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[Galaxy S6 General] Atticustrd:
I have all three devices, the Nexus 6 feels smoother and doesn't lag in browser. I'm starting to see lag when using Chrome beta on the s6 and freezing which cause my wallpaper to reset. I'm assuming it has to do with using Google launcher.
[Galaxy S6 General] Sachinfan:
I think it's about time Anandtech came out with their own Android Flagship. To be fair, their reviews carry too much detail, which is not required before buying the phone.

It is probably good for other OEM's to know exactly where S6 succeeds and where it doesn't as compared to your own phone. for the rest of us, mainstream reviews like that of pocketnow/cnet/techradar/verge etc etc are more than enough to make a judgement...
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
I, for one, really appreciate the amount of detail that anandtech put into their reviews.

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Are you sure?
[Galaxy S6 General] LNJ:
Yeah Google it. Since last year.
[Galaxy S6 General] skivnit:
Yes it is a fact, it was last year

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S6 General] *Emix*:
[YOUTUBE]Mhvv2-iCKao[/YOUTUBE]
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
But they arent in anandtech anymore. Site is sold to purch owner of dark hardware.
[Galaxy S6 General] skivnit:
It says Anand is still a consultant

Sent from my SM-G900F
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
Rinse and repeat that 17 times more today, I am sure your nobody else thought about that before you. I guess you though only you had brains here, is it?

^^ Read that again. So you saying 2800mAh battery would have given incredible batterylife. Let me do that basic maths for you. If we take your word, then S6 just have 9% less battery capacity than S5. So by logic that makes it 9% less than incredible battery life.

How on earth which is 9% less than incredible suddenly becomes pathetic? You mean to say the difference between incredible and pathetic is just 9% :confused:
[Galaxy S6 General] POLO_i780:
That 9% diff coupled with the S6's efficiency could make quite a difference.

At the end of the day the S6 scored results worse than 2013's GS4 I9500 and i9505, that is very concerning, especially when you look at last year's top ends e.g. Xperia Z3, G3, GS5, Nexus 6, Note 4 etc... set a very high benchmark.

I love how people are defending the S6's battery though, this forum is going to be very entertaining, starting from April 10th , I especially look forward to the experiences of ex Xperia Z3, GS5, One M8 users, and those who decide to make the downgrade from the Note 4 to the smaller S6 or ex Note 3 users.

Best of luck to those getting the S6 and S6 Edge. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
So you are not interested in S6, fair enough. Why are you here then if you're not interested? We already know it has less battery capacity, I think nobody needs any reminder for that.

People here are matured enough to make their own decision. Whether they are happy or sad should be left to their judgement.
[Galaxy S6 General] smooth4lyfe:
Not necessarily. Battery life depends on user experience. I know my S5 battery was horrible, and from what I am hearing the S6 is comparable to the iPhone 6, which is not bad

Also take note that they are not using the Android 5.0 Release software, which could improve the battery. Im not defending the battery life, just not jumping to conclusions like a lot of people on here

The second reviewer test of the battery went from 100% to 20% with a full 8 hours....definitely good enough to last a good amount of the day. It will certainly be a downgrade in comparison to my current Xperia Z3, but the other feature make up for it
[Galaxy S6 General] POLO_i780:
I was interested in the S6 or S6 Edge possibly for my 2nd line, to replace my S4 Octa, until I read the review, my mind has changed now, instead of having a Note 4 and S6 combo, I will keep it a Note 4 and S4 combo and rather get a Note 5 later this year, so then my Note 4 will replace my S4 and the Note 5 will become my main line.

I've been using GSMArena since 2005, went for phones they rated low and high and found my experience to be consistent with theirs. I will still try the S6 in store for the absolute final confirmation of my decision though, but for now I have been put off. Its a shame as the S6 and S6 Edge are beauties, Samsung's design team are truly flexing their muscles these days. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Here's a new review. Google translate is your friend:

http://www.geeksandcom.com/2015/03/14/test-samsung-galaxy-s6-sous-android-5-0-lollipop/

They say battery life is significantly better on the S6 vs the S5 - it drains in 8 hours 30 minutes on Geekbench 3 vs 5 hours on the S5.

