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[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Hi, I'm currently the owner of a OPO and satisfied with performance an everything, but it's just too big. Thus I'll need a new phone for not more than 500€ and with a screen about 5 inches.

So I wanted to ask you GS6 owner if you're still satisfied with your phone after six months. Could you answer these questions?

1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem?

2. How is your battery life?

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow?

4. Did you have problems with broken backs?

5. Does your phone run hot?

6. Would you still buy it now?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rakcoon:
I was split between iphone 6 plus and note 5. But once I saw galaxy s6 my friend was using, I opted to go with galaxy s6 for a number of reasons:

1. RAM was a software issue, and after the recent update, I don't experience aggressive RAM management issue.

2. Battery life. Although not as large as Lg G4/note 5, it's enough, and usually lasts me a full day and a half of my normal use. Users complain of non-removeable battery, but I've never carried my extra battery on galaxy s4, so it was never a problem

3. Touchwiz is much less bogged down, and I really enjoy using it.

4. Build quality. No longer plastic, and I care for my phone, so I'm not worried about glass sandwich. Also, the back glass is relatively cheap and easy to replace, so I'm not concerned about it cracking/shattering.

5. The phone thankfully does NOT run hot. My ipad air 2 runs hotter than galaxy s6. I watch videos, and play intensive game (ie. vainglory/NFS), and haven't had issue with the temperature.

6. I would absolutely buy it. It's more compelling now, with the discounts, and deals.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theodric58:
1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem? I never really had an issue

2. How is your battery life? Not bad....not perfect, but it lasts all day

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow? I think so, but I use Nova Launcher for the customization

4. Did you have problems with broken backs? No

5. Does your phone run hot? No

6. Would you still buy it now? I might have to say no just because the S7 may be out sooner rather than later.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enij:
Yes I do.

I tried op2 and Z5 in last months, both good but S6 is still better (camera and general performance over all).

I'm waiting for meizu pro 5, maybe that will be as good as S6.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Thanks all for replying, I think I'll buy the S6 next month :)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] episode96:
If I needed a phone today, yes, no doubt. Otherwise I'd wait until the S7 comes out in Feb/March next year.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Yes, but I won't spend more than 500€ and the S7 will be most likely 650€ or even more because of the weak euro... So I couldn't buy it anyway...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haris-100:
1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem? No

2. How is your battery life? Not bad but not extraordinary

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow? Fast fast very fast and touchwiz is great now

4. Did you have problems with broken backs? no

5. Does your phone run hot? no

6. Would you still buy it now? yes

Thank you.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Thanks again, another question to the Edge users: Is there any advantage the Edge has other than the better design?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
I just bought the 6p, and I am contemplating selling the S6 - or using it as a backup phone. 6p is now going to be daily driver.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiborprogmed:
Well, lets hope for A6.0, but it could still take some months with samsung...[/QUOTE]

http://www.timesnews.co.uk/6608-exclusive-samsung-galaxy-android-marshmallow-update-roadmap-leaked/

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Yes . Good device. AND q810. How Google could manage the 810? WHY are not heats up like in other devices?

What is your experience? please let us know.

thx.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droid_1989:
http://www.timesnews.co.uk/6608-exclusive-samsung-galaxy-android-marshmallow-update-roadmap-leaked/

---------- Post added at 13:32 ---------- Previous post was at 13:30 ----------

Yes . Good device. AND q810. How Google could manage the 810? WHY are not heats up like in other devices?

What is your experience? please let us know.

thx.[/QUOTE]

Not experienced any overheating so far, in fact just picked it up from my desk and it's cold to touch - which in my opinion is a nice feel.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Thank you for your post. I currently also have the OPO and it's too big and the battery sucks since 5.0. I get a bit over 2h of screen on time, but I read on most pages that the S6 would have way higher screen on time, so what do you think? Is it really that bad currently?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtast:
I have also read that, but I kinda get similar times as I did with the OPO. Take into account that apps you usually use and the signal quality of the places you use to visit have impact on battery life, so the best way to measure it is to find someone who has a similar usage to yours, which is hard. That's why I just tell you that the battery life between those devices is similar, or maybe a bit worse on the S6, but not significantly, so I think you'll have a similar experience. I also envy those I see with 4, 5, even 6 hours SoT with the S6 and I can only blame the apps and network coverage, because otherwise I don't understand why the difference is so big.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hajyihia:
no, i wouldn't, because i would get the NOTE 5...it's the same device with bigger screen, better battery, and s pen....that's the only reason....and the ram is always between 70-80% so it's better than 5.0.2.....and i won't call the phone laggy...sometimes it stutters but it doesn't lag, most of the time everything opens really fast.....battery is about the same as 5.0.2...3-4 SOT....
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeehkaev:
I know you already had some answers but I will sill answer it anyway, maybe it'll help someone:

1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem?

No, and I really didn't suffered anything when I had. My model is the G920I, the memory manager was really aggressive at the first months before the update, but this smartphone is so fast even reloading apps take milliseconds. I've been with the S6 for about 7 months and I can assure you: you won't find similar performance in another Android, I had a Z3 before and the Z3 was fast, but the S6 is Stellar, it feels twice faster than the Sony in pretty much every heavy task.

