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[Galaxy S6 General] adiskar:
Got the S6, switch from Note 4. Not a easy change but I did it. SD slot will be missed surely but the S6 is being excellent so far. The reason that I was willing to let go my Note 4 is that when I shot a family video, the phone frizzed all of the sudden, was hot as hell and the worst thing was that the whole video has gone after It came back on order. My first S phone since S2. I have owned Note 2, 3, 4 after that.
[Galaxy S6 General] jemeljsh:
Switched from Z3 to S6 mainly because of the camera. Coming from Z3 (D6603) which by avg. was having 5h-6h SOT with heavy usage I am quite satisfied with S6 (G920F). 4G on the whole time with sync and location turned off I get ~4-5h SOT with S6. Better grip, less weight and noticeably faster even though side by side comparison (before I sold my Z3) showed that Z3 was no slouch,but still in overall use, the S6 feels faster and much snappier when summarizing the performance. What's more important for me is how much better samsungs 5.0.2 lollipop is in comparison to the one currently offered by sony on z3/z3c. Samsungs lollipop is a finished product whereas sony's one is like a half baked cake.
[Galaxy S6 General] stennett:
Thinking of coming from a Nexus 5 as this is the first phone that has interested me since the N5 was first released.

Think I'll miss pure android though ( had Nexus devices for the last 4 years), anyone else come from stock?
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
If had limited resources, I'd probably stick with the S5 and wait for the S7, but my 128gb S6 has a way better camera, fingerprint scanner, and no more 'running out of storage' errors. It's also smaller in the hand with a larger screen. Quite frankly, I would have done the upgrade for the camera alone. The camera is unreal.
[Galaxy S6 General] PunishedSnake:
Nexus 6, size one hand usability and band 12

Plus the ability to set preferred bands etc
[Galaxy S6 General] sebster718:
Came from an S3, which is still a great phone, got the S6 since I havent updated in a while and the great reviews and better design. Was considering the M9 for a while but the camera on the S6 sold me.
[Galaxy S6 General] daleski75:
Came from a Nexus 6..... boredom really and a much nicer sized phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] esi2121:
i move from s2 to s6.

why?! i prefer it from all ..iphone :p:eek:

htc one m9 :confused: /z3 or z4-5 :cool: /G4 :(

but s6 brings performance ,stylish , nice and juicy ;)

guy's enjoy u'r phone
[Galaxy S6 General] MistaJae:
I came from an LG G3 to the S6. Loved the G3 apart from some lag & memory issues on pretty much every ROM I tried :(

The S6 is like a breath of fresh air! Amazing camera, excellent fingerprint scanner (my missus has the S5 and she's very jealous) plus it's ALWAYS FAST! I miss having expandable memory (my 64Gb card now lives in my Tab S), but removable battery is not missed at all. I have 2 spare batteries for my G3, but never even used them! Xposed is another thing I'm learning to live without, but support may come in the future.
[Galaxy S6 General] fenchai:
I am glad you are satisfied with the battery life, My Z3C holds out 5-6 hours too! and thats heavy use on a daily basis (heavy use by using the phone a lot for youtube, reddit,browsing, making it hot,flashlight,modified flashlight to a higher mah use) the Z3c is really a beast, if the S6 can hold me 4.5-5 hours, that would be my dream...(its coming to me in 4 days!) the hype
[Galaxy S6 General] jemeljsh:
Before Z3, I had Z3C. Z3C was a beast. Nothing comes close in respect of the battery life at that size. With Z3C I was constantly getting 6h SOT easy!. S6 is no champion in that regard, but I would say it's a manageable beast if I can say so :D

If you decide to root your S6, make sure you test this rom out -> http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/development/rom-xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-0-t3094423 It's fast, light and easy on the battery!

I always root my samsungs phones since there's always tons of roms and I just can't resist sticking to stock. Moreover the most expensive repairs like replacement of broken display does not fall under regular warranty unless it's some special policy for the particular manufacturer, so I do not really care for phone warranty.
[Galaxy S6 General] Miracal:
From a white note2 to a gold s6.

Reason; note2 died a sudden death on me due to an insane chip. Just 3 months after the 2yrs warrentyperiod...R.I.P.
[Galaxy S6 General] fenchai:
I will check on that rom :D my S6 should Arrive in 3 days! Btw, Did stretoslite remove all the bloatware from Samsung stock? What he has done can also be done with xposed xD the thing is...xposed does not work well on lollipop... hehehe but I am not seeing good features in that rom, I will first play for 2 days on the stock rom and then root and flash a custom rom to check on battery life :D thanks
[Galaxy S6 General] Cygnuss:
I moved from Galaxy S3, it was too laggy already and very low RAM (835mb total about 170/200 free...)
[Galaxy S6 General] ozzydtm:
upgraded from the s3 to s6 battery was so bad i was lucky to get a day out of it
[Galaxy S6 General] namcojr:
Moved from a Lumia 930 with Windows simply because the phone will never takeoff. There are no decent apps for it and i doubt ever will.