Still inconclusive.
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
Camera is like Whoa!! Much better than S5.

As for batterylife, this will sound much better.
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
yes exynos is very agressive on cpu scaling, 5433 touchboost is 1300 mhz on 4 core a53. its 1300 mhz 2 core for s805 like on note 4. it makes phone very smooth but it can effect battery life. i doubt samsung will change that on s6.

for now any review pretty much will show same battery for s6 i think it can get better but it will give s5 like battery most. i say 5 hours sot will be most.
[Galaxy S6 General] BoneXDA:
And they mentioned how efficient the 5430 is in their QHD Meizu MX4 review and how they are excited about the 14 nm Exynos 7420, especially in the GPU department. Point: you can't predict battery life of a different device running a different SW version with a different SoC. We all just have to wait for AT doing their actual job with the release device.
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
Another review: http://www.mobile-review.com/review/samsung-galaxy-s6.shtml
[Galaxy S6 General] AndreiLux:
If it's similar to the 5430 in the MX4Pro then we have a really good SoC. We still don't have S6 sampling though... But I expect it to be the best flagship this year anyway as the M9 will disappoint.
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
OT: Do you guys need to send request to vendors to send samples? or they do it by themselves?
[Galaxy S6 General] AndreiLux:
Depends on the vendor and the relationship with them. I don't think any US samples are even out yet and I'm still working on European PR.
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
First genuinely in depth review so far of the S6.

"There seems to be a problem with thermal throttling - which, for me, is the only thing that would qualify as a deal breaker because I love this phone:

"But it was interesting to see how there is, for example, Epic Citadel. In the original test apparatus was almost pure shows the result of about 60 frames per second.

But then when I tried to repeat it, it turned out that the program provides, at best, 50 frames, after heating at all 30 frames. This is one of the weaknesses of Galaxy S6 in terms of performance - three-dimensional graphics and how repeatable results you get."

Now, let's not jump to conclusions - but the following are the possible scenarios of the above:

The throttling only exists because of pre production hardware and/or non final software

The throttling only exists in this particular review unit because it is faulty or running non final hardware or software

The throttling exists within this particular chipset and it may or may not be fixed through a software update

I'm getting hold of my friends note 4 to see if it throttles with multiple runs on epic citadel. I've tried 5 consecutive tests on a nexus 6 and OPO and its framerate remained consistent

I'm guessing the situation won't be clear until the anandtech review.
[Galaxy S6 General] MacTheRipperr:
You silly people and your benchmark tests. ;)
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Review of the s6 edge (in dutch) here :

http://www.besteproduct.nl/smartphones/495402#besteproducttest

They seem very, very impressed with the camera

Battery: they say the average user should get two days out of it.
[Galaxy S6 General] RCJ89:
I had a play with the S6 today at my nearest samsung experience store.

.Screen is fantastic

.They really have stripped down touch wiz now there is no option (like on the s5 and note 4) that tells you who is calling or texting and also air view (especially for reading texts) is gone too. I found these features really useful but the overall trimmed touch wiz with the simplified menus look really nice and is totally lag free not even a stutter

.Excellent build and design, phone looks and feels fantastic (though the phone was quite warm)

.Sound quality excellent but the volume was slightly lower than on the s5 and a fair bit lower than the note 4

.The loudspeaker wasn't all that loud, certainly not as low as GSM arenas review but I played the same song on the S6 as my note 4 and the note was alot louder.

.Camera/video quality + camera/video features excellent

Not impressed with the S6 edge not a fan of the curved screen, certainly doesn't justify the super premium price over the standard S6 and imo looking all around the phone in person and some of the angles it kind of looks weird.

Overall I certainly wouldn't pay £550 + for either of these phones, I don't think they are worth that - I rather wait until the price comes down.

