Samsung Galaxy S 6 Preview

[flagoman]

78% battery when video started 10:56 ends at 74% at 11:10 after a few showdown of the phone "new" abilities. 4% of battery life in 14min, that means 3.5 min every % so it would mean that the phones battery duration would be around 5.83 hours (of constant use),mmm, they should kept the same battery as the S5 , it would have provided longer battery life.
On a comment aside, why it was connected to Wifi and LTE at the same time?, normally LTE icon should have been replaced with the wifi icon, but not this time... both were working... or at least turned on at the same time... this would reduce battery life by much....

 

[Peter Masters]

Totally underwhelmed with the S6. I was looking to upgrade my old My touch phone. Now it looks like I will either go with the S5 or the HTC one M9 if the camera checks out.

 

[Rapajez]

78% battery when video started 10:56 ends at 74% at 11:10 after a few showdown of the phone "new" abilities. 4% of battery life in 14min, that means 3.5 min every % so it would mean that the phones battery duration would be around 5.83 hours (of constant use),mmm, they should kept the same battery as the S5 , it would have provided longer battery life.
On a comment aside, why it was connected to Wifi and LTE at the same time?, normally LTE icon should have been replaced with the wifi icon, but not this time... both were working... or at least turned on at the same time... this would reduce battery life by much....

I thought, starting with the S5, you could use both networks at once if the phone determined your overall speed would improve. Maybe that was just a false rumor?

 

[Rapajez]

In general I think this phone will definitely improve sales - the people here crying over sdcards and removable battery are a vocal group, but my bet is that they are a coval minority.

YOU'RE a coval minority!

Anyway, I think it's more like all people who travel and need multiple batteries (22-hour flights with layovers anyone?), people who want expandable/removable memory, or people who want the ability to reset their device when it locks up, without having to go the "Genius Bar". The last one mostly applies to people who like to root and tinker with their phones. They tend to lock them up more often. I seriously have no idea how that would work if I couldn't just pull the battery each time it happens.

Anyway, I still don't know if it's a deal-breaker. You can carry an external battery for long trips, but it's not practical to have the thing dangling off your phone in a meeting or something, or as convenient as slapping one of the 3 charged spares in and rebooting. The base model comes with 32 GB, and goes up to 128. I'd imagine it will be much more expensive than buying your own SD Card of course, and I personally like to swap mine between devices/PCs. Plus the arguments presented above. Hoping they have a hard reset that will work without needing a battery pull.

Those 3 points cons aside, it seems like a great phone, but I'll have to see how the competition stacks up when I pull the trigger in April.

 

[CompGee]

In general I think this phone will definitely improve sales - the people here crying over sdcards and removable battery are a vocal group, but my bet is that they are a coval minority.

YOU'RE a coval minority!
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Excuse you?? If you say something like that to ANYBODY ELSE on these forums, I will report you to the moderators.

 

[Rapajez]

In general I think this phone will definitely improve sales - the people here crying over sdcards and removable battery are a vocal group, but my bet is that they are a coval minority.

YOU'RE a coval minority!
.

Excuse you?? If you say something like that to ANYBODY ELSE on these forums, I will report you to the moderators.

Apologies. I meant that as a nonsensical comment, not to offend. I wouldn't actually sync to that level of immaturity with a real insult.

Also...you started it.

 

[CompGee]

In general I think this phone will definitely improve sales - the people here crying over sdcards and removable battery are a vocal group, but my bet is that they are a coval minority.

YOU'RE a coval minority!
.

Excuse you?? If you say something like that to ANYBODY ELSE on these forums, I will report you to the moderators.

Apologies. I meant that as a nonsensical comment, not to offend. I wouldn't actually sync to that level of immaturity with a real insult.

Also...you started it.

Who: me (CompGee) or Moshmc?

 

[Jason Jacobawitz]

The reasons I bought the S3 and the S5 were the SD card, replaceable batteries and on the S5 water resistance. I travel internationally and I carry four spare batteries and use them. I killed two S3's by dunking them and I dunked my S5 in four meters of water already with no harm done. When my S5 finally dies I will look elsewhere, Samsung I am not leaving you. You are leaving me

 

[Rapajez]

Who: me (CompGee) or Moshmc?

Oh, Moshmc I guess. That got confusing. That person seemed to get the joke though. If not, I apologize to them for the misunderstanding.

If you take a look at my history or profile, you'll see I never intentionally disrespect anyone on these forums.

 

[CompGee]

Okay. Let's get back to comments on the review.

 

[Shaina11]

No Micro SD = no sale.

 

[Rapajez]

@CompGee: Agreed

So are there any alternative flagships out there with removable batteries and SD slots? The HTC M9 has the SD slot, but I have yet to see any 2015, flagship phones, with both.

 

[CompGee]

Get an S4. One of the best phones yet.

 

[Rapajez]

Well, along those lines, an S5 is the same thing with a slightly better processor, display, and battery life, correct?

 

[AlexanderKach]

The combination of words samsung and galaxy is strongest alert: not to buy never ever. Doesn't matter the model or any other detail. It is usually worst constructed device covered for some unknown reason with window glass (broken in 1 week). It will be working because nobody needs this glass. The software is same bad. You can do no one action not pushing 5-10 bad working buttons. Same time you can not grab in hand the device it is covered with not working properly buttons.

 

[lizzycarmen]

I have that phone and seriously the phone is awesome. I love to keep it and use it..

 

[CompGee]

I saw an S6 commercial 1-2 nights ago; made me want to get the S6 myself, though not liking no microSD card slot, reduced battery life, AND slow-as-a-turtle USB 2.0.