Shame, as the 930 is an incredible phone.
[Galaxy S6 General] daniel4653:
Moved from a Note 4, still have it as you can tell from my signature. I love the note 4 and its battery life. But ita time for something that is smaller and more convenient to have on a daily. Will keep my Note 4 as the backup or maybe hand it down to my sister.

Sent from my SM-N910W8
[Galaxy S6 General] rajeshjsl:
I'm coming from Xperia Sola , had plans for Z3C , but couldn't resist for this beauty and beast , so opted to pay 160usd more than z3c and got this device .

Coming from a turtle phone , this thing blows my mind .
[Galaxy S6 General] Groteski:
From Nexus 5. Because of all the specs ofcourse!
[Galaxy S6 General] maverick1103:
Moved from a Note 4, mainly because the Note was just too big for one handed use.

Love the S6 so far, everything about it is awesome!
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah I came from exactly the same phone and it is a shame bcoz that OS had a lot of potential but MS aren't utilizing it. I mean Nokia handed them the best camera in any smartphone n they just squandered it to the point that the competition haven't only caught up, they've overtaken! Loving the S6's imaging capabilities ☺
[Galaxy S6 General] androidlover287:
Came from Note 3

I bought my S6 for £470, 32GB black, I will miss the expandable storage, but there are ways around that, I never changed the battery on my Note 3, so that's not an issue, easier to use with 1 hand, faster than my Note 3 too. Cheaper than my note 3 was almost 2 years ago too
[Galaxy S6 General] stennett:
How did you get it at that price?
[Galaxy S6 General] antipesto93:
If you keep an eye out, they regularly pop up on ebay for 400 but do not last very long on there.
[Galaxy S6 General] bbabiuk:
I came from the Nexus 5 as well. I was seduced by the camera, the screen and 8 core processor. I can't say I'm 100% loving the phone yet. The N5 just was an awesome device with the exception of its battery. I will likely try an AOSP ROM at some point in the future. I imagine the things I am most diaappointed with are touchwiz, and how this phone feels in hand.
[Galaxy S6 General] tyraelasd:
From a Nexus 5 and I couldnt be happier. I've managed to use the multitasking capactive button as home button so I don't have the need to be pressing that damn hardware home button every time, nova launcher, rom totally debloated, rooted and this feels perfectly familiar.

Awesome camera? Check

Great battery life? ( better than my N5 ) almost 5 hours SOT. Check

Outstanding display? Check

Wireless charging and incredible fast turbo charging? Check

Enough storage? 32gb for me is fine. Check

Beautiful design? Double check for me

Fingerprint reader? Works like charm, double check again.

I can't see anyone that can`t agree that this is the closest you can get to a perfect phone today.
[Galaxy S6 General] rkaede:
can share what tweak u use for enabling multitasking as home button ??

anyway i move from Xiaomi Redmi note because of size issue. 5 inch is the best size of smartphone.
[Galaxy S6 General] Groteski:
Try XtreStoLite Deodexed Mod Edition. Phone will please you more that way!
[Galaxy S6 General] norcalsfinest:
From Nexus 5. Screen, slightly bigger, better camera, faster performance, better battery...

Loved my Nexus 5 and Lollipop rejuvenated it, but I think the battery was starting to decline with age. Was sad to let it go though was my favorite phone before the GS6
[Galaxy S6 General] Jonathan-H:
Come from HTC One M9 due to camera. Have a pink tint on the bottom section of the screen and my first one had loose home button.

Trying to decide whether to keep or change this one due to the screen.
[Galaxy S6 General] atomicsoul:
Came from the M7, was gonna get the M9 but HTC got it wrong AGAIN. Still trying to get used to touchwiz. I miss the added simplicity of sense UI e.g search for apps function and apps stored in alphabetical order. To save time of scrolling page after page searching for an app I just log on to play store and search and open the app from there, a silly way to implement things me thinks. Unless am missing something. overall the phone is nice.:D
[Galaxy S6 General] cokey77:
Coming from HTC one m7 and not that impressed so far but haven't spent much time with it so hopefully my opinion will change. Missing blink feed and HTC speakers but apart from that it seems ok.
[Galaxy S6 General] legend221:
Here is a very well put together review on the S6. Hope all you Samsung folks enjoy it. Share the Love.

https://youtu.be/n4g5Isj8LxA

.: Sent from an optimized 'ANDROID til I die' device :.
[Galaxy S6 General] JayantSparda:
Moved from the Galaxy Alpha to a S6 64gb.