This is my opinion ofcourse having played with the phones for 45mins going through everything on the phones
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
I agree but have a look at the review - the throttling affects real world gaming, as well.
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Pffttt...gaming, who needs it anyway :p Not me, that's for sure...
[Galaxy S6 General] MacTheRipperr:
Buy a pc, steam box and/or console for gaming. But to each their own I suppose.
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
Indeed, but I can't take those to work and, y'know, waste time in the bathroom when the going is slow. Nor can I use those to pass the time during my long commute to and from work.

I think we're veering off-topic, but yes, to each their own, basically :p
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
OT: Not related to S6, but HTC M9.

810 is overheating:

Batterylife:

Benchmarks throttling a lot, they put it to refrigerator to run benchmarks. Check this source link

Display is also not good.

They are also unimpressed with the camera.

I hope the unit they received is a lemon, or else it would be bad new for HTC this time.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
OT: The difference in your reaction/response to the slightly unfavourable S6 (pre-release) review by Gsmarena and this one is telling...

And yes, the 810s do run hotter than others given so many reports. Unsure yet about whether that will ultimately be deemed a serious defect or just an observation.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Holy smokes those battery life figures are bad...
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
What's your problem? If you have some kind of issues with me, put me on ignore. I couldn't care less.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
No problem. No issues. Just thought the difference in your response to the two reviews was interesting enough to comment on.

Now we've cleared that up, do you think this issue means it is a mistake to buy a device with a Snapdragon 81x inside?
[Galaxy S6 General] BoneXDA:
Sup Andrei. Looking forward to your deep look into that 14 nm Exynos. :)
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
Ignore him
[Galaxy S6 General] anewday:
Gsmareana lists "No FM tuner" as a con. :rolleyes: I'll wait for anandtech.
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
Well.... it is a con. I still don't get Samsung's decision to ditch the radio module - its 2015, radio is not even considered an extra anymore.
[Galaxy S6 General] *Emix*:
Recombu Review:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Review: In Depth

""Almost the very definition of an all-round masterpiece...""
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
delete
[Galaxy S6 General] DanaIrvine:
This review is by far better than any reviews I have ever read.
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
I hate reviews that dont give specific numbers on battery life bogas!
[Galaxy S6 General] jamezr:
I don't think I have ever used the FM Tuner on a phone. I mean with Pandora and all the other apps and sites out there it is kinda a non factor now.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
From the tone of your post, it is clear that "No FM tuner" is not a con for you.

Do you understand that nevertheless, "No FM tuner" is a con for some other people?

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Why?. What is it about this review that make it far better than other reviews in your opinion?
[Galaxy S6 General] Biggenz:
The Oneplus phones are garbage compared to something like the S6. Were you not around when everyone who so desperately wanted a Oneplus One all sold their phones the minute they got it because it was such a let down with all the problems?
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
I think that what the poster might have meant was that "no fm tuner" is never mentioned as a con when reading reviews of the iphone.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
Aha!. I can see why that might be displeasing...
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
http://m.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_6-review-1141.php

No they write it everyphone which doesnt have fm radio.
[Galaxy S6 General] le_lutin:
Apologies, I stand corrected.
[Galaxy S6 General] joeshmoe08:
https://recombu.com/mobile/article/samsung-galaxy-s6-review-in-depth
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
JFHC! Nobody bother reading first before posting the same over and over again??!! The link to this review has been posted a couple of times already...today :mad:
[Galaxy S6 General] anewday:
That's right, it is not a con for me. Most phones doesn't have it, should that be written as a con for every single one of them? It sounds like a "filler" just for the sake of adding to the cons.
[Galaxy S6 General] MiyagiSan:
Yes. It matters to some proportion of the prospective buyers of these devices. Even more so when previous models of a device had it.

Any one or more of GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth, LTE, IPxx rating, multi-core, 64-bit etc sounds like "filler" to

someone

out there. That isn't a good enough reason to ignore them in reviews...
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
I'm with you :good:
[Galaxy S6 General] *Emix*:
Recombu S6 Edge Review:

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Review: In Depth

"All the right curves in all the right places..."
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Nice review (of course more or less the same reviw as the S6 they did yesterday).

What I personally don't get is why the high praise all of a sudden for the S6 (Edge) QHD screen when the Note4 already had this screen last year which was already sublime (Displaymate best screen of all time...yes, the same as now for the S6). The increase in pixels will most probably be undetectible with the naked eye.

