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[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Damn it, I can't decide between black or white. I have to order it online as theyre not going to be in stores here for a while so no demoing each color.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
I had the same dilemma, chose the white version eventually because of a) fingerprints are more visible on the black version, and b) the black version has a more blueish hue which I personally don't really like...black should be black.
[Galaxy S6 General] das boot:
White just screams iPhone to me, that's why I've never considered it. It does hide the fingerprints though.
[Galaxy S6 General] maxpayn02:
I'd go for white , less shining back and less visible fingerprints
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
I personally think the bluish hue is awesome! I'm going for black. Black when there's no light shining, but blue with some (sun)light.

The white looks slightly beige colour to me, rather than true white.
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
My biggest issue with the white version is the camera lense. They painted the surrounding glass white and left just the lense opening visible, this gives it this weird effect which in my opinion is quite ugly. It's even worse when you put on a case.

I would have preferred the camera lense to have remained uncolored instead of this.
[Galaxy S6 General] blueandigo:
Yep, definitely going to get a Note 4.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Don't. Wait for the S7/S7 Edge, which should have Samsung's custom CPU and GPU cores.
[Galaxy S6 General] blueandigo:
No thanks, I want a phone with a MicroSD slot. Sammy can take their new approach and shove it up their arses.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Seriously, why would anyone need more than 32 GB except for storing their torrented anime shows to watch on-the-go?
[Galaxy S6 General] blueandigo:
I have 1000 songs on my phone that are all in FLAC quality. I'm not streaming any low quality crap, also that takes up a lot of data.

FLAC files are on average 20mbs. So do the math. Then throw in videos I record from concerts, I also work in the news so I do a lot of recording on my phone, I have almost ever GTA game on my phone, backups, etc.

I need my space.
[Galaxy S6 General] rumatt:
Why are you insisting on lossless music, just to play it through the crappy internal amp?

Unless you're hooking your phone up to an external amp and using audiophile headphones why on earth would you waste time worrying about this?

Lossless for the home system sure. But for a portable device on a commodity phone to listen over earphones while out and about?
[Galaxy S6 General] blueandigo:
I use it in my car so I can get the full experience.
[Galaxy S6 General] rumatt:
Well in that case I double down on my argument of FLAC being completely unnecessary and undetectable.
[Galaxy S6 General] lopri:
Did any review find out who made the modem? Qualcomm, Samsung, or Intel?
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
I believe I read it was Samsung's own modem inside the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
Why is this important to know?
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Because "in-house" and "designed by" are the new fads thanks to Apple.

Why does only Samsung seem to understand this? It's all about branding these days, and you can be damn sure that Samsung is striving for 100% in-house design and manufacturing in their phones. This is vertical integration taken to a whole new level.
[Galaxy S6 General] DanaIrvine:
- couldn't say it any better
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
they use what they can make to save money, like any other sane company would do. samsung can only do this because they have the manufacturing facilities to do so. it's not because they are smart, or because they have good engineers. it's because they have been making electronics for years.. this is the only reason theyre able to make much of the stuff "in-house".. Apple, and many other companies just dont have the resources to mass-produce hardware so they basically pay someone else to do it.. doesn't mean they don't have the knowledge. samsung basically applied their years of making LCDs/TVs and other hardware into a phone. they would never be where they are today if it weren't for this.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Actually, I think that they are.

Samsung seems like that type of company always planning and looking further ahead into the future than their competition.

Being able to manufacture anything has been Samsung's goal ever since it started in the mid 20th century. Its founders envisioned a scenario where Samsung can produce the highest-end components and use them in their devices while still pricing them competitively with competitors who use lower-grade components. This vertical integration strategy was one of the key pillars of Samsung's competitive philosophy - Producing the best while keeping price down.

