[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] hammondnav:
I've been using a white S6E for about a month now, and I really like the phone. I'm a former HTC employee so this is my first non-HTC phone in a very long time. My daily driver was a GPE M8 until I got the M9 and S6E around the same time.

The screen on the S6E is just gorgeous. I don't know how else to describe it. Probably the best screen out there right now. Superb clarity and vivid colors, though a bit exaggerated as AMOLED tends to do. qHD resolution looks great.

The edges look very cool and unique, and I agree with other posters that pictures don't do the S6E justice. It's much more beautiful in real life.

TouchWiz has been toned down and scaled back, but it's still the ****tiest major Android skin out there. It's just that Google has come such a long way in terms of their UI that OEM skins are really unnecessary. I've switched out of most of Samsung's defaults (Apex for launcher, Hangouts for texting, Chrome for browsing, ...). I can't wait to flash this baby with CM or some Google stock ROM.

The camera on this thing is a beast. A BEAST I tell you. The software is also well-done and if you know what you're doing, there are a lot of settings you can play with to get that right shot.

The fingerprint scanner is great as well. It's very responsive unless your fingertip is wet. Other than that, no issues. There are times when you have to try twice, but it's generally acceptable.

Speaker is adequately loud, but if it's a feature you count on, it has nothing on HTC's BoomSound. The speaker grill is quite small and very easy to cover with your hand when you're watching stuff in landscape mode.

There's a ton of bloatware on the phone, but I think that's pretty much expected at this point. The good news is that most of them can be disabled/uninstalled, but still...

I really like the action on the physical buttons. They are very firm and likely won't be pressed accidentally in your pocket or purse.

Performance is as expected. It's pretty snappy and responsive. That said, it's not perfect. There are stutters here and there, and I get some noticeable lags from time to time. I'm sure some of those will be sorted out in an MR.

OK, let's not sugar-coat this. Battery life isn't that great. Obviously, battery life varies significantly based on your usage profile but if you are a heavy user you'll need your charger or battery pack for sure. This leads to the next point...

It feels like Samsung has taken some questionable measures to manage power consumption. Some of these measures result in some undesirable effects. For example, the S6E seems to flush the browser (Chrome in my case) after about 3 minutes or so. So if you are listening to an embedded audio file, the stream will stop after 3 minutes of Chrome not being in focus. Same thing with embedded videos. This can get really annoying if you're trying to listen to a podcast during your morning commute for example. When you go back to Chrome, the page you were on is refreshed and reloaded, which means you'll have to restart the stream only to have it cut off 3 minutes later.

Samsung's proprietary apps are crappy... still. Don't use them. Don't bother. Just disable them all.

The S6E isn't perfect for everybody, but it's the best Android phone available today... certainly superior to the M9. The lack of SD might be a dealbreaker for some, and it's ironic to see that HTC and Samsung have essentially traded places when it comes to their stance on SD storage. Those of you who still rely on SD cards, however, will see more and more limited options unfortunately. That's just the reality of the industry.

If you're in the market for a new Android phone, you owe it to yourself to go to a store and check the S6E out for yourself.