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[Galaxy S6 General] TL24:
This is why I love the XDA community, nothing but positive response and suggestions! I will try everyone's suggestions!
[Galaxy S6 General] Sheldor1967:
Just ordered it. Coming from S5. Mainly because I am a junkie! But that Camera! Damn!
[Galaxy S6 General] :
Had a Galaxy S3, got a nexus 6 last month. It had uneven screen, so I replaced it, the replacement also had an uneven screen. Plus it also had a possibility of the back panel coming off. Was really tired of that ****, so got a S6 yesterday. THE SCREEN IS PERFECT.

Main reasons why I moved on to the S6:

1) Better specs than the N6

2) Better build quality

3) And ofc the upcoming dev support :D
[Galaxy S6 General] WhiteHartMart:
Using my S6 after my OnePlus One. Mainly wanted a more reliable camera which its already proving to be.

Keeping my OPO for the occasional dip into Vanilla Android and also for days where battery life is crucial ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] mrakifa:
Previous Nexus 6 moved over because of size, after a while the nexus can become annoyingly big, and of course because the S6 is a newer device ☺
[Galaxy S6 General] popokrew:
I'm surprised to see a few people coming from an M9 considering the phone launched the same day as the S6. I'm currently on the M7 and have been loyal to HTC so I'm torn between S6 and M9. I like sense, TW is ok. I use a Samsung tablet so I'm used to it. I love the ROM devs on HTC, never seen a great ROM on Samsung but maybe you guys can tell me what might come to the S6 in terms of ROMs.
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
M8 to S6.

Only thing that's pissing me off that the moment is the non backwards compatible to BT AVRCP with the S6. Can't stream audio metadata info to my car anymore!
[Galaxy S6 General] ke9n:
Came from the M8. I was sold on the M9 until the camera reports came out, which are unacceptable for a flagship device- especially one that the CEO bills as the Porsche of the smartphone world. Camera and audio quality are very important to me. The M8/M9 is king when it comes to audio, but it's like they starting thinking about the camera a month before launch.

The S6 not only has the best camera, but it's built and fitted like a true premium device. I also like the heart rate and fingerprint sensors which are like icing on the cake.
[Galaxy S6 General] kinghu:
Came from a Note 4 and Vivo Xshot. Also briefly tried One plus One and Xiaomi Note briefly. Ended up deducing that 5.0-5.2 inch devices are for me. Large enough screen but still ready to use single handed. OPO was a tad large and the camera was decent but not great. Liked the Note 4 but just too big in the end. Likewise Xiaomi Note.

Camera is also a big thing (fast moving kids) so the Xshot seemed to fit the bill: 5.2-inches with very good camera. Video wasn't as good as stills though.

So the S6 then. Looks fantastic (black). Perfect size, build, feel, and ergonomics (Edge a bit uncomfortable and glarey). Outstanding camera and video. Beastly SoC. Ridiculous screen. Great fingerprint scanner and potential for mobile payments sounds genuinely useful. Very nice car mode. Audio over headphones is now very good. Minimal bloat (UK/o2). 4-5 hours SOT.

No complaints so far.

I really wanted the M9 to be great but given the camera is a deal breaker it's a no, even before the S810 and it's heat/throttling/performance problems.

from my S6
[Galaxy S6 General] marshall_634:
I have the s6 64gb. Came from note 3. Thinking of returning the s6. And waiting for the note 5. I miss my big screen.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ozonep:
Coming from iPhone 6 :) It was my first and last iPhone... Android is sooo much better than iOS (for me).
[Galaxy S6 General] benjmiester:
That's what I was thinking. Some fast switchers! As far as roms, not much to worry about nowadays. I generally see the same roms on every top phone. Plus, to me, all of the Lollipop roms are really similar, and so far all CM based. I'm still hoping for the PA roms to grow. They were always my favs.

Oh, almost forgot! Coming from an Xperia Z2. Ironically, a waterproof phone with sd card support. But I just liked it's style, big battery, and dual front facing speakers . I never even use SD other than to store backups, which can just go on an OTG SD or to my PC. I also never had a need for the waterproofing. I have a tab for gaming and videos on the go, and a separate music phone that's dedicated as a music player.

I like the S6 much better, it feels better, much easier to use one handed. Hard buttons actually give it a little bigger screen most of the time but much smaller and slimmer body. I'm getting the same amount of usage per day as my Z2 though the lasting standby won't go more than 1.25 days or so unlike the Z2. Also the speaker is WAY louder and actually has a fuller sound output. Odd, since we're talking a single bottom speaker vs two front speakers. It's actually louder than my buddy's One M7 too, though it doesn't have that bassy stereo nice-ness.

