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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
How much of a difference is the battery life and what do you like most about the device?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
Just got the edge plat64. I don't find any issue with the brightness at all. In fact I turned it down to about 20%ish (on amoled cinema). Of course...its subjective, so I hope you get yours sorted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
same here; I am at about 40%, amoled cinema, and the brightness is fine for my old, messed up eyes..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] azz72:
I had the Sony Z3 and loved it esp battery life. Edge 6 is awesome missing battery life like the Z3 but it's OK. A lot more features on this device that make it stand out from other devices.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
Are there any particular features that you like, which overrides the battery life?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] azz72:
Love the finger print features along with the secure lock.

Tw rom is a lot snappier

Love the fact I can disable apps so they don't drain the battery

And overall design.. seems like a pretty good build.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
I'm considering making the leap, but still a bit concerned that I may not like it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] azz72:
What device do u have.

The other day I had 12 hrs on time with 2 hrs of on screen time. It does have rapid charge that charges fully in 2 hrs and has wireless charging to which helps. I'm use to having battery that are 3200 and higher and this has a 2500 big difference..it is a solid device.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
Z3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] azz72:
Well u will miss the battery definitely other then that u won't miss anything else I don't anyways.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
I'll go back in and take a longer look at it. May just get it and not trade in my Z3.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] azz72:
That's what I did. I kept my Z3 as a backup
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
Thanks for the help.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] azz72:
No problem anytime. If u need more help just hit me up
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] alhadee12:
I definitely will.

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I actually have another question, how useful are the Edge screens compared to the Note Edge?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] sf103100:
is it me or S6 Edge has a problem with keeping signal ( i started getting a lot of dropped calls)

PS. Coming from Note 4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] The Root:
Usefulness is person to person. I don't trust turning my phone on its face so I don't use that. I do have short thumbs and also have issues with the scroll button on the sides of screens. I hit it a lot accidentally and send myself to unknown worlds. This helps me scroll without those mistakes. I was super skeptical coming from the s4 but I've been more impressed than I expected to be. My sd card froze a week before pre-order (it's literally a frozen image that I can copy from but not write to using any technology, can't even format it) so I was already ok with ditching that since it would be extra for a decent card. I love mine. I don't have any of the defects others have had so I can't vouch for that experience. I don't find I lose anything on the edges when I'm watching things and prop it up. (I have inside knowledge that this was something already on the screen technology. You're going to see more of it in the future, I imagine) I haven't had a problem with battery life but I always bring a charger if I'm it and my phone starts charging at work because I listen to Pandora my whole shift. There are weird things with the firmware, like the brightness will accidentally move itself around sometimes and then realize what it's done and switch back. Not sure if it's a feature in active display or a bug but it hasn't been more than a curiosity for me. Some aids accidentally kill themselves. I'm not sure if that's a lollipop thing though. I have not at all regretted thus purchase. Try both thoroughly though. Some have just ordered the traditional style of the regular version. I imagine if you like aosp you're going to lose your edge usefulness unless a dev decides to play with the drivers. All up to you though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Farva0412:
Battery life isn't to bad on this phone. It's so much snappier ad smooth. camera is better imo. Feels very very premium. Screen is beautiful!!! I am very happy with my switch.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] MovingZen:
great phone

I'm coming from an S5 and the edge simply kicks it's ass. The phone looks better, handles better, and everything about the software and hardware is better. I'm averaging 24 hours or better on a charge, it does way better than the S5 in that department also. Only issue I have is the auto brightness still dims the phone too much in darkness. Other than that, I'm very happy with the phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Trev420:
The lollipop touchwiz ROM on the note 4 had a slider bar that when set to auto, ur able to set the sensitivity of the auto brightness. Would love to see the same implemented here.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] clorbag:
I'm also coming from a nexus 6. I miss aosp but the smaller size is really nice at work. the screen isu h brighter and crisper due to higher dpi and I'm really waiting to see what this 64bit chip will offer us. That said I miss my n6 but I think the s6 is a much better made phone all around I even don't really mind the touchwize some of the bloat is lame though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] MovingZen:
That would be very helpful if it were available on the Edge. I ended up only using the auto brightness in bright daylight, I may end up doing the same with this phone. I always wondered if it dimmed too much for other people also. Maybe my eyes aren't getting as bad as I thought.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Mayho:
Really liking the Edge so far, but I def miss AOSP roms.

Touchwiz isn't as bad as I expected, but this is my first experience with it, and I hear its much better now than in days past.

Really in love with the camera quality.

Came from a OnePlus One CM11.

