yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] flarbear:
Um, as a gay man I don't usually take offers of beer as a proposition so I'm not sure why you would need to qualify that comment... ;)

I think we're agreeing there, but I think the difference is estimation of chances.

A case does an incredible job of eliminating the 50% case of a back-panel smash so it's at least half better than using a bare phone. And the generous lip on the top and bottom of the Spigen Ultra Hybrid that I have on it gives a pretty good margin for preventing the screen from touching down on flat surfaces for a front face drop.

The same protective mechanisms on a regular S6 would be even more reassuring, but it's far from chances being very high that you'll get no protection.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] koffiekopjes:
s 6 edge screen

I had orderd a s 6 edge in the netherands and i must waight until 10 april but when mine is damaged i would directly a s 6.

I am to affraid it wil happen again

But i think that then the problem is gone

---------- Post added at 09:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:46 AM ----------

I have orderd mine in the Netherlands and must waight until 11 april

But i reed here this is only happening with the black ones is there someone who has that problem with a white one?

And maybey the problem is by T-Mobile.

i hope i wil know soon how many phones are damamged like that
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Pure+:
Checked the demo units at best buy and none had scratches. Somehow it must be linked to TMO. I'm gonna check an att store and see if they have demos and if so I'll check for the scratching.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pjm1891:
Checked demo units in 3 different stores here in Sweden today 2 gold ones and 1 black, none of them had scratches. In one of the stores one of the employees came up to me and said that he had already looked. :D
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] eyc:
Lol.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Andromjb:
Ah, well, hope I didn't offend. Wasn't meant or implied.

Just don't drop it! :eek:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ryland Johnson:
so 41% of owners received their awaited purchase with a scratched screen. That would be highly unacceptable. I think the SG6 Edge is possibly the most expensive mass produced mobile to date?

I gave up on Samsung after the Note 3. No longer would I pay for metal looking plastic and leather looking plastics even with the false play stitching. I started buying the Sony Xperia rang. Beautifully made from superb materials. I then bought my first iPhone since the one that being the iPhone 6. Again simply superb mobile but the price does not match other rivals. I have on order the SG S6 Edge, I pray I am not going to regret this with poor quality control when Samsung have taken so bloomin long to finally manufacture a flagship mobile from quality materials.:p

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] martinezma99:
You mean 31%.

https://plus.google.com/+ManuelAMartinez/posts/eEFigntX751
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
With several of us AT&T buyers getting our devices within the next two days, keep watching this thread folks.

I'm really curious to see whether or not AT&T opted to use a similar dust cover to the one used on T-Mobile devices. As I pointed out earlier, it seems as though Samsung isn't necessarily handling that aspect of the device's packaging (I'm guessing because carriers have to do their tampering after receiving the devices), and that could possibly be part of this issue.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] theusername:
I have a 128GB edge from Tmobile and it has the scratches on it. Thankfully they are not bad enough to notice unless the light is really bright and catches it just right. Still pretty annoyed about it. I checked out the demo model at a store near me and it had the scratches too.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] thawk720:
Starting to think my screen is pushing yellow or green pretty hard. At first I thought I was just used to ultra cool whites, but I'm noticing more and more in video comparisons when I compare my M7 and PC display to my S6 my S6 seems to have a yellow or green tint to it. Mine also has a seem down middle like someone else posted seen in sunlight. Another irritating thing is I had my girlfriends Moto X side by side with hte S6, and the Moto X seemed like it had better contrast. On this Xperia rip off background ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.androidwasabi.livewallpaper.xperiaz&hl=en ) the colored waves are way brighter against the black background compared to my S6. I think I remember eyc on another thread saying one of the demo units he say was washed out, so maybe I got one of the ****ty units, or if this is just how the edge is in general. Anyone else notice their screen looking a bit green/yellow?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] gravi2:
here is a theory for the scratched screen on t-mobile. Since the phone back can't be removed, the mobile operators (for now seems like T-Mobile), are handling it badly while putting theirs branding on it? I am sure the carriers have to flip the phones upside down to get the branding on back? and somehow get the front glass all scratched?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] eecho:
I think the branding back is prepared in the factory. They simply sandwitch the phone with different backs.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Gizmoe:
I'm glad I'm not getting mine until 5/1 and in the gold Verizon version. I think what people are getting are the early production models which they admitted to having problems with. Samsung said they were in search of a new supplier because of screen issues a few weeks back. This is probably what they where talking about. Either way you should always return it as soon as possible to get what you want/payed for.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Master Ramy:
Tmobile has no carrier branding on the S6 or edge, so that can't be it. Samsung has acknowledged the issue tho, and I get my replacement tomorrow, hopefully it won't have the same issue
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] andyshannon:
I have a screen protector on order arriving sometime between the 7th and the 9th, i will let everyone know once i install it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] thawk720:
Thread seems to be dying down. Has anyone gotten their replacements yet? If so any better?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brianbrain:
I'm receiving two Edges tomorrow from AT&T and I'm not alone - there should be a wave of new reports within the next few days/hours as the first AT&T shipments arrive.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] trock79:
Not only does mine have scratches but it also has what looks like a bubble about halfway on the right side underneath the glass. Can anyone else confirm?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] eyc:
Dude, I think you'd better take a picture of this so-called "bubble." I doubt anyone is going to have the same experience as you such that they can "confirm" that a bubble exists "halfway on the right side."
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dan37tz:
Does anybody know if the screen is being manufactured somewhere (maybe Korea) and assembled in Vietnam? Or is it being manufactured in Vietnam also.