I also was interested in the fast charging. The Z2 took almost 3 hours to charge from low battery FFS! Wireless charging sounds nice too.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Came from a Nokia Lumia 930. It's not that I don't like the WP platform, in fact I love it, it's just that Microsoft gambled the wrong way in my opinion by not releasing a flagship. In fact I think it was plain stupid not to do so! As they would have kept people like me who has to have the latest and greatest but now they've lost me and maybe for good because I'm loving the S6 so far :D
[Galaxy S6 General] Divine_Madcat:
Previous phone: S4 16gb on Verizon

Current phone: S6 32gb on T-Mobile

Why? Well, for one, where i am, surprisingly i get very poor Verizon service (i mean, to the point my S4 could not get ANY LTE or 3G). Considered the S6, but chocked at both Verizon's upgrade cost, plus losing my unlimited. Shopped around, and found that the T-Mobile 2 line unlimited + financing the cost of the phone is the same as what i was paying for VZW. So far, been doing great - solid 4G LTE in the exact same spot (10-16Mbps), and no signal problems around town yet. Haven't ported our VZW number yet (been wanting to really make sure we would be ok losing our grandfathered unlimited), but i think so far, we are ready for the change...
[Galaxy S6 General] DigitalUnderground:
I had the Nexus 5 since it came out. After the g3 came out, I pondered it for months because of the bigger screen, better camera, and better build quality. I knew I would be sacrificing development and software superiority from my nexus. I finally got the g3 late February. I tried hard to like it, but just couldn't. After playing with the s6, I was sold. By far the best mobile experience I've ever had. I'll be hanging onto it for some time. And as someone else said, I'll be keeping my nexus to play with and selling my g3
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
Will be coming from a flip phone, before that was using the M8.
[Galaxy S6 General] dondavis007:
Thinking about getting one. Right now I'm using a M9, it's not as bad as the press sounds like , it's gourgus, fast as hell and the sound. But... Why not.

The thing is, can I flash as much as on the M9 [emoji1] I also have a Note 4, and I hate it, how is it possible to lag 2015? If you rip everything Samsung out of it its just latest programs and microlags left but just the hassle... I've tried the S6 and finally , it felt like fast, smooth and lagfree. Could be that's the Samsung I want.
[Galaxy S6 General] EDubs11:
I got a Galaxy S6. Switched from the Nexus 6. While the Nexus 6 is a phenomenal device, I was turned off by the size and the camera's performance in low light. So far I am happy with this phone, but it has only been a day
[Galaxy S6 General] gee2012:
Also like the user above me had the nexus 6, great device but sometimes too big for comfortable usage. Have my S6 for a few hours now and have all setup to root it soon ?

Midnight Blue 64GB.
[Galaxy S6 General] popokrew:
I'm a flash-a-holic with the M7 now and I'm worried I won't get my ROM fix. I don't like CM too much so I'm not too excited for that...maybe PA.
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
From what I read, TouchWiz Custom Roms will be widely available. Non-TW roms will be scarce. Blame Exynos for that. But i'm sure the TW custom roms will be great. I'm using a Sense custom rom on my M7 and I enjoy the hell out of it compared to Stock and CM. Also using Non-OEM roms, you will miss out on some OEM features like the camera and the fingerprint scanner, etc.
[Galaxy S6 General] charlie878:
from s4. why? J.k. Shin said me s6 is better. i trust jk ?