The GPS and reception was for me very bad, during navigation loads of missing GPS signals and a lot of missed calls.

The alpha started to get slower, even though i did multiple factory resets.

After switchting to S6, the phone is blazing fast and responsive. Great reception with GPS.

Only issue is the battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] ixon2001:
I've been tempted to get the S6, but as i currently have a Note 4 so it probably better to wait for the Note 5 in October.

I know alot of you that sold your Note 4 for the S6 will be selling your S6 for the Note 5 come this October. :D
[Galaxy S6 General] Jonathan-H:
I got rid of Note 4 for the HTC One M9, and I won't be going back to a note. I personally prefer using a phone one handed. The S6 has some of the most used features of the Note and you can also install an s-pen so I would never go back to a note.

I am also getting equal battery life to my Note 4 which is around 5-6 hours screen on time so i'm very happy.
[Galaxy S6 General] Hunteres:
Not impressed? Brother press the camera icon and enjoy for the first time a picture quality that looks and is miles ahead of any htc camera. To continue internet browsing.. and sgs6 gets 5-6 hours on screen time.. you can dream about that with htc...

Sgs6 beats htc any day at the moment
[Galaxy S6 General] tee00max:
Been rolling with the S6 for awhile and moved from the 6+ but I just took the S6 back and went back. I know the battery life isnt to be compared but all the things you have to disable on the S6 in order for it to just get "ok" battery life is not going to cut it for me. I can use all my services and connections with the 6+ and not worry about battery at all.

S6 is a great phone and the best Samsung device made to date but I still think iOS has its advantages over it IMO.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
S-Finder in the Notification pull-down would be quicker than that method
[Galaxy S6 General] PunishedSnake:
Came from Nexus 6 due to size and camera among others. returned for m9, I can multitask now
[Galaxy S6 General] midreestaj:
Switched from Note 4 octa core version to S6 on April 15th and couldn't be more happier. This is the perfect phone for me as from 9 am to 6 pm my battery drops to 50% with 2~2.5 hours of SOT. I am telling this because I have no battery issue like many are complaining. After the size of Note 4 I find myself so easy going with S6 in my pocket and the shine and beauty of this little piece of hardware is up to my liking ... loving it so far and every time I look at this piece of marvel...

Why I switched from note 4 is the part where geeky impulsivity comes in... It was the 14nm soc, the improved soc !!! LPDDR4 ram, UFS2.0, +2 additional T760 cores, 1.9 f-stop and 64bit that did not let me sit quietly and I switched to S6 right on the day of release in my country
[Galaxy S6 General] godutch:
moto x 2014, why: it i dropped it and it broke :( i would liked to have gone for the note5 but i needed a new phone and I could get this one renewing my contract
[Galaxy S6 General] sonikk4ever:
Coming from an iPhone 3G , is there any reason to explain why ? :D
[Galaxy S6 General] atomicsoul:
Fantastic. Thanks for that tip.
[Galaxy S6 General] godutch:
I remember in the s2 days there was an app to sort the app tray, I forgot what it was called though. I can't believe Samsung didn't implement this feature (and also removed one of my favorite touchwiz features: smart alarm)
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
I don't know what Smart Alarm is as I came from a Lumia 930 but there is a thing in Accessibility called Notification Reminder that I've found brilliant
[Galaxy S6 General] aehmkei:
Coming from Galaxy S2 with NeatROM and wow...what a huge jump in speed, display and the charging speed - impressive :highfive:
[Galaxy S6 General] nthornton1990:
I am back using Samsung after a stint with an HTC M8. TBH I had no intention on switching. However, I bricked my M8 after trying to switch back to sense from GPE. So sad. But yeah so in terms oh the phone itself I love it. I am not so happy with the battery life, but lets be honest.... Who is? I do have a question though... in terms of the UI I have noticed that the setting app on my Cricket version seems to be different than everyone else's.... I don't have the typical scrolling settings app I have to swipe to the right.... I am not sure if there is a setting somewhere that I am missing, but I also was looking into was to improve battery life and saw something about "voice over LTE" and couldn't find anything. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S6 General] godutch:
I don't have an iphone 6 for comparison but I was so impressed by the pics from my gf's note4 I was really quite disappointed with my moto x. A good camera on a phone really is a must if you have little kids growing up :D
[Galaxy S6 General] betobm:
Coming from a Nexus 5.

