But oh well, I just spent 10 minutes going through and deleting them afterwards so no big deal.
Agree with the fast charge cord. That thing charges my phone really quickly. And, though the camera is amazing, it's weird because when I take pictures with it, the phone seems to tint it a bit to be lighter and higher color saturation than usual. Idk why it does that. Otherwise really good though.
Also getting those "ads" you're talking about. One about a 10-day caller id trial or something idk didn't look into it much, but it is kinda annoying.
Are you getting a large cell standby battery percentage? If not, did you change anything on your phone to fix that, or don't know? I seemed to be getting rid of it for a while when I was at my other house (and I did that by turning on Mobile Data, which seemed to help), but when I come back to my parents' house, cell standby comes back and uses up a large part of my battery, so idk now. Also how did you get normal Messaging instead of Message+?
On May 22 2015 14:17 MountainDewJunkie wrote: Hi, I got the S6 two weeks ago. I'm having various problems related to duplicate/returning contacts due to syncing to google+ AND my cloud (Verizon), which are technically my fault.
I'm weathering the waters to post more opinions, although I will say that Messaging+ (Verizon app) sucks bawls, please just use normal Messaging if you carry Verizon. Also I'm getting stupid notifications that are essentially ads... Plus side: the camera is amazing, battery life is great (so far), and this "fast charge" cord is comes with lives up to the title.
In addition, at my job (where we all got a phone upgrade), over half of the recipients of the S6 Edge regret their choice. There are a handful of bugs that required factory resets plus assistance from the carrier. In comparison, all of us S6 people seem to be at the very least content.
I had my contacts duplicated and combined with my dad's contacts as well lol. But oh well, I just spent 10 minutes going through and deleting them afterwards so no big deal.
Agree with the fast charge cord. That thing charges my phone really quickly. And, though the camera is amazing, it's weird because when I take pictures with it, the phone seems to tint it a bit to be lighter and higher color saturation than usual. Idk why it does that. Otherwise really good though.
Also getting those "ads" you're talking about. One about a 10-day caller id trial or something idk didn't look into it much, but it is kinda annoying.
Are you getting a large cell standby battery percentage? If not, did you change anything on your phone to fix that, or don't know? I seemed to be getting rid of it for a while when I was at my other house (and I did that by turning on Mobile Data, which seemed to help), but when I come back to my parents' house, cell standby comes back and uses up a large part of my battery, so idk now. Also how did you get normal Messaging instead of Message+?
My cell standby is apparently 51% of my battery usage. I don't really understand it yet or have tried anything, however on my last phone, it was my screen display (which I assume is.... similarish... just the basic use and idling of the phone) used about as much.
How to set up basic messaging: Settings > Applications > Default Applications (should be near the top) > Messages+ (should appear). Then click it and it will let you select between messaging, messaging+, and hangouts (and possibly whatever other app your carrier has)
Although we have no idea how this compares to Apple since Apple never releases figures about individual iPhone sales, just total iPhone sales.
I'm actually pretty excited about the iPhone 6s coming out soon but I'm really thinking of getting a Galaxy S6 Edge now.
I think the glass and aluminum build of the Galaxy S6 and the curved display tech really made a big difference in sales numbers.
It's still very early to tell if the Galaxy S6 has been a success or not. It's only been 1.5 months since its release. We'll know for sure by end of Q2/Q3.
Although we have no idea how this compares to Apple since Apple never releases figures about individual iPhone sales, just total iPhone sales.
I'm actually pretty excited about the iPhone 6s coming out soon but I'm really thinking of getting a Galaxy S6 Edge now.
I think the glass and aluminum build of the Galaxy S6 and the curved display tech really made a big difference in sales numbers.
It's still very early to tell if the Galaxy S6 has been a success or not. It's only been 1.5 months since its release. We'll know for sure by end of Q2/Q3.
They expect the Galaxy S6 to sell even better by Q3/Q4 when Samsung adds new manufacturing facilities for the curved screens for the Galaxy S6 Edge. Remember that the Galaxy S6 Edge is accounting for >50% of total Galaxy S6 sales. I've already seen a lot of people with the Galaxy S6 Edge but not that many with the Galaxy S6.
There are also rumors predicting that Apple will play catch up next year and release a curved version of the iPhone 7. But I highly doubt that will happen.
On May 22 2015 03:28 CorsairHero wrote: not surprised
Not surprised because that quarter already had the Iphone released but the S6 was not?! Or just some biased comment after founding a chart of info without even thinking about it?
I bought an S6 for my birthday close to the launch date and so far I'm more than happy with the phone. The only problem so far is that the freaking phone slides on everything, one can get a lot of heart attacks due to the phone slipping from a table yet, in the only encounter with the ground, my S6 won. Good as new! Made me remember my old Nokia 3330 :D
On May 22 2015 03:28 CorsairHero wrote: not surprised
Not surprised because that quarter already had the Iphone released but the S6 was not?! Or just some biased comment after founding a chart of info without even thinking about it?
I bought an S6 for my birthday close to the launch date and so far I'm more than happy with the phone. The only problem so far is that the freaking phone slides on everything, one can get a lot of heart attacks due to the phone slipping from a table yet, in the only encounter with the ground, my S6 won. Good as new! Made me remember my old Nokia 3330 :D
Did you get a case with it? I still recommend a case no matter how strong the Galaxy S6 is.
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