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[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] tompika72:
I was thinking about buying this phone, but... I'm using a Note4 now (i had all the previous Note models too), but i decided not to "upgrade" to Note5, as i think that Note5 with it's non-removable battery and no SD card support is rather a downgrade to Note4, not an upgrade. But, of course i've seen the S6 Edge +, and it was truly a love at first sight, even if this love didn't last long. Beautiful design, perfect detail, a truly awesome appearence. My friend, a really happy owner gave me the device to test. Well, i forgot, why i was thinking about getting rid of my Note4, and get an S6 Edge +. The reason was the RAW support. I travel a lot, and i always take a DSLR with me, and a phone with really good camera as a sort of point and shoot device. And i like to take RAW photos. I was really happy with the phone, i have to say. It was snappy, beautiful, the battery life was decent, there was almost nothing to complain about. And the camera was truly great, of course not if you compare to a DSLR, but as a smartphone camera, it was awesome. But... After a first few shots i noticed the biggest flaw of this device. It also lacks the SD card support... What is this again, Samsung? Release a phone with RAW support, 32 GB internal memory (already not a lot...), and no SD card support? For photos such a big size? The koreans are always doing something stupid, hence the plasticky Note3, the downgraded Note5, and so on. Pointless decisions. So, i decided not buying the S6 Edge +, but if you aren't bothered about the camera, RAW, whatever, then it's a great thing.

Ps: Of course i know that there are versions with bigger internal memory, but even the smallest one costs a LOT, and the other thing, if you save everything in your internal memory, then in case of a system failure, crash, whatever, you can lose important data, as it happened with people i know. So, SD card is a lot safer option anyway.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] kolembo:
[MENTION=2072928]tompika72[/MENTION]

I agree, 32gb is a joke. I'm just managing with the 64gb s6+.

I too am on Note 4 and though the 6+ is lovely to use, I find myself reaching for the Note all the time.

I think 32gb from Samsung, in this day and age, was foolish.

Hopefully they return sdCard to their future phones.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] dfunkbv:
I always thought 32GB won't be enough.. But after buying this version any doubt were gone. OK.. after sending all data from my 64gb normal edge to the plus I had 33% of the internal storage left, but that's okay!

The battery life is great especially with the arter97 kernel. It's just an awesome phone!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
This is where unreasonable expectations cause problems.

You obviously realise that this device is primarily a

mobile phone

not a Hasselblad H5D-50 that costs 20k!

I would suspect John F Kennedy would write here "Think less of what your mobile cannot do and think what it can"!

Some owners are never going to be happy. You mention lack of SD card. Apple, the biggest selling mobile phone company in the world, have never used SD cards and this has not prevented them from holding the number one spot for a decade! SD cards are going the way of the CD. I keep being told cloud cloud cloud?

Seriously if you can nit pick this phone I have no suggestion what to recommend for you.

Try this simple exercise, sit with pen and paper and write all the positives on the Left side and all the negatives on the Right. I can't see how you would find a more well balanced mobile phone?

BTW this comes from an ex Samsung customer who until they stopped selling plastic leather and plastic metal, promised he would never purchase Samsung again! The S6 range are simply superb and have Samsung leading, at present, in the majority of specifications possible to install into a mobile phone.

I have just one moan at Samsung. WHY didn't they produce mobiles like this 3 or 4 years ago when other brands did?!

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] tompika72:
You obviously think you are smart. Let me tell ya, you are completely wrong. Read my post again, and try to understand what i´m talking about. If you still cannot, do it again... And again... And again... After 5-6 tries, just give up. I´m pretty sure u will.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
My first lap top, a Toshiba, in 2000 had a Celeron 650MHz processor, 6GB hard drive and 64MB sdram ram memory. It cost £1,300. I ponder how you would have managed then with no cloud or any other form of back up and save?