The reasons to change: Fingerprint sensor and a better camera! But I must confess, the N5 was more smoth than the S6.. even disabling all the bloatware.. hope that 5.1 improves it in S6
[Galaxy S6 General] Naths:
Thinking of going to the S6 from my S6 edge, having used it for a few weeks now, it's a pretty pointless gimmick....
[Galaxy S6 General] jhun80:
From Note 4. To smaller and lighter S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] boxa72:
Yeah like what were they thinking? Who is gonna sit their phone face down only to scratch the screen??
[Galaxy S6 General] kiko3:
I ordered s6 because s6 edge has some glare on the edges
[Galaxy S6 General] JCJ77:
My point exactly.
[Galaxy S6 General] RedWingsFan:
Came from the Nexus 5.

Why? Have had the N5 since launch and felt it was time for a new device. It served me well and 18 months is a long time with one phone for me. Sprint was offering a nice discount on a 1 year lease so I took it.

So far I like the phone. Look forward to reading a lot in these threads
[Galaxy S6 General] zbigzbig20:
From Note 4 (SM-G910F) to S6 32GB SM-G920F. Because is smaller, fresh and looks better for me :)
[Galaxy S6 General] shellbell1471:
Came from note 4....too big for me and very Lagg!
[Galaxy S6 General] Dunams:
LG G2, it got a bit laggy at times, and when I saw the s6 design, and read reviews about it, I had to have this phone.:D
[Galaxy S6 General] bigpp85:
Old device was the S4. Changed it to S6 because of memory and newer version of Android system and because the S6 have much more performance then the S4.
[Galaxy S6 General] maverick1103:
Did you find with the Note 4 that the lag got even worse with lollipop update?

This phone just flies!
[Galaxy S6 General] shellbell1471:
I never got the lollipop update and people advised me against getting it as slow their phone right down
[Galaxy S6 General] maverick1103:
Yes it's was unbelievably slow compared to KitKat.
[Galaxy S6 General] amankapoor4:
G2, loved the look of S6 and just felt like upgrading. Love the G2 and still think it is a great phone(holding on to it too)
[Galaxy S6 General] limeaid:
Switched to the gs6 for 2 weeks from a nexus 5. Couldn't deal with the battery life, pink screen, and camera focus problem. Returned it and am now waiting for the g4
[Galaxy S6 General] buck1623:
From iPhone to gs6. Because I like better technology
[Galaxy S6 General] lskeys:
Cool
[Galaxy S6 General] SilkyJohnson:
Left my Nexus 6 for three reasons:

1) Camera (main reason)

2) Screen (Sammy is the king)

3) Form factor
[Galaxy S6 General] hjmrox:
software development for Exynos SoC based phones

I'm on Samsung Galaxy S plus for the past 3.5 years. Needless to say, I love this phone and its running the latest Android 5.1.1 ( Thanks to the amazing software development community we have in XDA)

I think it's time that I moved to a new phone, and I prefer to use it for a longer time too.. With samsung not providing/delaying software updates, I depend on the XDA community for the latest updates. One developer from the S plus community mentioned that it's hard to develop for Exynos devices over the years due to the lack of resources from Samsung. On the other hand, Qualcomm has very good documentation and helps the developers with preconfigured stuff. This makes it easier to develop and prolong device lifespan.

Now I've stuck between choosing LG G4 and Galaxy S6E. I really love the Galaxy S6E screen, design, camera and especially 14nm processors (drooool) but I'm afraid how the development for this device is going to be ?

Any of you experienced XDA members/developers care to advice me about this please? Would really love to hear your advices.. Thanks in advance :o
[Galaxy S6 General] snuggiebear:
HTC Sensation I still love you....
[Galaxy S6 General] Ave666:
Mostly support not more than two years I guess as happened with s4/n2