Nexus 5 and a Nexus 4 before that both running Paranoid Android
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] XHaGGeNx:
I am coming from an S4 16GB with AT&T. I now have a 32GB S6 Edge with Sprint. I am really impressed with this phone. It's definitely a speed demon and the picture quality is quite a step up from what I had previously. The only complaints I have about the phone so far is the lack of an expanded memory slot and the battery life. I've had to do quite a bit of disabling of features like wifi scanning and HD calling to preserve battery life. Overall, I am happy with the purchase, very happy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] stompstompspin:
I'm in the same exact boat as you. My trail was OG Droid, Gnex, N5, and this is my first non-AOSP phone.

I do miss the potential ability to customize everything, but after disabling a bunch of apps and using Nova Launcher (my usual), life has been good with TouchWiz. I do have to say, my initial battery life was horrid, so I tried turning off Wi-Fi Calling (which had trouble staying connected) and VoLTE as others have suggested, and battery life is like night and day compared to right before... and especially my N5.

The Edge features I played with for a day and then turned everything off except People Edge, as I didn't find the Edge notifications worth it (uses battery to keep the digitizer on so it registers your swipes with the screen off). I'm okay with that because I did buy the phone purely on looks and camera.

I LOVE the clarity of the screen and especially the camera.

One thing I still need to get used to is hardware home, back (I hate the placement), and app switcher buttons. I find myself unknowingly tapping where the soft home key button would be on my N5, but alas, I instantly go to whatever I accidentally pressed.

Rooting is usually the first thing I do, but with the horror stories I keep reading up with the current release of CF Auto Root and no Deep Sleep, I think I'll wait a little to let the dust settle before I decide to trip Knox and travel the great unknown.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Itaintrite:
Thoughts after 2 hours of playing around with the phone.

+ Camera is awesome. First thing I tried since this was the whole reason for me to give Samsung a chance.

+ Phone is quite beautiful. Glass!

+ Screen is stunning. Very bright and contrasty using adaptive display. My photos look great on it :)

+ I love the curved screen. Not even for the extra bells and whistle. I use Swapps sidebar and the curved edge makes it so easy to swipe. Yay.

- Battery went from 65 to 55 in half an hour or less... What the hell? Maybe first boot.

- Physical home button. Still hate it, but I'll have to live with it.

- No Xposed anytime soon :(

FYI, I upgraded from an LG G3 (and HTC One before that) so I'm no stranger to beautiful LCDs, but this one takes the trophy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] shoresteve626:
I've had the phone now for a few weeks and overall I'm pleased. I came from the S5 but that phone just didn't feel good in my hand. The G6E just sits nicely in the hand and feels substantial. Very happy with the design but some of the reported bugs are testing my patience. We'll see how it goes though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] JoshRH:
Old Devices (most recent)

Note 3 > iPhone 5C > Nexus 5 > iPhone 6 Plus

It always seems no matter how much I enjoy Apple devices and their ecosystem, battery life and smoothness that I always have a feeling of regret. A longing for more features and customization. It usually becomes unbearable around the 4-6 month frame when I run out and grab an android device. Each time I do I am plesently surprise and sometimes confused with the progress of android.

This couldn't be more so with the Galaxy S6 Edge. What an absolutely beautiful piece of hardware, are we sure this was Samsung? They didn't have this designed outside of shop? The difference in build quality coming from the Note 3 is astounding. The same can be said for touchwiz, although I generally prefer Google's rendition of android this seems to be a breath of fresh air compared to the annoyances that accompanied Samsung's skins in the past. Yes I still had to sift through a fair amount of bloat and a bunch of junk T-Mobile felt I needed but the process seemed so much smoother than what I have been use to in the past.

Speaking of software I can't begin to understand what is going on. I use Facebook messenger quite regularly and was positively shocked the first time I was in chrome and received a small picture bubble on the left hand side of my phone with a message protruding even further to the left. What kind of notification is this??

Curiousoty hit me and I tapped it, only to be displayed a medium size Facebook messenger with full features kvertop of my chrome window. I replied pressed the back button and away I went with what I was doing.

Is this facebooks doing? Android or samsung? Honestly I don't know but I instantly realized how absolutely archaic iOS is with their constant lack of innovation. IOS is smooth, even buttery but why I double tapping my home button 765 times a day to constantly be shuffled through apps?

Overall the speed, the scrolling and overall performance fits my taste more so than any device I have yet used. Now if only the battery life were better..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Spider_Pig27:
Love it I left my 6 plus 64gb and don't regret it. Just kind of hate battery life but fast charging fixes that
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] AngioNicholai:
Came from a note 4..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] shoresteve626:
I have that phone for work and I hate it.... I despise it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Spider_Pig27:
I hear you, honestly when I was using it I didnt realize how much it lacked on features & how slow it was, even though I was jailbroken & had a few tweaks installed. As soon as I picked up the s6 edge & started messing around with it I felt like The Flash. LOL
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] shoresteve626:
I still can't believe there is no wireless charging. AMAZING.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Spider_Pig27:
Im sure theyll add it in the future & brag to the world how they have made it different & not the same as what android already does. You know how apple goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ExEvolution:
I'm loving it so far. I came from an old Sprint Galaxy Nexus running LiquidSmooth 4.4.2

The performance is like night and day. My old phone used to overheat all the time, run out of memory causing even the keyboard to close just from typing, and stop playing music if you just opened hangouts to text someone.