Inviato dal mio SM-G920F utilizzando Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 General] mcreego:
From a Note 4 to a Galaxy s6 midnight blue. Good device except some minor flaws.:laugh:
[Galaxy S6 General] enij:
moving from note 4, bought s6 online today for 570€...love materials and design of s6...a bit sconcerted about exynos, i'm a modding addicted.
[Galaxy S6 General] HiRo_4_ever:
From todays point of view I'm currently running a dinosaur, a SG2 :D But after 4 years I noticed it lacks performance because the apps are getting more and more demanding for the hardware. Even a good AOKP Rom cant hide that fact. Now it's time to get up to date and after some research the SG6 will be my favorite device.
[Galaxy S6 General] TikiThePug:
Moved from the M8 to the S6. Not a huge jump in terms of performance, but the camera jump is huge. Also, the design language is completely different. I had originally moved from the S4 to the M8 last year, and regret my decision to do so a few months later.
[Galaxy S6 General] gigoypotpot:
Moved from Nexus 5 to s6. Used to love my s3 until it died on me. Loving the new camera on the s6 and really happy about it because i have a baby that's due any time now and i wil be taking lots of pics of her!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
What do you mean? I have an htc stereoclip in my car for audio streaming (bt 2.1 and aptx) as well as a sony bt earphones with bt 3.0. It won't stream music with them?
[Galaxy S6 General] big_b0sss:
Came from oneplus one and i miss my monster battery. Very good update over design tho. But i kept my oneplus as 2nd device which i have bricked during reverting back to cm from oxygen os.
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
Moved from the 6+ but going back to it as we speak.
[Galaxy S6 General] strikerdj2011:
moved from the note 4
[Galaxy S6 General] il buono:
Does it have to do with the larger screen and better battery life on the 6+? I feel pretty good about my decision to leave the 6+ for the S6
[Galaxy S6 General] bobdude5:
M8 to s6 because it's sexy and the camera is amazing. I miss sense though and my battery life and the overall smoothness and response times on the m8 are much better than the s6
[Galaxy S6 General] Hunteres:
Moved from M9...

The camera on M9 is utter rub..h...honestly... screen on M9 is simply not up to the standard... and the phone is nice looking but its just not my favourite. I went for s6 and i lost the sd card slot... but i am not regreting even a second... sgs6 is way better... and i am not samsung fan.. i had lg g3 before m9... so i am always going where is the best for me.. for now its sgs6 without doubt.
[Galaxy S6 General] Mr Ian B:
Bought nexus 6 in November 2014, loved it, got bored with it and sold it for new S6 unlocked.

Ian B
[Galaxy S6 General] mamhovelkyho:
From M7 and HTC generally. Wanted a good camera, real Quick charge etc. M9 for the same price couldnt do the trick
[Galaxy S6 General] nitrio:
I am from Note 3 and just because of S6's premium camera:)
[Galaxy S6 General] JLishere:
Decided to switch from a Nexus 6.

This is a first for me. My previous phones were the N1, Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, 5 and 6.

The camera is the main draw.

After five years, I finally got tired of blurry / grainy pictures.
[Galaxy S6 General] shiningarmor:
moved from the htc one m7

was a htc phone veteran and have plenty of adb knowledge

came over to s6 because m8's camera was a disappointment, followed by the utterly trashy m9. had enough of their ****ty cameras.

now my only concern is the battery life (i own the s6 now) but otherwise, great display, great camera, great build and design, and well, an average speakerphone. however the audio processor is pretty darn good though
[Galaxy S6 General] Iczer:
Came from LG G3. I'm a tech nerd, and it pisses my wife off. I love to try new stuff and that's what I did :P
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
Came from a flip phone and before that I had the M8 which was my favorite phone of all time, buy the S6 has surpassed it. It's clear that Samsung did copy some things from apple, just like apple did copy some things from Samsung, HTC and just android in general. But the S6 (which I got today), is basically the best of an iPhone mixed with the best of an android phone. Samsung killed it.
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
Hey we are still waiting for your review S6 vs note 4! ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] barondebxl:
Lol, S6 is the way to go unless you prefer bigger displays ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] DrearierJester1:
I came from OnePlus One, moved to S6 because I want a flagship phone, design is great, feature wise, and samsung pay (in prep for the future)
[Galaxy S6 General] aff219:
had: LG G2x

reason for upgrade:

1. my phone was super old and couldn't do much of anything without locking up (even basics like checking my email or trying to use ebay app)

2. battery was dying and i couldn't get a new battery (all batteries were manufactured in 2012 and thus were dying as well)

3. I had one of the first G2x's to release, launch wave. Due to that I suffered from all known defects of this model, including broken update download, unable to connect device to PC (had to use 3rd party software), random freezing, and random restarts.

I was going to get a much cheaper phone, but due to T-mobile trying to screw me over and complaining about it until I was blue in the face, I got a great discount on any new phone I wanted, so I went with the latest and greatest.
[Galaxy S6 General] corb06:
Came from S4 cause I wanted QHD and 3 Gb ram

Using Galaxy S6 128GB
[Galaxy S6 General] venki5star:
Came from M8 to S6. I didn't see much of performance upgrade as I was running on GPe on M8. I don't cared about camera in first place as I have good camera. I am more new electronics addict. I am been with from Note 1 days. Had Note1, S3, S4 switched to M8 because of the build.

