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Review of new Samsung S6, S6 Edge

Discussion in 'ANDROID Phones, Tablets and Devices' started by viewfly, Apr 4, 2015.

  1. viewfly

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    As reviewed by a tech column in the newspaper.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/t...l?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
     
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    Interesting read - thanks.
     
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    Thanks for the post vf.

    Most of the tech sites are raving about the S6 and the S6 Edge, so I guess we need to see what the actual user experience is after a couple of weeks


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    yes, it was an interesting read, hitting on the overall success of the phone vs the mass popularity.

    it will be interesting to see.
     
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    It appears that Samsung has egg on its face. Launching the new S6, Samsung made fun of Apples's Bendgate on the 6 plus once again.

    But apparently independent test shows it bends at the same pressure as the iPhone 6+. Plus it's glass shatters whereas the iPhone does not.

    http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1861901

    Samsung's official response? " you're bending the Galaxy S6 wrong" :) :) :)

    After the fiasco, Samsung asks the testers to compare them differently, and " besides no users would put that much pressure on a phone anyways". Er, so they admit the original bendgate was a non event now? :)


    You can google the details of this story. The best comment I read? "Samsung copies the Apple 6 + down to every detail, including bendgate- but messed it up ;)". those curved glass edges enchannces the screen breakages, aside from the bending issue.

    I agree that the pressure numbers are too high to worry about for normal use on phones. But Samsung made the mistake of making an issue of it 6 months ago with Apples's launch and then stupidity brought it up again with their new S6. You would think they would have thought this through a bit, but no a cheap shot came back to bite them.
     
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    If manufacturers want a great, strong aluminum case, they should follow the lead that Nokia set with the N8. It had a solid unibody (one piece) aluminum case. Everything slide out from the top or the bottom of the aluminum case.
     
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    The iPhone 4,5 and 6 are all unibody aluminum . Phone bending is really a non existent issue, except with exceptional force at one point, near the volume control buttons where the unibody is the thinnest. most force is distributed over a larger area, and much lest total force than shown in this videos.

    No one really worries about it, if they have an ounce of pragmatism.
     
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    Actually, that makes sense. Now that people know they're gonna get a buttful of shards if they put an s6 in their back pocket, they will carry the phone properly

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    The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge's wraparound screen transforms an already great phone into Samsung's best-looking handset. Ever.The bad That supercool design comes with a big price tag, and the screen doesn't deliver any real killer apps. Like the regular S6, the Edge doesn't support swappable batteries or expandable storage.
     
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    Hello hb.... Welcome. Yes, you've mentioned everything that all the review sites have noted. A bit hard to tell why you posted, but welcome anyway.

     
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    Sadly - almost no smartphone has a removable battery any more - easier to make it smaller with an integrated battery. Not having the expandable memory like most are going to might be a deal breaker for me. But with the most recent versions of android not supporting Apps to SD - the manufacturers try to use that as the reason. Personally - I love having expandable memory for music & pictures/video. Frustrating that to move to the 64 or 128G onboard memory is so much more expensive than a good micro SD card.
    Was going to look at new phones, thinking S6 is off the table.
     
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