Samsung Galaxy S6

Zorachus said:
And where did you find this all out ?

I think we heard the same statements right before the S5 came out last year. :D

- The S5 might have an all new design, more premium
- The S5 will have a revised Touchwiz, much smoother, and not a hog on the OS
- The S5 will be a big step up from the lame S4.

LOL that never happened.
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YOU of all people are calling someone else out for speculation and commenting on rumors??? Oh that's rich.
 
Johnny78 said:
YOU of all people are calling someone else out for speculation and commenting on rumors??? Oh that's rich.
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And I mean, really who would want a phone with just a mere 5.1" screen. Clearly 5.5" is the perfect screen size :p;).
 
Well, Zorachus, look at his name and, if you didn't know, look at his post history. If he says something about the Samsung hardware, I'll believe him! Whether it will perform as great as the marketing says, I'll wait for the reviews. Samsung spending more money on marketing? A congratulations might be in order for him.
 
I am going to say that I'm cautiously optimistic for the S6. LIke a lot of people, I was sorely disappointed with the release specs of the S5 because for months leading up to the release, they promised everything and a bag of chips and very few of those things came to be. Because I was so disappointed, it took a couple months before I realized that despite not being metal or QHD, the S5 was still a very good phone. The screen was jaw droppingly gorgeous the first time I saw it in person (even Zorachus said the same exact thing the first time he saw it in a At&T store. Please don't make me find the post). The camera was excellent and one of the best released last year. Also, the battery life was very solid. These are 3 big things that Samsung got right (screen, battery, camera) and would say screen (best in class), camera (excellent), and battery (very good) in that order.

As for the S6, it think it's pretty safe to say that yes, unlike last year we can say with pretty good certainty that at least the build materials will be a major upgrade. There are tons of leaks of the chasis (http://bgr.com/2015/02/04/galaxy-s6-vs-iphone-6-leaked-pictures/#) and there's very little doubt that Samsung is finally caving in to the all the criticism of its history of using mostly plastics in their phones. Do I see this as a great thing? Meh. To be honest, sure a nicely built phone looks and feels cool, but like most people, I use cases so it's not as big of a deal to me. Also, by most accounts, the cost of the new frame will likely be the loss of a removable battery and the SD card slot. I don't know if that's a worthy trade off. Personally, I tend to favor a good "form factor" over "build quality". That's why I like something like the G3 which gives you a very big screen in a very small footprint. A good screen to size ratio is more useful to me than a metal phone. I think the new iphones are very well built and I love how crazy thin they are, but they still suck when it comes to their huge outdated bezels. There's no reason why an iphone 6+ should be taller than a Note 4 when it has a smaller screen.

My biggest question and where I will take the biggest wait and see approach will be with the software. I don't loathe TW as much as some of you do, but I will readily admit that it's noticeably slower than Sense and Stock. Samsung has promised to de-bloat and optimize it for the S6 but I remain skeptical. I think in the end it will be better, however I still think it will end up falling a little short in comparison to the other skins. But you know what, if it's close, then it might be enough to convince me to get the S6. Why? Well, I've come to realize that I honestly perfer OLED to LCD. Yes, it may be too saturated for some, but my eyes simply perfer it. And no one does Amoled like Samsung. (On a side note, I recently got a Dell Venue 8 7000. Holy crap is it a nice tablet. Best of both worlds. QHD screen WITH Oled. Slim as hell, nearly bezelless, great battery life, AND nearly stock skin. Love it. Check it out for those who might be looking for a new tablet). On that basis, I will at least give the S6 a long look because along with the screen, I'm sure the camera will be excellent. I'm disappointed that the battery size apparently will be reduced to only 2,550 mah however I'm hopeful the newer 14nm chip will help offset the difference. We will see.

Either way, I'm pretty sure I'll either be picking up a S6 or the M9 in the coming months.
 
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Zorachus said:
Agreed :)

A case is a must.

I don't care how good you treat your phone, if no case, it will eventually show everyday wear and tare, a little accidental scuff or scratch, here or there. Which is impossible to prevent over a years worth of use.