To write "32gb is a joke" is unrealistic. I bought the Apple iPhone 6 this year with 16GB and it cost the same as the SG S6Edge+. I dare to mention the iPhone doesn't even have a HD screen either! (oh, nor SD card) that never stops every iteration of iPhones becoming the worlds number one selling mobile does it? iPhone's are good, very good but this Samsung has them in knots at every single post for once and customers STILL moan????:eek:

Come on be realistic.

Regards, Ryland

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If you can nit pick this mobile then you are stuffed. What else does what this mobile does and is made from these materials and presented in this quality fashion? You want RAW you got it, you want large GB you got it with a 64 option BUT that's to expensive for you?

Photography critics list this mobile as either 'the' best or one of the best cameras ever installed on a mobile, You seem to agree? Your moan then is memory? Pay up and purchase the 64Gb or learn to use the numerous cloud options of storage on offer.

What else is there? You tell me?

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] umbrokhan:
Be happy what you got. people in 3rd world country could have eaten this for breakfast.

Look at people poor then you. Who never seen a mobile phone in there life or never had a mobile phone.

Your lucky at least you got one.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Riardon:
This phone is not just one breakfast it's breakfast lunch dinner for several days.

Aside from that Samsung seems to be launching S7+ along with S7 and this will make S6+ really short lived and it will be phased out too soon. Heck this phone will be 2nd generation in just few months. This concerns me a lot about its future updates not only for its really soon old hardware. After S7+ launch this phone will be old thus its updates will take several months because it will no more be the flagship. This is like raising the middle finger for those who spent their money getting this device only to see it phased out in just few months.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
I have friends who still own the galaxy S111 who get updates. Why would you think that Samsung will no longer update our mobile after a new release?

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Riardon:
I didn't say it won't get any updates after the launch of S7. But knowing Samsung and how they handle their devices any non flagship device updates gets delayed for some months. For example we gonna Marshmallow in January but this only for the current flagships Note 5/ S6/S6 Edge+ the rest of the devices like S5 will get in sometime in Spring way later. S5 is not that old yet its update will get delayed for many months. The same will happen to our devices when S7 launches. S6 will be old news and its updates will be pushed back in order to make you buy S7. Tab Pro 8.0 will not get any more updates as it was confirmed by Samsung UK and that device is 1 year old. Yeah I know it's not a phone it's a tablet but still. S4 may not even get Marshmallow at all. Yes our device will get updates for at least 2 years but they will be late and we may miss the next big Android version (7.0 or whatever they will call it) unless Samsung decides to better support their devices. Even Note 4 got its updates a bit late. Samsung is very good at hardware but their software/firmware support is really bad.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] htc fan89:
The only thing I regret is getting the at&t version, should have spent the extra and gotten the international version. Otherwise, I'm loving this phone, more than my nexus 6p.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Maknora:
U never know man. They might keep updating this phone. We don't know the future so no need to get worried about something that hasn't happened yet. I think they'll keep updating it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] indoliya:
To add to this, I find that my old OnePlus One with Viper4Android sounds way better for music than Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge +. This is supposed to be a premium phone.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
It is a high class premium phone. :)

When you mention sound reproduction do you mean via the built in speaker or via head phone jack?

The sound produced from every single mobile phone, via speakers, is awful in terms of hi fi. This, I think, goes without comment. If you want the best a mobile phone can offer listen to the HTC flag ships, they have made a point of concentrating on this one point. If you use head phones or ear buds you could try the Sony Z range, no one has yet to better them in the arena of portable sound due to their history of mobile sound production going back decades.

I cannot listen to ANY mobile phone via their speaker. I find them all simply awful as they are basically designed to convey sound from phone calls etc not produce Hi Fi to the same standard a purpose built mobile player does.

I can but repeat that today's mobile phones are multi purpose devices that simply cannot and should not be expected to perform 20 tasks to the same standard that a purpose built device performs.