My only complaints about the phone are the gigantic notifications area for toggles, and the volume limiting when on bluetooth. The notifications area is way too crowded. It only leaves room for 4 notifications before I have to scroll. It literally takes 40% of the screen. And the volume limiting on bluetooth is annoying, it requires you to unlock your phone to turn the volume up, which is dangerous, you need to pull over to turn the volume up safely.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Pheno.menon:
Coming from an LG g3, the screen feels a bit small and I dislike the notifications pull down just like the guy above me, but everything else about this phone is great.

There were too many compromises with the g3 - in stock form it was slow to the point of being unusable, so I put cm12 on it which was fast with great battery life but not stable and camera quality took a nosedive, the infamous g3 aux issue was driving me crazy as well.

Transmission sent from my Galaxy S6 Edge.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] soufdallas:
i have the s6 edge 128 gb, i got it april 8th, ordered on april 6th, i had the galaxy s5 and just speaking truthfully, im looking to sell this phone, to me its no where near worth the price of 1000$............none what so ever, the best thing about this phone is the Security unlock finger print scanner. Instead of the swipe, just sit your finger or thumb on it, but after all said and done, the phone is not impressive or does not offer enough perks on it for 1000$. Galaxy s6 edge lags very bad and for the price of the phone, 3gb of ram, this phone should have no reason what so ever, i understand it electronics but it seems like whenever they increase the ram on devices, it seems like the device tends to use more ram so to me i feel like, whats the purpose of adding more ram if you going to use 60 to 70 percent of it. Now the style and look of the phone is great, and the colors when watching movies are flawless. The battery life is not as good as s5 but as long as i keep a charger at home, work, and car, plus i have a flashlight with a usb 2500mah charger just incase im good. I was so hyped up about the s6 edge and honestly the phone is a big let down. I hate samsung took away the MHL compatibility with the phone as well, my kenwood dnx571hd mirror my screen and i used it with the kendwood app as well but i mean if the phone is going to be top of the line, you've got to give it all the perks it deserves. I do love the camera as well on it, but i mean you can only take camera pics so far, its not a difference to me visually s5 vs s6 cameras but some may feel differently. I understand 1000$ is basically for the 128gb and i could have gotten the 64gb for 859$ but i mean the s5 i had 16gb with a 64gb samsung micro sd was all of 560$ plus 29.99 for the micro sd card..............still came out alot cheaper. All said and done, Im selling my s6edge 128gb for 850$ bucks......im sure someone doesnt want to pay 1000$ out right or on a monthly plan.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nviz22:
At first, I loved the phone. Now, I am more receptive since it has the memory leak issue and wifi standby bug. I have to do so many non-root mods just to get an okay amount of battery life on my phone. I really don't like the lack of software support since it's not like Google or Apple with fixing bugs and plus, the carriers get in the way too. The battery life is very bad to say the least. With the price I paid for it from T-Mobile outright, it's very saddening that these phones aren't treated as well as other companies do. I think I may try going for the iPhone 6+.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gthmcty111:
I have been an android guy since day one had the Note 4 for awhile ABSOLUTELY loved the phone and features and response! I decided to get on board with the 6+ and I have to admit for all the negativity that the phone gets (no customization, no removable batt, etc, etc) the phone downright WORKS, again don't get e wrong I still love my android so I decided to give the S6 a whirl, after I received it the initial response was "this phone is absolutely gorgeous", the camera was superb the display is awesome......after a few days I was missing the size factor of my previous phones (Note 4, 6+) and then a few more days I started getting FC errors granted it was running the latest software.

A few other things started to bug me as well regarding some of the features that they removed from the sammy phone, but I decided to push through and continue using the phone things seem to get better but I was still missing that screen size of previous phones.. ..again. I am not bashing the phone whatsoever i still think that it is a great phone and Sammy has finally built a phone that is worth touting, but for MY OWN needs and usefulness it does not meet the daily demands that I use for work that are a MUST HAVE for a DD due to a few things but as a side phone I would rock this one. I will be sending it back to Tmo and wait for the "next big thing" and return back to my previous DD.

Again just my OWN Opinon based off MY needs and usefulness for a DD, the phone is still an awesome phone just doesn't meet my needs.........
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
understandable; I am thinking about "switching" back to the note 4 I gave to my wife, and giving her this phone..

the phone is nice, but I am afraid with the Exnos processor being a PITA for the dev's to deal with, that there wont ever been the kind of stuff available that is there for the Note 4...plus, my wife isnt a big fan of the note 4 size, and I am ok with it.