So if you don't care what you're phone looks like, then run naked with no case. But if you want to keep it in near perfect condition a year + later, then a case is a must have.
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If you have an ugly phone like how Samsungs normally are then I can see why you'd want a case. I have an M7, no way I'm hiding one of the best looking phones ever made with a case. I don't even understand the need for cases. I've never dropped my phone, and I keep it in a separate pocket away from my keys.
 
New Leak with a transparent case:
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And... ouch!
http://bgr.com/2015/02/05/galaxy-s6-vs-iphone-6-copy-please/
 
I hate Samsung for making the worst looking phones with the best specs. Gonna be forced to buy this thing and hate it every time my eyes glance upon it.
 
I never really had a major issue with the looks or plastic build of the Galaxy line. To me Touchwiz has been my major gripe. And Galaxy phones IMO need a full root with custom Recovery, to allow ROM's. Now a good ROM can really change a Galaxy phone from an ok device, to a really wicked awesome smartphone, with the tweaks to make it faster, and better battery life, and extra customizations.

My last Galaxy phone, was the S4 on ATT, and I HATED that phone, and Touchwiz felt so heavy and laggy on it. The ATT version I had didn't even have root, let alone Recovery for ROM's so that didn't help one bit. F off ATT + Samsung for locking it down so bad. Actually all Samsung phones on ATT are locked down tight now :mad: Thank God for HTC and being developer friendly lately.

But one of my all time fav smartphones, was the Galaxy Note 2 on ATT. Back then you could easily root it and install ROM's, and there were some AWESOME Touchwiz ROM's for the Note 2, even the ATT edition, which made the phone way better to me. Loved that phone, and it had amazing development for it. And the tweaked Touchwiz ROM's were so good.

Back on topic, I hope the S6 has a major revision to Touchwiz. And can i dream, that maybe Samsung and ATT will follow HTC, and allow development and unlocked bootloaders again ?
 
Zorachus said:
And can i dream, that maybe Samsung and ATT will follow HTC, and allow development and unlocked bootloaders again ?
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LMAO. No.

Carriers pay money for mega locked down devices so they can bone people's warranties and save $$. and Sammy is happy to force enterprise "security" features on people who have no need for them...and then tell them it is a good thing.

I'll be interested in the coming days if the Lollipop updated s5 is rootable, given the requirement to have a modified kernel since su was stripped out of normal boot running.
 
Front and back of the Edge leaked:
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Protruding camera means that Samsung designed this for cases...
 
CHANG3D said:
Front and back of the Edge leaked:
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Protruding camera means that Samsung designed this for cases...
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Yea well...only fools or people who never leave hhome use smart phones without a case of some sort on them.

That being said...fugly back design. They could have made it a bit thicker and provided a bigger battery or what have you
 
Skripka said:
Yea well...only fools or people who never leave hhome use smart phones without a case of some sort on them.

That being said...fugly back design. They could have made it a bit thicker and provided a bigger battery or what have you
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Only clumsy oafs with butterfinger hands use cases on their phones.....

That being said, I am not a fan of the camera bump. I would have much preferred a smooth back and a giant battery.
 
Skripka said:
Yea well...only fools or people who never leave hhome use smart phones without a case of some sort on them.

That being said...fugly back design. They could have made it a bit thicker and provided a bigger battery or what have you
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The point is that the phone doesn't have to be ugly or designed to be placed inside of a case. You can still put an iPhone inside a case, and yet it still looks good without a protruding lip outside of one.
 
Erasmus354 said:
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That being said, I am not a fan of the camera bump. I would have much preferred a smooth back and a giant battery.
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This x 1,000. Why is it that the majority chases crazy thin? Bigger battery, no discernible camera bump, ergonomic form. Nah. But look how thin it is!
 
Why are people so obsessed with the aesthetics of their phones??? Are you having carnal relations with the damn thing? Serious. We spend 99.99999999% of our time looking at the damn screen and last time I checked Samsung pretty much makes better screens than anyone.

But yes, I do agree that the obsession with thinness is getting out of hand. If the latest schematics are to be believed, the S6 will be 6.9mm thin which is the same thickness as the Iphone 6. (6+ is 7.1mm FYI). Why does it need to be so damn thin??? Samsung I'm sure is putting a pretty beastly camera module in the thing which likely causes these situations where they can't fit the thing within the chasis without it sticking out. And an even bigger sin is the compromise in battery size. The reason why the S6 will have a smaller battery is because it's so thin. This to me is a bad trade off. To me, anything in the 8-9mm range is already plenty thin but still allows for a decent size battery.
 