Considering what all flag ship mobile perform from all brands and OS, I am amazed any of them manage to function at all. Take a step back and look at what our mobiles do today. I am not going to list the tasks, needless to say they have replaced dozens of separates.

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] umbrokhan:
Yeah Motorola gives fast updates compared to other OEM.

You get fast updates if the phone is more like nexus phone.

Samsung UK skin is more heavy so updates are more slower. If Samsung makes there skin UI more like Google nexus then updates should be faster.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] r3ix:
I really love my s6 edge plus but i think samsung could introduce a firmware much closer to stock Android.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
Hi, Google Nexus mobiles run a vanilla OS. To that end they will always receive the latest OS as there is zero UI to configure.

To be honest I never 'chase' the latest OS as invariably they have bugs and just when the bugs are fixed and my mobile is running like a Swiss watch they go change the OS and back we go and so the cycle continues.

Regards, Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] ChrisM75:
Firstly, why is this thread popular? Its a great phone, stop moaning.

Secondly 'updates' are a matter of opinion anyway. While Nexus devices (and other stock like devices) get OS updates quickly they tend to miss out out on features and fixes that actually matter. Also stock android is always really buggy for at least 3 months after release, so frankly I wouldn't want it until either Google or the OEM has fixed it.

Ive had several Nexus devices and each one has had less fixes and updates than any OEM phone ive had, all they really got was Googles latest bug delivery system first, and I can live without that.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] indoliya:
I actually meant that the sound through the headphones is not good. I hardly ever use the phone speaker to listen to music. However, I have experimented enough to be able to confidently say that most other phones product better sound. I have experimented with Google Nexus 6, One Plus One with Viper4Android, and iPad using the same source for music. All of them are better sounding on the same headphone. It is likely that there is an issue just with my phone, or maybe the firmware. I have written to Samsung support. Hope they will get back to me.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
I have to say that I am having lots of fun with my Edge+ rooted... but I do regret a bit. Batt life sucks. I can´t understand people around the forums saying they get 6h SOT and days of batt life. From where I stand, it seems quite impossible and I already did extensive testing.

I have two phones (the other one is a Sony xperia Z3). I already configured both phones with exactly the same apps, same config, same everything. I even unrooted the Edge+ to test it.

10h of *total* batt life with the Edge+. 21h of total batt life with the Z3.

After rooting the Edge+ and tweaking wakelocks with Amplify, I was able to squeeze 12h of batt, and thats it.

I might even hear someone scream out loud that I have too many apps. Yes, I do. That´s the purpose of having a smartphone. I can´t find a reason for buying such a powerhorse to use the phone and SMS only.

But if that was solely the problem, just 100 mAh+ more batt the sony has wouldn´t give me double batt life.

I am still trying to figure out what does cause such batt drain.

Btw don´t get me wrong... I really love my Edge+.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] s8freak:
Why? If you want that just buy a Nexus 6p.

Which I did and kept for about 5 days then promptly boxed it and sent it back.

Nowhere NEAR as good as my S6Edge Plus

"No soup for you!! Come back one year!"

Sent from my G928C Rockin AUDAX+ and Eladios Themes
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] r3ix:
I think the s6 edge plus its better then nexus 6p but i think samsung put many bloatware. I dont want root and clean all stuff... Yet :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
Hi, Several points to consider.

Sound enjoyment is highly subjective hence the massive amount of hi fi separates sold each year from dozens of different brands.

The ear buds sold in EVERY brand of mobile phone NEVER do justice to said phones sound reproduction. To that end always purchase separate well branded head phones or ear buds. Said ear buds and head phones will again be highly subjective though.:eek:

As I previously wrote if you are primarily concerned with decent sound reproduction then look at the Sony Z range of flag ship mobiles. They use very high quality DAC's

Sound reproduction from the SG S6 Edge+ is more or less standard industry, nothing more nothing less. You can change the sound by adding an external DAC-power amp such as those sold by FiiO such as the Andes E07K DAC. Cost about 100€

IF you use decent head wear you will be able to hear a clear difference, I write 'difference' as again sound is highly subjective and one should always, but ALWAYS, purchase such devices using ones

own ears

.