Must be because the Note4 is a phablet type phone and therefore probably more a niche market, whereas the S6 falls in line of the S5...so larger common market I guess.

Still...can't wait to get my hands on my new S6. Very curious to see how the screen of my Note4 holds it's own against the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
well same thing goes for exynos soc too. yes 14 nm exynos 7420 is great but note 4 exynos 5433 is very similar on performance too. gpu is the biggest difference but cpu gets more attention.its basicaly samsung wants to advertise these on s6. and reviewers pays attention to these changes more this time.

same goes for 64 bit too. reviewers almost praising s410 socs over s800 or something cuz they are 64 bit. we started getting s410 midrange phones...
[Galaxy S6 General] daffie:
Indeed, as you say the same goes for the Exynos cpu. And judging by the reviews of the HTC M9 the snapdragon does indeed seem to have overheating issues. My Note4 already has the 8-core Exynos cpu and has never overheated. The S6 based on Exynos might be a very smart move by Samsung...
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
If you want a bigger difference, I suggest you wait until the Note 5 or S7.

Samsung has been working on their own custom CPU and GPU architecture since 2013 and they'll be both be ready for primetime by Q1 next year by the latest.

Samsung's custom GPU will be mass-produced in the 2nd-half of this year, so I expect the Note 5 to have reference ARM CPU cores along with Samsung's own custom GPU cores. If Samsung is fast enough, they may even be able to have their own CPU cores as well in the Note 5.

The S7 will definitely have both Samsung's custom CPU and custom GPU if something doesn't screw up their timeline.

Samsung hasn't gotten their custom CPU and GPU out yet, because they were busy concentrating on 14nm finfet technology. They just needed reference ARM cores as tests to make sure their fabs were working and improve yields. Now that they are far ahead of their competition in fab processes and got the hardest part out of the way, they can concentrate on designing their own cores, which should be MUCH, MUCH easier than coming up with 14nm finfet.

Source: http://www.sammobile.com/2015/03/18...ustom-processor-cores-to-be-ready-by-q1-2016/
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
New review (in Russian): https://hi-tech.mail.ru/review/Samsung_GALAXY_S6-rev.html
[Galaxy S6 General] maxpayn02:
Nice review from french website including tests on battery life

http://www.frandroid.com/marques/samsung/274199_test-du-samsung-galaxy-s6-tout-est-mieux-et-different
[Galaxy S6 General] omersak:
http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/03/18/samsung-galaxy-s6-review/

Mobile Syrup review is up. Floodgates slowly opening.
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
another review

http://mobilesyrup.com/2015/03/18/samsung-galaxy-s6-review/
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
You can't arrange the apps in the app drawer in alphabetical order!?! Can Samsung do something properly just once? Why can't they create a software which:

1) Doesn't look hideously (they are on the right track with the S6, but still have a long way to come)

2) Doesn't lag

3) Has all the basic functionality (such as arranging the apps in the app drawer any way you like).

For a 800 euro device I thought we shouldn't even be commenting stuff like that.
[Galaxy S6 General] Bilhouse:
Yeah I know that annoyed me as well when I heard it. I hope they put this feature back in ASAP. Also i'm sad to see one handed mode go too.
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
Useful!
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
For #2, I'm hearing that the S6 is the first Android device without any lag.
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
Well, from my experience with the device (the S6), yes indeed the lag is considerably reduced (there are a few glitches here and there, but I think that's due to the fact that it was a pre-released software and not a final version).

However the other two points remain. I still don't think the TW in S6 looks good (well, it certainly looks much better than the one in S5/ Note 4) You can still feel that Samsung has made it, which is not a good sign.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Honestly, this just sounds like sour grapes from someone who hates underdogs.

I had plenty of experience with people like you. They hated me when I was poor, but now I'm making several times their salaries and they're all exceedingly critical of me.