Lol @ this thread, "oh my God Becky, look at her phone!"

God the amount of whining over something that is 99% screen... And seriously, the back? Who bitches about something you will NEVER see while using the phone?

Me: "ok smile everyone!"

Everyone: "no we can't, the BACK of your phone is way too ugly!"
 
Trimlock said:
Lol @ this thread, "oh my God Becky, look at her phone!"

God the amount of whining over something that is 99% screen... And seriously, the back? Who bitches about something you will NEVER see while using the phone?

Me: "ok smile everyone!"

Everyone: "no we can't, the BACK of your phone is way too ugly!"
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Aesthetics is one small thing...sacrificing battery size just for making a device that is case-bound anyway is silly on Samsung's part.

But is is as thin as the iPhone!
 
CHANG3D said:
Front and back of the Edge leaked:
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Protruding camera means that Samsung designed this for cases...
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I love the minimalistic metallic design. I really welcome this change from Samsung.

The protruding camera looks very high tech with the metal protruding out too. I really hope it's a Samsung-made camera. The ISOCELL camera on the SGS5 was better than that of previous Sony-made sensors.
 
Trimlock said:
Lol @ this thread, "oh my God Becky, look at her phone!"

God the amount of whining over something that is 99% screen... And seriously, the back? Who bitches about something you will NEVER see while using the phone?

Me: "ok smile everyone!"

Everyone: "no we can't, the BACK of your phone is way too ugly!"
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LOL! People love to complain.

I like big camera bumps and I can not lie...
 
I don't have any issue with the back but the protruding camera was something they should not have copied from Apple. I use a Spigen Thin Fit case when I had my Note 4 so that the camera lens did not touch when you set the phone down.

I wish they would all just make them thicker with a bigger battery and a flush camera.
 
radeon962 said:
I don't have any issue with the back but the protruding camera was something they should not have copied from Apple. I use a Spigen Thin Fit case when I had my Note 4 so that the camera lens did not touch when you set the phone down.

I wish they would all just make them thicker with a bigger battery and a flush camera.
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am i missing something?
i'm pretty sure galaxy note 3 / 4 and S5 already have protruding camera
 
radeon962 said:
I don't have any issue with the back but the protruding camera was something they should not have copied from Apple. I use a Spigen Thin Fit case when I had my Note 4 so that the camera lens did not touch when you set the phone down.

I wish they would all just make them thicker with a bigger battery and a flush camera.
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Pretty sure Samsung was the first to do this and I dislike it too.
 
PeeWeePee said:
am i missing something?
i'm pretty sure galaxy note 3 / 4 and S5 already have protruding camera
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They've been doing it for a bit. My Note2 IIRC protruded ever so slightly as well, maybe 0.5-1mm...that being said the optical phone-butt sticking out trend has gotten worse as device makers have been focusing on thinning the rest of the device to the exclusion of most else.
 
They would have to do a lot to stop me from buying a possible Z4 or the One M9.
 
They have indeed but it keeps getting more noticeable as they continue to make phones Thinner.
 
radeon962 said:
They have indeed but it keeps getting more noticeable as they continue to make phones Thinner.
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It's not terrible on my note 3, I do wish it didn't have it. Not enough to keep me from buying it.

I rarely use my phone on a flat surface.
 
Trimlock said:
It's not terrible on my note 3, I do wish it didn't have it. Not enough to keep me from buying it.

I rarely use my phone on a flat surface.
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At the office my phone sits on my desk and when I get a notification I just respond to it without picking it up in a lot of cases. When you are out it makes no difference.
 
Erasmus354 said:
Only clumsy oafs with butterfinger hands use cases on their phones.....

That being said, I am not a fan of the camera bump. I would have much preferred a smooth back and a giant battery.
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radeon962 said:
At the office my phone sits on my desk and when I get a notification I just respond to it without picking it up in a lot of cases. When you are out it makes no difference.
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Johnny78 said:
Why are people so obsessed with the aesthetics of their phones??? Are you having carnal relations with the damn thing? Serious. We spend 99.99999999% of our time looking at the damn screen and last time I checked Samsung pretty much makes better screens than anyone.