I want to know who to blame, the Vietnamese or the Koreans. Hell, I'll just blame the Chinese. :p
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] felloffthetruck:
Is this problem just on the Edge or does the regular S6 have it also?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] gravi2:
So far people have seen this only on edge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rayzaname:
It appears to only be a problem with the Edge. Here's my GUESS on what MIGHT be going on here...

It might have something to do with how the glass is cleaned during assembly. The randomness of the marks suggest that some sort of buffing wheel spins and is physically brushing across the screen. The curved nature of the S6 Edge's glass makes it slightly raised when sitting flat on the assembly surface, causing the buffing wheel to press harder on the Edge's glass vs. normal flat glass. The additional pressure likely would cause very fine abrasive marks on the glass surface. The machine probably needs to be adjusted to compensate for this.

Again, I'm just throwing this idea out there as a guess. Without any firm details on how this phone is manufactured, that's the story I'm sticking to for now. I won't be returning my device, as the marks aren't visible to me 99.9% of the time.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] alexkaye:
No scratches on my AT&T S6 Edge, just delivered today
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] allendj81:
Mine came in on the april 2nd, no scratches.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] azibux1:
Looks good to me! Although I'm guessing someone will claim that your lighting isn't sufficient :p lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] alexkaye:
Ha, most likely. But I just went outside (without my other phone) into the NY sunshine and looked perfect too.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] azibux1:
Nice

Hopefully then this is just a T-Mobile issue by the sounds of it? I guess we will know for sure when more people start receiving them from other providers soon
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] misterpsych:
UPS delivered my Black S6 EDGE 64gb TMOBILE replacement. Will check when I get home. First one had many scratches on the screen (none on the back). Are ATT users receiving their phones with that crappy plastic that makes it look like a refurb?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] azibux1:
Good luck and keep us posted!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Master Ramy:
My 128gb black edge is at home too, will let you all know
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] DrexelDragon:
Got my third Edge in from T-Mo. This one was manufactured on 3/18 which wasn't a good sign. Yep, it's scratched.

T-Mobile is being cool though, they are inspecting my next one before shipping it out to me so good on them for that.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nappent:
For the people with scratched screens does it feel buttery smooth or rough? I ask because maybe there is a issue with oleophobic coating on the screen to reduce finger prints and scratches.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] VICosPhi:
Ordered 128GB black S6 edge on T-mobile US, it is on backorder though, so hopefully they are sending one from a newer batch.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] trock79:
Yeah well I doubted anyone would have the same issue with the scratches when I opened the box and saw them for the first time, but low and behold here is a thread about scratches.....

I would have taken pictures at first but I didn't know about this thread until today at work. So therefore I was not able to get them until now. Sorry to mislead you into believing I was lying haha.

I'm no professional photographer but this is what I was able to get. It is hard to see but you get the idea.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] misterpsych:
Not scratched!

OK, just got in from work. Opened my replacement 64gb edge black and NO SCRATCHES. Will return the scratched up one tomorrow back to tmobile. THIS IS WHAT I DID. Instead of SLIDING the phone out of the plastic wrap.... peel off from the back. Not sure if this had anything to do with it but try it! There was some residue on the home button but I cleaned it off. Might see a very faint scratch but won't risk it. Will stick with it. Will post pics later on. PEEL IT OFF! DON'T SLIDE IT OUT OF THE PLASTIC WRAP!

GOOD LUCK LADS.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sweets55:
I can't see dust particles causing scratches no matter if you slide the clear sleeve off. Now if it was sand that might do it. I slid mine off and didn't have any scratches but I see your point on not doing that.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
You'd be surprised at what dust (which could be partially comprised of sand or sand-like particles btw) can do when it comes to creating fine scratches.

Given the kinds of things made in factories that produce these kind of devices, your most problematic potential enemies would be dust comprised of small metallic or glass particles. At least when the devices are handled by Samsung anyway. I don't reckon such things would be too common in T-Mobile's warehouses.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] DrexelDragon:
Tried that. Didn't matter lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] eyc:
There is no way sliding off the tightly-wrapped plastic would cause those randomized and numerous scratches. I still think it has something to do with the plastic substrate. I'm speculating that the scratches are underneath the outermost layer of the glass.