Seeing Samsung stuff the S6 with the best state-of-the-art technology and still price the phone lower than the M9, which is using 1-year-old tech and some downgraded tech, proves that the founders weren't full of BS.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
Can you really tell the difference between an mp3 or m4a encoded at 320kbps vs FLAC played through a phone? I tried to distinguish from the two using $300 earphones and I couldn't. Definitely not worth the double or more increase in space for a barely or unnoticeable difference.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
I'm torn between jealous and feeling sorry for those that can't tell the difference.

It's a damn expensive hobby to seek better sound.

Personally. I will not listen to mp3 ever. Doesn't matter if it's hooked up to the oem headset, my shure's, car, whatever.

It's a massive difference to my ears.

Main reason why I ordered the 128gb S6.

Photos and videos too.

F* the cloud. What a joke.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
Those labels do not make the information sought important to know.

:confused:

More hyperbole.

---------- Post added at 02:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 PM ----------

No. Nobody can.

The Pono proves men wouldn't stop trying.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
I really would love to see how you fare when doing a blind comparison between the two. From what I've read, even for people who can tell the difference, the difference is extremely slight. For you to claim that it is a massive difference is quite interesting.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
Yes. People can tell the difference. Most cannot though.

I won't criticize anyone for not being able to hear it. That would be silly.

I can easily distinguish between 320 and flac/wav.

Lower res mp3 and flac is a massive difference.

Less difference on poorly done recordings like a lot of today's mainstream junk but I don't listen to those anyway.

If the recording is "thin" to begin with it doesn't make nearly as much difference.

There are different levels of noticable difference depending on a few factors of course.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
Very interesting. I would love a keener sense of hearing.
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Not sure i'd wanna be "that guy".
[Galaxy S6 General] *Emix*:
AndroidAuthority:

Samsung Galaxy S6 review: the change we’ve been waiting for

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[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Delete
[Galaxy S6 General] avenging:
why did AA give a con for the camera sticking out?are they consistent with the cons for all phones (no expandable memory and replaceable batteries)?
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Because it fell on its back and cracked the lense
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
He let the phone slid down and when it hit the ground/table there was a small crack in the exteriour of the camera bump on the backside. Luckily no damage to the camera lens itself, but still a bit of a let-down.
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
Well that's too be expected. If the phone drops "correctly" all the forces will be concentrated on the camera lense. There were reports of the S5 Camera glass cracking upon drops and it ended up being a few isolated incidents.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
It is...but apparently AA didn't :)
[Galaxy S6 General] avenging:
well AA is just being inconsistent here. They gave a similar 9 for a xiami note with the con being only no US availabiliy. No CON for no expandable storage and removable batteries.

disappointing review.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
I have never found AA's reviews particular good or interesting. Especially because he seems to recite template sentences, instead of making each review more personal by chosing other (more personal) wording. It always comes out rather the same, like an automaton ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
S6 edge review: https://youtu.be/d5sULPiAArU

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/d5sULPiAArU[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S6 General] blueandigo:
I can totally tell the difference. The sound is crisp clear. You get more background sounds as well.

One of the greatest examples of this is listening to Pearl Jams 'Alive'. In the mp3 version you don't get the extra layers of Vedder before the solo also the solo is orgasmic. In the mp3 it's flat.

As the one guy said, I'm kinda jealous that I can make out what others can't.
[Galaxy S6 General] Super Chimp:
I wonder if the camera protrudes more than it does on the iPhone 6.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Hmm..."the screen is even sharper and better than the one on the Note4"...well that certainly raises the bar and my curiousity...can't wait to get my S6! (coming from the Note4)
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
Someone else reviewed the Xiaomi, and going by the fact that he gave a phone with a "nice" screen, "pretty good" camera and "average battery life for its size" a generous score of 9, I'd assume he'd give the S6 a 12 or 13.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Has anyone been able to see whether the top and bottom (above and below the screen) of the S6 is an even white/black or if it is semi-translucent and/or has the waves/lines pattern of former Galaxy phones?

I can't seem to determine this on the vids and pictures of the S6.