I have been doing this since 1969 when I purchased my first hi fi set up of separates. Dozens of different purchases over the years and I still do the same thing.

Ensure when you test your music you ensure volumes are the same across all devices and the same three pieces of music are used.

Kind regards, Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] indoliya:
Thank you Ryland!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
Very welcome, Ryland.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Enojelmeli23:
Buyer beware...purchasing the S6 edge+ was the biggest mistake ever

I upgraded to the S6 edge+ in mid-September because I was going on vacation to Scotland, Ireland, and Wales and wanted to put the awesome camera to the test. The picture quality didn't disappoint. I had my phone set to back up my files to Dropbox and Google Drive. A few weeks ago, my phone did a factory reset all by itself. :( It was sitting on a chair all by itself and I came back to find the little green man on my screen. Initially, I wasn't too devastated because I knew that I had my phone set up to have all pictures and videos backed up. You can imagine my shock and surprise while attempting to reinstall everything to discover that absolutely nothing in the two months that I had the phone had been backing up. For you snarky puppies, yes I did periodically check Google Drive and I saw my photos and videos there. Where they have disappeared to, I know not. Only half of my pics uploaded to Dropbox because I had selected the 'update over wifi only' option while traveling. Then I ran out of space. A part of me wishes that I had upgraded to a phone with removable memory. Conversations with Samsug, Google and Verizon reps about how I could possibly retrieve my pics have been useless. Since no root exists for Verizon S6 Edge+, trying to use data recovery apps and software have been a bust. After searching online, others who have experienced random factory resets have blamed the recent update. One Verizon rep told me that 'we have no idea what causes this. I've seen this happen to all types of phones. There's no rhyme or reason for it. But I've never seen it happen twice." That's comforting. :rolleyes: I'm left with a fancy phone, an expensive lesson, and fear of this possibly happening again.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Minerael:
Not at all. Great phone,the best on the market nowadays in my onion. Just flawless,finally touchwiz is lag - free.

Great,simply great.

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[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] celeronix:
I don't regret buying it at all. Great gadget.

By the way do you notice some colour shifting when there are more whites on the screen?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Riardon:
Yes that's normal. It's because of OLED technology. It's not a defect it's an OLED panel characteristic which is visible due the angles caused by the edge screen. You can see the same if you look your screen from a wide angle.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
I regret buying one, should have bought two.

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] r3ix:
Lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] showlyshah:
I regret... especialy when i have to use this ****ty crappy loaded os.. this is my first ever samsung device. I come from sony z3,always wanted to buy z5 premium,yet i payed fifty bucks more and got this. Just becoz of sony's drm and no root with out unlocking for 2015 devices... cry????
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] DSX2:
Great phone, the only complaint i have is that i am not able to root it without tripping knox, which in reality is a plus on samsungs behalf
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
I am a fan of Sony mobiles owned the original Z and several after, still own the massive Ultra that is so pocket unfriendly. I would respectfully suggest you compare the spec's of the Sony Z5 Premium with that of the Edge+.

Sony dropped one hell of a booboo when they introduced the Z range showing them in swimming pools and at the beach etc. I became very vocal on this forum about how ill advised Sony where in making claims of 'water proof' rather than water resistant and yes, there is a massive difference. Put it this way not even an Uber submarine is water proof!

Look at the problems Sony have had over their advertising campaign! They have had to retract an awful lot of advertising stuff as many users used-abused their Z thinking they could swim with them, take them into a swimming pool and the sea. YOU CAN'T. Swimming pool chemicals and sea salt perish the seals PLUS the mobile can be

gently submerged

to a depth of 1.5M BUT if you swish it about causing force against those seals again they leak! Water is a very difficult substance to tame and Sony, in reality, made a weather resistant phone that could take 'some' water immersion.