Maybe heat-treating the plastic or glass or whatever to ensure the proper curvature is stressing the plastic (or glass) and causing numerous hairline fractures. Maybe curving the plastic (or glass) is causing the convex side of the material to stretch and leaving micro-stretch marks. Have you ever heated and bent plexi-glass? It makes millions of little tears and spiderweb marks, making it cloudy and whitish.

Or maybe, as someone else said, a buffing tool is abrading the surface because it's closer to the tool.

Or, my latest theory is that the so-called scratches are actually extremely fine silk-like fibers of a cleaning tool (think of a microfiber cloth that is shedding) that have been sandwiched between the glass and plastic. When I take a microfiber that I've run through the dryer (which I understand you're not supposed to do), and clean my phone with it, it often leaves thousands of tiny, short, and incredibly thin nano-threads all over the phone.

Who the hell knows.

---------- Post added at 09:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:49 PM ----------

I definitely did not assume you were lying. I just thought (1) no one would confirm your very unique issue and (2) I wanted to see what this "bubble" looked like (for selfish reasons and sheer curiosity).

Well, it's a bubble alright. These screen issues are really unsettling. It's the only thing that's stopped me from pre-ordering my unit right now.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
Well apparently the AT&T owners who got their devices today must be happy since most didn't bother posting.

I'll have mine tomorrow and I'll let you guys know what's what.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bitwiser:
Got my Black/128gb AT&T edge in today. 100% scratch free. Looking good.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Daegalus:
I got my White 64gb S6 Edge today. Its scratch free. I spent 5 mins analyzing through angles, and different lighting conditions and under flashlight. No problems on my end. I hope those that have problems get it fixed.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] wahb47:
This is good news. I'm receiving my edge on the 17th and was not excited once I heard this.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] brianbrain:
Mine don't arrive until tomorrow either - I think the bulk of preorders will arrive tomorrow and Wednesday.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
I hadn't actually seen anybody mentioning Wednesday delivery when I was reading around. Today and Tuesday seemed to be the days people mentioned when shipping notices starting going out. But indeed, hopefully there will be more reports within the next few days.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] eyc:
Some people are receiving their VZW units. I'm interested to see what they have to say, as well.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] americasteam:
My AT&T unit is currently scheduled for Wednesday delivery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] greenzone5950:
s6 edge scratched screen

i just went instore to have a look at a demo device, she took it right out of the box, and i put it up against a light and i could see some kind of patter nthat was not present on the normal s6, this was no swirlls like the others are reporting, it was exatcly like this pattern:

i cannot post a image because im a first time poster but if you search google image "criss cross pattern" its the first pic that comes up. thats the pattern im taking about.

this is in sydney australia btw and the build was vietnam. idk if this is a manifacturing process issue or the pattern is left while their bending the screen, the regular s6 screen was clean as, only the edge has those patterns. and idk if its just me the edge screen looked smaller to me, maybe because it was curved, it did look sexier but this scratch thing is really putting me off..

and if im paying $1149 for a 32gb edge i want it to be in absolute perfect condition. yep thats the starting price in australia :/, $1300 for 64gb, $1450 for the 128gb.

the normal s6 looks thinner if you look at it from the top and bottom, the s6 edge looks thinner if you look at it from the sides (even though its technically 2mm thicker on spec sheet).

i have worked in the spray painting and car detailing industry and the swirls ive seen in previous posts are %100 percent similar to what ive seen in cars after they have been buff polished.

maybe its a polishing process after they bend the screen :/ maybe the polish they use is too rough, maybe the polishing speed is too high or maybe its something else...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Master Ramy:
Alright guys, I have a replacement waiting for me at home, but I have some bad news developments to share with you: my current device now has physical, nail-feelable scratches on the actual display, not sure how they got there other than just being in my pocket (nothing sharp in my pocket, don't get it.) But they are definite scratches, deep enough to feel with my nails, and exactly in the middle of the screen. Not cracks or such, but scratches. On scratch proof gorrilla glass 4...hopefully this has to do with the bad quality of this device's glass with scratches and all, rather than all the devices. My replacement is waiting at home, along with a case. Once I verify lack of current scratches, I'll apply screen protectors and case asap. Ps be home in 30 mins and will share results of my TMO replacement
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dan37tz:
Got my replacement 128GB Sapphire Edge today overnighted to me from T-Mobile. Hardware Rev 0.2 Build Date 3/18/15.

This one is scratched even worse than my original one. Also the display is more greenish/blue (cooler) than my original. The cooler screen doesn't look as good as my warmer original.