Sent from my SM-G920F
[Galaxy S6 General] kmiloxdxd:
From: iPhone 5S

Why?: because i saw the GS6 is the best phone and the customization that iOS cant.
[Galaxy S6 General] fredrikreiman:
From sony z3 compact. A great phone! But i got bored and wanted something new. Also wanted a bigger screen again and a better camera. Mostly swapped just for fun.
[Galaxy S6 General] pajaSRB:
I picked up today brand new black S6, and iam very veryyy pleased that I did it. After S4 i took Nexus 5 and told myself that samsung will never see me again. Nexus devices are like god of speed in android world and still my nexus 5 feels little smoother then S6 but difference in built quality and some hardware parts are like heaven and hell. Camera on S6 is best that I ever seen and this glass built feels premium for the first time ever on samsung. I never thought that I will say this but Samsung did imba job with this phone. Will see how it goes in next few weeks but iam sure its a keeper. i hope that I will keep this S6 even when new Nexus comes on fall.
[Galaxy S6 General] SlamTheDoor:
I'm coming from an M7 also. My HTC One M7 broke and I wanted to replace it with the newest/flagship phone available today, so I picked the S6. The M7 was my third HTC phone (HTC EVO 4G and HTC Touch Diamond before it) but I opted to go with a new Samsung instead of the HTC M9 because of the issues I had with HTC and the M7. I had the impression that Samsung would make a better phone than HTC. So far, I'm happy with the S6 but I have the same feeling as you do about the lack of Blinkfeed and the poor speaker. I've been able to adapt to deal with both of those and at this point I'm very glad I went with the S6 over the M9.
[Galaxy S6 General] cokey77:
If your missing HTC blinkfeed install it on your phone there's some files you can use to have it and weather etc working on your s6 working good on mine?
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
Link?
[Galaxy S6 General] dedei:
I'm leaving my gorgeous Xperia Z3 for a white S6. Camera is the main factor
[Galaxy S6 General] bigup7:
Z3 to white s6.

Mainly for camera

I hope the battery isn't that bad on the s6!

Z3 battery is epic
[Galaxy S6 General] cokey77:
Link to blink feed etc if your missing htc http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/htc-blinkfeed-plugins-devices-08-03-2015-t3049438
[Galaxy S6 General] mathrania:
Leaving my 6 years of Journey with htc phone.. Last was m8.... M9 plus was a let down... Nothing special than m8 except fingerprints and screen resolution.... But again the camera quality was compromised....

So i bid goodbye to my Lovely M8... Wow man it had great speakers..
[Galaxy S6 General] godutch:
Battery is not so great yet (worse then my htc m7) but with all phones I owned it usually takes a few weeks to improve. I am sure battery life will be excellent in a few months from now
[Galaxy S6 General] anukilimanoor:
Moved from my S3 to S6 because S3 is getting slower and slower and battery life is not that great for my daily use.
[Galaxy S6 General] kumar1986:
Moved from S6 Edge to S6 because of auto brightness bug, glares on the edges when viewing at certain angles and no tempered glass screen protection for Edge, didn't liked the feel of cheap PET screen guards and that too kept peeling off from the sides.
[Galaxy S6 General] J-Hop2o6:
Thanks. Will try out soon.
[Galaxy S6 General] zdravkodubravec:
I had g3 3gb, and i had presestent problems with Deezer app which works perfectly on s6, and also because I like the camera a lot ...battery could do a lot better but it is OK anyway I always have a charger with me ... And soon I will buy external battery ....
[Galaxy S6 General] raduque:
I went from the Note series (I've had a 2, 3 and 4) to the S6 because I got tired of carrying around the frickin' CVN-65 USS Enterprise in my pocket. Even if I were to hide the beauty of this phone with a case, it would STILL be smaller. It's just as usable, IMO. I don't really find myself missing anything from the Note 4, not even the stylus.

No one feature really "sealed the deal" for me, so to speak. In some ways, it's a step backwards (no uSD card, no removable battery), but in others a step forward.
[Galaxy S6 General] vanisher:
From CM12 Note 4.

Got tired of the size for use when on the go, at home it was fine. Also, CM camera is ass. Otherwise I liked it.
[Galaxy S6 General] dgold21:
Went from BlackBerry Passport to Xperia Z3 Compact because I needed a smaller phone for a vacation, then got rid of the Z3C (ironically it was actually too small to be my daily driver) when I returned home from vacation and got the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] xxbeanxx:
Moved to S6 from LG Optimus G because my battery life was bad...

lol@me ?

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EDIT: the S6 battery is way worse.
[Galaxy S6 General] abubasim:
I sold my Xperia Z3 Dual to get the S6.

Camera and build quality were the factors.

I made up my mind when it was announced that the S6 would be updated to support the new Camera2 API, including support for RAW. Sony has not made any similar announcements.

The white Z3 looks odd as the corners are plastic and the edges are metal. And my Z3 had an easily noticeable gap between the glass and the metal edge at the top and the upper right corner and I can't figure out how this passed through quality control in the manufacturing plant. The overall impression with that mix of metal and plastic and gaps is something very cheap. On the positive side for the Z3 is built in active noise cancellation if you have the right earphones. And I liked how most bundled apps could be uninstalled completely - not the way Samsung forcing you to have most of that garbage occupying valuable storage space - even more annoying when there is no microSD slot to expand the space.