Cheers for the input.
[Galaxy S6 General] Japultra:
It does, much moreso, but at least it's in the center so when the phone is on its back, at least it doesn't tilt to one side.
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
The S6 doesn't have any pattern on the front (or on the back for that matter) like the Note 4/ S5 if that's what you are asking.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Precisely...thanks for clearing that up. Glad to hear it. I never liked the pattern.
[Galaxy S6 General] malek777:
Android authority just released their review and the battery isn't great by any means. it's no surprise to be honest. it's average at best. This is no xperia z3 or note 4 Stamina.
[Galaxy S6 General] *Emix*:
It was released few hours ago, ppl are talking about it on last 2 pages.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
again, it just boils down to them being able to mass produce because of their manufacturing plants which results keeping costs down., that's basically why they're able to keep price lower. HTC is much smaller company and doesn't have the massive resources samsung has had for years. considering all that, i give HTC a lot of credit and they do pretty well for such a small company compared to the resources samsung has.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Yeah, Samsung magically started off with all their machines. It didn't take decades of planning and R&D. Nope. All magic.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
where did i ever say it didn't take R&D? i am stating the reason why they can produce CHEAPER hardware is because of their mass producing facilities. why do you think Apple pays samsung for iphone parts, because apple doesn't have the money? or because they aren't smart enough to hire "smart" engineers to make the hardware?

or perhaps again, it's because samsung is better equip to mass produce.. i work in manufacturing, and even though we can make some of the tools we design, we don't have the resources to do it, so the majority of it we pay another company. And again this increase cost... hence why HTC devices and many others costs more than samsung.. anyway, you'll likely contradict what anyone says, cause you're like samsung, smarter than anyone else :rolleyes: .... back to the scheduled programming..
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
You're confusing advanced manufacturing with assembly manufacturing.

Samsung is the former, not the latter. Hynix is the former. JDI is the former. Foxconn is the latter.

You don't have leeway in designs with advanced manufacturing except in AP. You either accept the manufacturer's technology or move to another manufacturer. You're not "designing" anything.

It's mostly just, "Herp derp, please show us your latest LCD/AMOLED tech with this resolution please. Hmm, cheap? Okay, we'll buy 50 million of them."

Apple pays Samsung for parts because competing companies have inferior technology. Apple would have an easier time switching to other manufacturers if they were doing the "designing". Right now, Apple is investing in JDI's IPS technology. Of course, I'm sure you're going to say it was Apple that "designed" IPS-Neo when Apple uses it in their future iPhones. :rolleyes:

Apple and HTC are nothing but repackagers.

This is how they work:

"Whose display should we use?"

"Whose NAND should we use?"

"Whose RAM should we use?"

etc. etc.

You don't need a high intelligence to read off a check-list, which is mainly what Apple and HTC are doing.
[Galaxy S6 General] Speed_Br:
Thats an excellent review!!
[Galaxy S6 General] zathus:
It is not...removable battery and no expandable storage are mentioned way to many times. Even when he admits he doesn't use or want either one, it just bothers him. It was a horrible review. I look forward to pocketnow and mkbhd. I like AA for there news but not reviews.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Yeah, it seems like reviewers are just looking for something to harp about.
[Galaxy S6 General] jonahtriangle:
Hd radio would be cool.
[Galaxy S6 General] miantiaoliang:
BATTERY

Does The S6 have Expandable Storage and a Swappable Battery?
[Galaxy S6 General] Lympe:
Yes. it's standard on galaxy brand. ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] haqone:
I found a rather long hands on review on YouTube but it's in another language. But about 5 minutes in he shows some screen shots that show some interesting battery life figures. Full to 24 percent in around 8 hours but he also shows screen on time which shows the screen was on over 8 hours. If you guys could check it out and maybe if someone understands the video could pass on what he is actually saying. Here is a link to the video. https://youtu.be/TDwVUGbm9A8
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Yes...indeed. :eek:
[Galaxy S6 General] mayday2:
But Apple at least designs its own processors.
[Galaxy S6 General] Sachinfan:
The only thing I am worried about is battery and the fact is that apart from Z3 most android devices have ok battery life. So on all other factors, S6 is ahead of its rivals
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
looking at the pictures it looks like he was using the phone for the full 8 hours the WHOLE TIME because is screen on time is the same as his overall time. probably watching a video or something
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
He made an english version of that 40 minute video:

[YOUTUBE]GVWoxVBcLNU[/YOUTUBE]

Basically it was 8 hours 47 minutes of video playback up to 22%, and a total of 10 hours until it dropped down to 6%
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
Wow 10 hrs is pretty good
[Galaxy S6 General] Hanson68:
10 hours of continuous video playback is average. It's also lower than the same metric for the S5.
[Galaxy S6 General] rkial:
Especially for an amoled device.
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
There is no possible way the s6 is going to have better battery life than s5.
[Galaxy S6 General] furfmonkey:
ummmmm

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/26/samsung-majority-a9-chips-next-gen-iphone/
[Galaxy S6 General] Lympe:
I hope you're wrong ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
Me too
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
samsung just produce it doesnt design. samsung doesnt design exynos either.
[Galaxy S6 General] haqone:
I've never got close to 10 hours video play back on my HTC m8. Sounds like he got close to 11 hours which almost matches the time for the s5. He also mentioned that during the test he did some bench marks mid test? Also in the beginning of the video he said that the phone was a pre production unit. I'm okay with 15 minutes less video playback than the s5.
[Galaxy S6 General] skivnit:
If only the interface was black you'd get much higher sot. Wonder if there will be one

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
why? you gonna watch settings or phone pages forever?
[LG Optimus L9 P760, P765, P768, P769] saddam4live:
:( Hi Guys I need some to help me to unlock my LG MS769 boot-loader

I followed that way

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2085344

but my phone miss up then i returned it to the Original ROM metro PC

Also my phone DATE is 09/2013

and S/W: V10b

how can i unlock the bootloader Guys I need some one to guide me to install the custom ROM in my LG MS769 ?:confused:
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paynemaster:
Hello I am new to flashing android phones. I am currently using my Xperia Z with Android 4.4.4. But i have heard good things about old phones running new android versions. and since i like to play games, and i used the Xperia Play back in the days I was very curious about using it again. My only problem is. Where to go:P. I see allot of different things out there. I for example checked out cyanogenmod. But the latest file they have is from 2013-09-29 and seems outdated to me [correct me if I am wrong] I am seeing different roms for different kind of users, but I am not sure what content u want to be different.

So in a nutshell. I just want a full Android experience with better performance. i think lollipop is the way i wanna go.

I am on the original android version [2.3.4]

Any tips and tricks are welcome
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydrony:
There arent any official cyanogen mod roms (like kitkat, lollipop) for Xperia play anymore. You have to check the development section for unofficial cyanogen mod builds.

I made the same decision as you :D I used a Galaxy s3 with Android 4.4.4. But i always wanted to revive my play. I Tried out several roms, Jellybean, Kitkat, Lollipop (All found in development section) but was quite dissapointet. Jellybean had graphical issues and had a poor gaming Performance even with 1.6Ghz overclock. Lollipop isnt stable at all. So i tried out a gingerbread rom with a lollipop theme and now im quite satisfied. Its fast, has a Good gaming Performance and has no problems at all.

Additionally You should use link2sd because the internal memory is small and if you are using an android 4.0.4+ rom greenify is a great way to keep apps from running in the background and using to much ram.

Maybe try out some roms like i did, before you make the play your main device again.

Tutorials for rooting, bootloader unlocking etc. can all be found here.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paynemaster:
i guess that is quite recent u tried lollipop? I am hearing good things about old devices running 4.2, but ur not happy with the stability of that on the xperia play? And is it not possible to use sd for half internal space or something like that?

ur talking about the Development section. u mean on xda page? I am not that familiar with xda for now. if u got a link in some directions. would be appreciated

Edit: I also checked android.gs. Recommended by some peeps. but still i have no clue where to start. I still think Cyanogenmod is the way i whanna go if u whant stability. And is it recommended to use ''SuperOneClick'' for the Xperia Play?