But I do like the S6 and I love the fingerprint security and camera. But I like Boomsound than mono speaker.
[Galaxy S6 General] sgtmedeiros:
Used the note edge. Bought an m9 and an s6, sold the m9. That phone has a terrible, terrible camera. S6 has better battery life with a bigger, almost double resolution screen and the screens themselves are incomparable.
[Galaxy S6 General] pEksi91:
Samsung Galaxy Ace -> SGS3 -> SGS4 -> SGS5 -> Note 4 -> SGS6
[Galaxy S6 General] Davedub:
Moving from an s4 that I've had for 2 years, I've been waiting for the s6 for some time and glad I did as it looks excellent. my s6 64gb in black should arrive in the next couple of weeks :)
[Galaxy S6 General] Shocky2:
OnePlus One 64GB to Galaxy S6 64GB

Performance, build quality, size, camera, display, lots of reasons.
[Galaxy S6 General] tommybrrr:
Nokia Lumia 1020 -> S6 32 GB

Needed a good portable music player for my B&W P5 S2 headphones and the IE(pre spartan) on the 1020 pissed me off.
[Galaxy S6 General] DrearierJester1:
Wow 128gb ... Now fill that UFS storage!!! [emoji1]
[Galaxy S6 General] Larxia:
Samsung Note 4 black --> S6 white

Wanted to go back to something a bit smaller.

Camera is an improvement. Phone feels more premium. Software is smoother and cleaner than previous touch whiz versions.

Battery is definitely crumulant in comparison to the note though, but this doesn't bother me much.
[Galaxy S6 General] corb06:
Hehe that will be no problem within a year. Atm I only have 80 gb left of free space. And I don't even have any mkv files on it.

This big space hogger is video recording in 60 fps and 1080p.

Each pic is also very big and the camera is awesome :)

Using Galaxy S6 128GB
[Galaxy S6 General] touchemupent:
I moved from the Note 4 to the S6. Honestly I switch devices every 6 to 8 months. I enjoy the newer technology. I switched mainly because I love the s6 design and the camera although still 16mp photos look a bit better in my opinion.
[Galaxy S6 General] rotkiv3451:
For everyone who moved from the iPhone, what do you think about battery life? I don't trust tech blog's battery tests because they're bought by Samsung, and I know the S6 won't have a much better battery than the iPhone. Fanboys and spec whores automatically say that the S6 is better just because of its size, but that's not exactly how things work. My iPhone 6 definitely gets some 4 hours of screen time and I wanna know if the s6 does get a little bit more, the same amount, or less. Stay away fanboys, I'm asking serious people who made the switch.
[Galaxy S6 General] @home:
Lot of people moved from the Note 4, are you not missing the screen size & the s-pen?

Is it now your daily driver or a swop about phone?
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
Good question, I am used to see Note user never go down to something less than 5.5'' , now if you have a good salary you can get S6 now and Note 5 later in October :laugh:
[Galaxy S6 General] TL24:
Battery life on the S6 was horrible for me compared to my iPhone 6+. One morning I took the S6 off the charger, checked my emails, did some texting, checked FB, browsed the web and before I knew it I was down to 75% within 1 1/2 hours..... Top that off with some of the lag that I experienced (there's lag on all phones TBH) along with the insane amount of bloatware installed by AT&T and Samsung I ended up returning my S6 to go back to my iPhone 6+.

I do miss the size of the phone, screen and camera though so if and when Samsung/AT&T releases an OTA update to fix the battery issues and lag I'll probably jump back on the S6 boat.
[Galaxy S6 General] rotkiv3451:
Thanks TL24, I was afraid that was gonna be the case. I really wish the phone had been thicker with a bigger battery. Hopefully they release an S6 Pro with a bigger battery, otherwise I might go with the G4 and change the resolution to 1080p (as I honestly don't notice the difference between that and 2k) to get great GPU performance. I hope the camera is better than the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] sameer1807:
Moved from the HTC m8. As a previous Samsung owner(s2-s4), I felt I filled the gap that existed while I had the m8. The black levels on an amoled are unmatched by any LCD screen. Camera is miles ahead of the ultrapixel. One thing I miss about the m8 is the speaker quality. I rarely used them but when I did..they were amazing, coming from a phone. I'd say easily the best phone I've ever owned.
[Galaxy S6 General] Larxia:
How long did you actually use the S6 for before returning it? Honestly, the first 2 days of having the phone the battery was garbage. But once I disabled/ uninstalled bloat and turned off syncing features I wasn't using it's been great.