You sound bitter that Samsung, the epitome of poor build quality and laggy skins, put out a phone with the highest build quality (That David Ruddock of AP said felt like a luxury car while htc's phone felt like a cheap, used car) and the smoothest Android skin available. What's worse is that there's a strong possibility that it's the OTHER OEMs that might have laggy skins this year due to the 810 (Look at droid-life's review on G Flex 2. Said it's the laggiest POS he's ever used in 4 years).

It burns your soul, doesn't it?

We humans don't like it when something that we originally considered inferior turns out to be far superior to anything we ever thought possible.

The first stage is denial. Don't worry, acceptance comes afterwards.

I, too, refused to believe Samsung improved so much with the S6. Took me a full 2 weeks to accept that I was wrong and that they were, in the end, superior to other Android manufacturers.

Right now, HTC is in the denial stage, which is why they've been lashing out at Samsung lately - First the "Samsung only cares about profits" comment and now the "We improved our battery capacity while others have reduced theirs" comment today while conveniently omitting the worse battery life the M9 has over both the M8 and probably the S6.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
10 hours WiFi browsing

12 hours he video

At full brightness. Is that really right?

My French isn't great..
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Yeah. Strangely, another French site also reported that the S6's battery life was objectively better than S5's battery life by "a significant margin".

I'm assuming the French guys received a more up-to-date version than the other reviewers.
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
If it's true,, this is really nice
[Galaxy S6 General] maxpayn02:
Yes full brightness
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
What? What do I care about your salary, or about you in general? (sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but right now to me you are random person on xda, with quite a strange nickname).

Why are you involving htc in all of that is completely beyond me. I never spoke a word of them, or their UI - sense. I said that TW still doesn't look as good - which is a fact. It is not a debatable question, it is a fact.

Oh and btw.... before you comment another cr@p like this one, pls do keep in mind that I'm planning on buying the S6. So your post is completely irrelevant right now.
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
:crying:

NO!!! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT!!! PLEASE GOD NO!!!

WHY!!! WHY IS SAMSUNG SUPERIOR TO OTHER ANDROID OEMS!!! IT'S NOT FAIR!!! :crying:
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
Most likely. But decent numbers, infact good numbers from such a battery.
[Galaxy S6 General] derWolf_:
You make absolutely no sense to me right now ;)

I really don't know, how from my previous post you concluded that Samsung are superior to other Android manufacturers , but I guess that's none of my business.
[Galaxy S6 General] David_freestyle:
So, it's a great great battery life. That's nice
[Galaxy S6 General] borimol:
First OTA:
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
OH CRAP!!!

This is the final software build that was supposed to be released this week?
[Galaxy S6 General] borimol:
We'll see more software updates until release date (April 10th).
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
Please do keep us updated about changes to the battery life (If there are any).
[Galaxy S6 General] borimol:
I don't have the phone. Pics are from Faryaab: https://twitter.com/Faryaab
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
These more recent reviews are making me want the phone more! I was honestly a little bummed about the initial battery reviews.

I've had the S2 and S4 previously...intermixed with my times with an iPhone 5, HTC One M7, and my current LG G2. Back to Galaxy line now!

(why the hell is the extra space so expensive?! 64GB should only be another $50.. not $100.)
[Galaxy S6 General] Applesexual:
You're paying a premium now because other Android phones are going to be severely gimped by that 810 processor. Count your blessings that the S6 doesn't use the 810.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
The real answer is because people will pay it.

They will make more money.

The carriers will make more money. Everyone they care about most will be happy.
[Galaxy S6 General] PlatinumNick:
Another review

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cell-phone-reviews/samsung-galaxy-s6-review/
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
Haha, when you think about it that way, the additional cost seems justified.
[Galaxy S6 General] asdfvtn:
Haha it's pretty much the reason why I'm going for the S6 and not considering other phones right now. I'd say "future-proof", but realistically, at least to me, phone technology has slowed down tremendously over the last 2-3 years. We all could probably do just fine with whatever we're using right now. It does have the best specs though!

I do wish it was waterproofed though.
[Galaxy S6 General] Tron666:
Stay strong brother!
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
nice looking phone and screen too bad for that hideous film over the screen, who does that to their phone :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S6 General] maxpayn02:
positive reviews so far