Edit2: i installed cyanogenmod on my xperia play, but i get ''unsupported Device'' i can press ''Continue Anyway'' but I am not sure that is smart to do. some advice would be nice
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
Don't be lazy, check sticky threads in Xperia Play section.

Be aware, Xperia Play don't have emulated sdcard. Sdcard is real sdcard and internal available memory is limited.

My advice, use GB stock-based roms for best game perfomance.

Unlock your bootloader and flash Lupus GB kernel for more perfomance (compared to stock) and more internal memory (640MB compared to 380MB that stock have). Use link2SD, app from market, and move your apps to SDcard.

Official, last CM for Xperia Play is CM7. Unofficialy, there are FXP (FreeXperiaTeam) builds that goes up to lolipop. But IMHO, they are lacking in game-support (on lolipop touchpads don't even work, and gamepad buttons is inverted, on jellybean there are lag when pressing touchpads)
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paynemaster:
I am not lazy. I am just overwhelmed by the content there is out there. this confuses me at where to start for beginners. so ur saying the best way is using lupus not cyanogemod? and what android version is that lupus ur talking about?

maybe we have a miss-communication here, but i heard somewhere that it is possible to install the internal system on the other half of the sdcard. correct me if I am wrong here. Or isn't that what u meant
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hydrony:
Lupus is not a rom. Its a kernel. So the two things you can change at your phone are the kernel and the rom. The kernel controls the hardware of your phone, like the maximum clock frequence the cpu can scale up to, the way the ram is handled and partition sizes of the internal memory. Additionally most kernels like lupus include a custom recovery, that is needed to flash roms. The kernel can only be flashed via fastboot. This is why you have to unlock your bootloader. Otherwise you wont have access to the part of your phone where the kernel is stored.

So if you want to flash a rom, you have to flash a kernel first, but not every kernel can be used for every rom. Lupus will work with gingerbread roms only, turbo kernel works on ics and jellybean roms etc. You have to check the different kernel threads to decide which one is best for your needs and fits to the rom you want to flash.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paynemaster:
I already unlocked my bootloader then i need to root my phone right? I am trying to follow [GUIDE][18th Dec][4Noobs] Root BootLoader Unlocked Xperia Play. But it says ''After flashing your ROM.''

I am not sure what that means. i tried SuperOneClick but that seems to only work with below .62

I know u can change roms which suits me the best. But can i also change kernels
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bakisha:
Unlocking bootloader is just that, unlocked bootloader. It is only for purpose to be able to flash custom kernels (other then stock). Since you have done it, you don't have to be bothered with any more info about unlocking bootloader.

Root is different thing. It enable you administartive rights on your phone, so you could change stuff (it would be also overwhelming if i say what stuff). Most (99.99%) custom roms comes pre-rooted and you don't need to bother with it. if you are trying to root stock firmware, keep in mind that zergrush methot for rooting (i think even super-one-click use same method) work for .42 firmware and bellow. For .62 and above firmware use eroot (just google file named "eroot_v1.3.4.exe")

Use flashtool. it's a program for PC from http://flashtool.net for flashing stock firmare (ftf files) and kernels (kernel is with .img extension). If you mess something up, flashing stock ftf is 100% working way to restore phone to working condition.

Also, most (99.99%) of custom kernels have ClockworkMod recovery (or TeamWinProjectRecovery) that you can enter with button when booting (most of times it's vol-, but some of them use 'back" button).

As for internal memory, yes, you can expand it, but it tends to complicate things, so, i wouldn't recommend you to that for now.

Use kernel that matchs the rom you are trying to flash. GB rom won't boot if you have flashed ICS (or JB) kernel.

As for what is better rom/kernel, no one can answer that question (it's just troll food). You have to find yourself what suit your taste.

Check Xperia Play Index - ROM'S, FIRMWARE, KERNEL'S, GUIDE'S, THEMES, MOD'S