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Most of your automobile experience is spend sitting inside of one where you can't see the outside, but that doesn't mean the aesthetics of a car isnt a major selling point.
 
TDSlam720 said:
Most of your automobile experience is spend sitting inside of one where you can't see the outside, but that doesn't mean the aesthetics of a car isnt a major selling point.
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Except everyone sees your car because it's a massive object that transports you everywhere. Hardly anyone sees or pays attention to your phone since they're all essentially the same size/shape and there's not much to distinguish them apart from more than a few yards away.

With smart phones and phablets getting so ubiquitous today, no one really cares anymore, unlike a couple years ago when if you had a Note or something that could stand out you might get an occasional comment or question about it. I've had a One M8 since launch, which is one of the most aesthetically pleasing phones available still and can't remember anyone ever noticing or saying anything about it.
 
TDSlam720 said:
Most of your automobile experience is spend sitting inside of one where you can't see the outside, but that doesn't mean the aesthetics of a car isnt a major selling point.
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I've been saying it for a while, why can't it be pretty inside and outside of a case? I see this as a similar excuse they made before about how they appreciated the oversaturated colors of their screens until Samsung actually made the screens accurate... It's just defending something for no real reasons. People like to argue. Yes, there is a lot to like about this phone, but this doesn't mean it's flawless. Because there are at least three other Android manufacturers who has been doing great things with their flagships in the past two or three years, everything has to be weighed especially when performance/smoothness isn't much of an issue, except when its TouchWiz...
 
Quality design isn't just for showing off -- it's also for yourself!

It's the same reason people get fashionable watches and cars. Sometimes, you just want to smile at the device on your wrist, in your pocket or on your driveway. The HTC One M8 may not draw a lot of attention (unless you have one in a bold color like blue or red), but it's still nicer to see and hold than Samsung's phones, which until lately had roughly as much allure as an air conditioner. This is why the Apple Watch will probably succeed in spite of pricing well above most Android Wear / Samsung wearables -- if people care about design, they're willing to pay a certain premium.
 
TDSlam720 said:
Most of your automobile experience is spend sitting inside of one where you can't see the outside, but that doesn't mean the aesthetics of a car isnt a major selling point.
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Last time I checked I didn't put my car in a case. Does Spigen make those too???
 
I don't think a rubber/plastic case will help cars against taps/dings/collisions/scratches. :p

That said, looking forward to seeing what new thing Samsung has in store.

Probably won't think of upgrading until the Note 5 or the S7 but innovation is always good.
 
Johnny78 said:
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/leaked-benchmarks-show-samsung-galaxy-s6-most-powerful-140528721.html

http://www.technobuffalo.com/2015/02/10/galaxy-s6-edge-specs-benchmark-leak-rumors/


As always take these alleged leaked benchmarks with a heaping grain of salt. But if true, man oh man is that new Exynos processor a beast. Beats out the K1 by over 10K points. :eek:

AND if it's power efficient. Win win.
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Raw performance is one thing, but watch it still lag behind other phones with half the specs in the UI and general usage.
 
T4rd said:
Raw performance is one thing, but watch it still lag behind other phones with half the specs in the UI and general usage.
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Which is way the eternal optimist in me is hoping Samsung can actually make good on their promise to optimize their software. Samsung has always had good hardware. That's never been the issue. Software, eh not so much. That's why with this phone release, like the rest of you, I will take a wait and see approach.

What I do find interesting about this phone cycle, specifically as it relates to the S6, is the fact that with the previous S5, S4, and S3, all the other flagship phone manufactureres were using the same qualcomm chip. Sure sometimes one might have been clocked slightly higher, but essentially the Samsungs, LGs and HTC's of the world were using the same processor (here in the states at least). So taking out that variable, it was easier to compare manufacturer skins and software optimizations.

That won't be the case this time around. As far as I understand, Samsung won't be putting it's processor in other competing flagships. Which should make for some interesting comparisons.
 
Johnny78 said:
That won't be the case this time around. As far as I understand, Samsung won't be putting it's processor in other competing flagships. Which should make for some interesting comparisons.
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It'll also piss devs off as Exynos is always a pain for devs....as if Samsung wasn't bad enough in that department to start with.
 
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