I have no idea how people are getting scratched free ones. Am I just THAT unlucky?? :(

Maybe I'll just settle and stick with my original one. A part of me wants to get a regular S6 but I played with it and it was kinda lame.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] atuarre:
Nope, don't you dare settle. You keep swapping or you just return it until you get one you are happy with. That device costs entirely too much to hands to settle with a scratched display.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
All the posts about their phones having scratches / dust / bad display (pink hue) is honestly making me worry.

I'll be getting my phone on the 13th and I know that if ever I become one of the unlucky ones who'll receive a unit with physical defects, I'm going to have a hell of a hard time getting a replacement unit. (Due to TELCOs and customer service in general being horrible where I'm from). I'll just pray that the build date / location of the units being provided to my chosen telco will be different from the batch with physical defects. :(

Should have stopped looking at different forums after I pre-ordered the phone so that I wouldn't have seen all those scratch / dust / bad display threads. I guess my excitement over finally deciding to upgrade got the better of me. :crying:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
Criss-cross pattern (I'm assuming it was also uniform) was just Gorilla Glass. So if what you say is accurate, the unit you saw was actually fine and didn't suffer from anything related to this issue.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] GetDiz:
I feel you. I'm in the exact same situation, pre-ordred my S6 Edge 64GB Emerald Green and going get it on the 13th.

IF i will be one of the unlucky guys that received a scratched phone, i will have hard time replacing mine - mostly because of the bad telco's attitude towards customers in-general.

I can see that i will have to argue with them and "prove" that i didn't scratched the phone and i received it that way.

I'm considering recording my unwrapping and testing the phone for scratches - for the sake of having a proof just in case
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] greenzone5950:
if what you say is true than how come the same pattern was not visible on the regular s6 in the same lighting condition? idk but im really turned off the edge right now, i think ill get the regular, its not only that, the edge is really reflective from the sides, and there seems to be some colour distortion from the edge when its on a white background.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nookcoloruser:
Its not colour distortion, it's simply the result of off axis viewing of an Amoled display. Turn the display to the side looking at edge directly and colour is fine. It's just an inevitable side effect of curved display.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
I honestly couldn't tell you why, but frankly it has been that way for a while. You can take two devices of the exact same model and make and sometimes you can make out the Gorilla Glass pattern, sometimes you can't.

On my current device I can see the pattern. My girlfriend's mother has the same device and it's invisible even with the same lighting conditions. I've seen more devices where it's invisible than devices where it's visible, however, seeing it also depends on how clean the device's screen is.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] David111jr:
I pre ordered through best buy and I am picking it up Friday. I really hope when they open the box it's not scratched. If it is can you tell them right there you want a different one ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] atuarre:
Don't see why they couldn't but it would depend on what they have in inventory. Don't settle for a device you aren't happy with though, be it scratches or a washed out display, etc.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Alaris:
Anyone who received an AT&T edge wanna let us know if the phone has a stick on protector when shipped or a wrapper one like T-Mobile?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] martinezma99:
Here are the latest poll results after 146 votes. We are still around the 70 / 30 percent ratio. It has been steady at this ratio since the first 10 votes. Pretty incredible.

https://plus.google.com/+ManuelAMartinez/posts/eEFigntX751
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] spix123:
I can guarantee you a fair share of people who voted 'no scratches' just don't notice them but they are there. There's many different types of lighting, some of the pictures people have posted here with no scratches are in the kind of lighting that would barely show a crack on the screen.

It is a very real problem though for those who do notice it, there shouldn't be any scratches there at all. They'll be most noticeable in direct sunlight on dark backgrounds, if you tested in sunlight with a white/colored background it might mask them. The scratches are extremely light and looks very similar to my phone which has been used for the past 2 years. On first look the screen seems perfect, but once you get the right lighting you can see these micro straches everywhere that it picked up from day to day use.

Until someone who returned their phone for a replacement due to this problem reports that they received one without, I'm under the impression it affects all of them, or at least all from a certain carrier.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] yoman258:
I received my phone Monday morning and took it out of the box to find scratches all over the front panel. I've got the 32 GB Galaxy S6 Edge from AT&T.

I compared the phone to the S6 a family member got and their screen is absolutely perfect.

I talked to AT&T and they told me that it was a Samsung issue and to contact them. Samsung told me that since AT&T sells the phones, it's their problem.

Either way, I'm stuck trying to call support to see if there is anything that can be done.

http://imgur.com/HEyLpUa

(I will take a more clear picture I only had my cell phone on me which was trying to focus through the glass) However, you can see the scratch circles if you look closely, they are much more noticeable in person.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] atuarre:
It may be a Samsung issue but you purchased the device from them, not Samsung. You tell them you want to exchange for another device and if they refuse then ask for a return. I think it's ridiculous that AT&T feels they don't bear any responsibility in this.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] yoman258:
That's my thought.

It's not my job to go to the manufacturer to fix this. I go to the place that sold it and they deal with samsung.