On light use I've been able to get through two days without a charge. Heavy use I still easily get the day, and have gotten over 5 hours of SOT.

Coming from the Note 4, I'm surprisingly happy with how the battery is doing now.
[Galaxy S6 General] aviduser:
Agree

Owned the Sony Z3 compact. Probably my favorite phone ever. EXCEPT the camera which is terrible. Don't get me started about manual mode. You try telling kids or cats to stay still while you try and find a decent mode to take an indoor picture.

Honestly gutted the camera was so bad, the phone its self was fantastic, battery was epic (would leave work with never less than 75%, this S6 currently sits at 45%) It was quick, waterproof and fitted exactly in to my Khaki pocket.

Still not 100% sure about the S6 size but WOW the camera !!!!!!!!
[Galaxy S6 General] TL24:
Moved to S6 from which device &amp; why

Sure thing! Besides the bad battery life and bloatware that came pre-installed the S6 was a beast of a phone! The specs alone are enough to make me jump on the S6 bandwagon again lol

I did stop by an AT&T store yesterday to play around with the S6 again and noticed that there was an OTA update that was pushed out as I was checking for updates on the display unit. So it's possible that they finally released an update to address the memory management issues, battery issues and some performance issues?

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I had it for a good 5 days before returning it.

I did everything I could to save battery. Turned off NFC, Smart Wifi, disabled all of the bloatware apps I was never going to use and made sure my screen wasn't at 100% brightness and turned off the auto brightness feature as well.
[Galaxy S6 General] Larxia:
Hmm strange. Maybe the different variants have quite different batteries. I have the Canadian variant. I found that diasbaling a lot of the syncing feautres made a big difference. Ex) I don't need Samsung and google to both sync the same features.

Also, I tend to keep my location services turned off unless I'm actually using google maps or something of that sort.
[Galaxy S6 General] ivan moreno:
Switched from iPhone 6 Plus, finally an Android phone which offers what I wanted, quality materials and a really great camera.
[Galaxy S6 General] Artemon9:
Coming from Nexus 5!

Why?

Tired of stock and pure droid

I have had Nexus devices for 5 years now, and wanted some change! :)
[Galaxy S6 General] tenebris:
I came from the OnePlus One. I switched because I was still under contact with ATT and TMobile paid off my Lg G3. The S6 was the device that I wanted. So I hopped on it.:good:
[Galaxy S6 General] easycure1974:
I could not live with the bad battery and lag and over all worse apps and software so I returned my Edge and got back to my iPhone 6+ again. The 6+ destroys the S6 in battery, have not been using a regular iPhone 6 so I cant compare to that
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
My S6 battery is real good now after 3 weeks, the first few days was real bad. On 5.0.2 you will have to disable location service(most importantly) and better to disable google play service too bcoz they got battery draining bugs. This happened on Sony and HTC roms too.
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
Yeah but you really cant compare the 6+ battery to the S6. Two different phone types with one being a phablet and has a larger battery capacity. I had the 6+ and yes the battery was beast I still can't expect to get the same results from the S6. Happy with what I get from the S6 though.
[Galaxy S6 General] ets:
sold my oneplus one.

bought the S6 for the camera.

very good and even I have maybe not the sony sensor inside.........
[Galaxy S6 General] vegetaleb:
Coming from M8, I am tired of same dull screen, bad cameras and same design, I don't regret my S6 at all
[Galaxy S6 General] wan2tri:
From an S3 to an S6. Why? My father wanted to upgrade our phones (i.e. him, me, my mother). lol :p

It's possible that my S3 will go to my mother which will replace her X8. Or perhaps I keep it, maybe she gets a new Xperia, then my father gets a new Samsung (he currently has an S2) and have his Blackberry replaced by an iPhone.
[Galaxy S6 General] ZoZo-:
I came from an LG G2 with a very customizable launcher/UI.

I updated since the G2 was a work phone with unlimited plan and 50gb a month (personal use also) and now I've quit that job :)

People has always warned me about TouchWiz and I've started to understand why :) It's a great UI and user experience if you're an experienced iPhone user since you should not need to customize it that much.

Other than that I'm using Nova Launcher Prime now I have noting to complain about. It is super fast, it's beautiful (I find the Edge not to be as beautiful), as point and click camera it is really good (I'm an professional photographer so unless I'm just at the restaurant or out jogging I'm not carrying my DSLR with me).

The thing that I do miss is the Xposed framework and some other root apps since I'm still considering not tripping KNOX because of Samsung Pay.

Still, a great phone :)