Now as for that supposed 4k screen, need I say more.....

I do like Sony mobiles and would certainly consider another purchase however not the Z5 so called premium. Its a tad of a con for me but I hope for Sony's sake others buy them as I would hate to see Sony mobile go the way of Sony Vaio.

Though the Edge+ is certainly not water resistant it has many other fine qualities that I personally value at this point more than what the flag ship Sony can offer. Great to have such a choice though!

Ryland
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] showlyshah:
I have been using z, z1,z2 and z3 for 4 consecutive years. Never encountered any problem. I use all of them in taking pics in rain or showing them off to friends by putting it to water. I used it in natural pools and rivers , never had a water damaged phone.. but now i own a phone which cant be used in lil drizzle...

Also i love the way sony builds os. And the partitions of the device. Never end up with bricked phone as there is no efs or such thing. And z5 premium is a goodlooking phone. And with a heavy cam and display. Btw,i bought it. And gave to my brother along with my edge +. So that i can use it sometimes when i fed up with edge +.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Ryland Johnson:
I hear you. I also never experienced any problems with my Sony Z range.. They are superbly crafted but I fear the Zi looks near identical to the Z5 plus the six monthly changes, I couldn't keep up with them. The design is now looking same old same old BUT that is not always a bad thing!

Main reason I changed from Sony to Samsung was that Samsung finally after many years produced a real flag ship mobile made from superb materials and the build quality is like a Swiss watch. It also broke grounds in the design department not to mention its amazing specification.

One major reason I would not consider the new Z5 Premium is it runs day to day not on 4K but simple HD! Its specs are not so up to date and its late to the party as within a few months most rivals will again have new cutting edge technological flag ships on sale leaving that Sony behind. I think it would be better for Sony to concentrate on one new flag ship a year as other brands do and really start to lead the way again as they did when they introduced the original Z.

This Samsung broke the sound barrier with its high tech specs and high tech materials. The OS is the lightest Samsung OS to date and I am really enjoying the OS, I can change skins ever day to make a brand new looking mobile! Its also one hell of a fitness device having several health sensors etc. In all and $ for $ I do think the Samsung is perhaps better value for money than the Z5 Premium. Now the normal Z5 is one heck of a mobile! I suggest maybe better than the Premium?

All good devices. and thank heavens we have such a choice eh?! lol

Kind regards, Ryland

PS Just respect that your Sony is NOT water proof but has limited water resistance and it will serve you well., as mine served me.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] showlyshah:
Ya.. it definitely served me very good.. only thing i still dont understand is why they always put their camera , display and sound processing under drm. Whats the point in doing so.. look at other manufactures. They take better advantage from sony sensors. Edge plus for example,they keep imx220 and still process everything in open. Even if u unlocked or use stock based os,you will get the same quality . Thats a good thing especially for people like me...

By the way i am thinking about samsung now.. i still have to get used to it. I have contributed few small hacks for sony . I hope i can find some for samsung devices too..
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] marcochapita:
I have had three edge plus until now. But only this one has a different gold color with sparkling inside with direct light. And other thing I only see with this one even comparing with retail units. I can see the capacitive buttons even with the device turned off. It's strange.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] :
I own 2 and no complaints. 1 rooted and the wifes is stock. Only downside is no kernel sources released so little developement but im okay with that.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] rascallu:
yes

i do regret

constant lags,blocks, not responding when you try to wake it up, an absolute disaster.

i have never had as many problems as i had with this phone.

had i known this before buying it i would never ever get it.

fortunately, this week i flashed addax rom, and luckily, the phone behaves perfect, no complaints.

thanks a lot to pierdebeer and his team for the rom.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] 0rigin:
The only thing I hate about this phone, is the fingerprint reader. It's an absolute joke, and it seems like they put it there just for the sake of being able to say, there's a fingerprint reader on the phone. It's useless.