"happy wife, happy life"!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ummduh:
The wife doesn't like it, we're returning in tomorrow (5/18 ). Have had it for about a week.

Tried switching from a Note 4 to it but couldn't do it. She hates the battery life, the software bugs. She also complains that it lags, a LOT. Like she gets frustrated using it because she has to keep waiting for things to happen.

I will say this, the screen is phenomenal. It just looks so surreal. Camera does seem to be better, but maybe that just has to do with seeing the pics on the better screen?

Unfortunately, a great screen alone isn't enough.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gotzaDroid:
I came from a moto X² PE and so far, the edge has been a great upgrade. I'm not seeing any lag, but I'm running the stock theme on the touchwiz launcher.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] vap0rz:
Came from an S5 running Alliance 3. Battery drain is pretty bad on the Edge and I miss the SD card and removable battery the 5 had.

Camera is much better both front and back and launches quick. Also does better in low light. The screen is amazing and right now I'm just living with constant charging. The edge lights and info seem a little gimmicky for now but I'm fairly happy. Got in on the memorial day 64 for the price of 32 :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] palomosan:
Got mine on the lunch day, so far I really like it.

I've always been a Nexus guy, I was using a Nexus 5, this was my first phone in 2 years and the only draw back is the extra garbage it has and the button placement but that Camera compensates for the other flaws, the phone is unique and it's well made.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Jaybell4444:
Did the BIG turn over,.... from the I-phone 6 to this baby. No regrets whatsoever!!!! So happy to be back on Andriod than dealing with Apple I-tunes again. Phone is snappy, fast smooth and loving it more and more everyday. Will NEVER go back to Apple again. Thanx Samsung for this badass phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rsxperfection:
LOL, I am in almost exact same situation. I had my note 4 and bought the S6 edge. then gave the Note 4 to wife to try (she has S6). Then liked it but was having second thoughts on the size so she said put them both for sale and the she will let go the one that sells first. Then the Note 4 got sold 2 weeks ago to an Iphone user guy. Then the Iphone user guy just texted me yesterday saying that he wants to sell me the Note 4 back LOL. He is giving it to me for $125 less from what he paid 2 weeks ago!!. It is weird, I told him why not just resell it again but he doesn't feel comfortable doing that??? just weird. Me thinking on getting my baby back!!! LOL.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] wase4711:
my wife is fine with the Note 4 now, and I am also fine with the edge now that there is some dev going on..

I wouldnt buy the phone back from the IPhone guy; he must have broken something to be willing to sell it back a week later at a 125 dollar loss..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] rsxperfection:
I was thinking the same but so tempting plus I can check audio, video, calling wifi, thether, s-pen, sd card... the guy looked like a good guy too when i first sold it to him. I know tho. I am on the fence on this one. Just looks too good to be true. What other reason could he have?? I don't get it. Why wouldn't he just sell it in kijjiji?? or friend?. My wife dosent mind the S5 too, so thats why i am not all over it. Price is good tho.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] farru503:
I had the iPhone 6+ .... And don't regret getting this phone(galaxy 6 edge) ! Love it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] gthmcty111:
Maybe I will have to revist the S6 edge again (Iphone 6+ user now) just have to get over the size difference......
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] TheSeanTeam:
Thanks for mentioning that the edge functions work outside of TW on different launchers.

Has anyone tried it with Nova? TIA.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jmerlos:
I came over from a Note 4 and don't regret it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] brimas:
came back to note4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Paging Dr B:
Nexus 6 is better than this phone overall. I love the hardware. OMGosh, I love the hardware. Everything else is garbage. Coming from a rock stable stock experience on the N6 and M8, they really show how bad touchwiz still is. It looks prettier than ever but it's still nowhere near as responsive as my N6, and to honest it even feel slower than my M8 at most tasks. All three of my phones are not rooted. On my Edge, I disabled the useless edge features, as well as all of the other installed bloat. No matter what I do, I can't fix the memory management issues. I don't understand, my M8 has 5.0.2 and it has less ram and it can multitask better than the S6. What gives? Plus on top of that I have to reboot it once every other day, or the phone just freaks the hell out.

Maybe i'm just being nitpicky, but I want my $850 flagship to match it's price on the inside too. Its beautiful on the outside, and has a very nice camera, although it's crummy compared to my old 2007 DSLR. If i had to buy this again, I wouldn't. In this day and age ram management should be fixed before these expensive pocket PC's ship, or at very least it should be a day one fix.

One last thing, I know mine isn't a lemon because my GF has the exact same phone (in platinum) and hers acts the same as mine. She doesn't seem to mind, as she came from an old iPhone. Anything was an upgrade. I came from the best.