2. How is your battery life?

Not bad but not perfect. I usually go to sleep with around 15%, but when you need to charge it, it charges very very fast. The Z3 battery life spanks the S6, its true, but also when you use it a lot and need to charge it for whatever the reason the Z3 it takes some nice 4 hours to fully charge (its pretty annoying), thanks to this aspect I prefer the S6. Charge while you take a quick shower for example and you be pretty safe to leave your home even if you need your GPS. Its very realiable.

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow?

Surpringly snappy. The S6 is just fast and period, don't believe anything else. Even to boot this is the fastest device I've had.

4. Did you have problems with broken backs?

No, in the bottom of the device I had a drop and some very tiny scratches (pretty visible but not a big deal, in the alluminium, not in the glass) the glasses so far are very resistent, probably more than the metal. The phone looks fragile but it's pretty tough.

5. Does your phone run hot?

I've only seen my phone getting hot while running Antutu's Benchmark. The score was also about 69k if you haven't checked. (my Z3 had around 39k for comparision)

6. Would you still buy it now?

Certainly. Either the S6 or a very very cheap disposable phone (so you can change fast) but yes, I just can't regret this phone.

You didn't asked anything about the camera but also it's a very very good camera. It's fast to open and shoot and the pictures are always good even when you just point and shoot quickly. The results are not hit or miss, they are super consistent, if you use your camera sometimes you are likely to take some pictures and realize it: its just impressive.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Sorry @ all for the late reply, but I didn't get any more notifications for new answers (I don't know why :confused:).

When speaking about the battery of the OPO, are you speaking of Android 4.4, 5.0 or 5.1? Because the battery was great on 4.4 (6+ hours SOT), mediocre on 5.0 (close to 4 hours SOT) and bad on 5.1 (about 2,5 hours) for me.

Well, the problem is that 1. the 5.5 inch OPO is already too big for me and 2. the Note 5 isn't sold in Europe (only the S6 Edge+). Thanks about your thought on RAM and battery.

Thanks for the answer, the only thing which still stops me from buying it is the battery and the closed source processor. I'll have to make uo my mind.

Btw, would you all rather buy the Edge or non-Edge version? (Is it worth the 100€ price difference, because I really like the design).
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeehkaev:
I prefer the non-edge. I don't think the price of the edge is worth it, and in the the edge sides are not comfortable to hold ( they are a little sharpy).

Here in Brazil the price difference was about 130US I didn't even consider the edge here. For me it is just a gimmick.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
I think I'll have to try the Edge myself, I just love the design ;)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cchant:
I like my S6 but if I were buying a new phone today I would go Nexus
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzik_man:
Today, I would buy a phone who's creators stands by their product with regular fixes and updates: A Google phone or an Apple phone (most definitely not a Samsung)!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Well, the new Nexus 5x sucks and the 6P is too big for me...

Why do you think Samsung doesn't stand by their products?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GZA1337:
I agree, I love my S6, the best phone I have ever had. But I would give the 5x a shot, just to have something different again.

5x sucks? why??
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Well, it has the dimensions of a 5.5 inch phone, the processor of a mid range device and is MORE expensive than an S6 in Europe
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GZA1337:
Here in Austria it is not more expensive. It costs EUR 479.- which is 100 EUR less than the S6...

And the overall performance is not bad - that's what I read... Of course it can't cope with the S6.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
In Italy it's 479 too, but the S6 is also available at this price
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
I think I'll buy the Edge now, because in two days there will be an limited offer in a shop next to my place where they sell the Edge for just 480€ :) Seems like a good price :)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzik_man:
Goole for samsung customer sutisfaction ratings...

Personal bad experience since I first owned a Samsung S4!

A link:

http://www.customerservicescoreboard.com/Samsung
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
I too had a bad experience with Samsung but that was about 5-6 years ago, so it wasn't an Android device yet and I think I should give them another chance since most of my friends had a good experience with them recently.

Thanks for the link, but I tested Google, which got 21 points and I quite liked their costumer service and Microsoft (30 points) which had by far the best costumer service I ever tried. So Samsung is quite ok with 29 points. The only good one there would be Amazon, which I can confirm really has a great costumer service.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itzik_man:
My point about Samsung service record goes much further then just service, also it goes into the field of firmware updates and upgrades:

Samsung put their most effort of updates into their latest phones only and really procrastinate with their update effort on other phones, that were released only 6 to 8 months ago!

When Google or Apple release an update, all (or most) models are included same time in the update!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeehkaev:
This is true. But I don't belive the S6 will suffer from this, it is one the expensive devices, and my friend with an S4 got lollipop pretty fast.

I'd say they don't care about their lower-end/medium-end devices. Looks like they don't make any effort to release updates fast, takes half a year usually and gets abbandoned pretty early.

When it comes to hardware (at least here in Brazil), things are quite good though, my old Ativ S had problems 6 months after purchase and after lefting the device in a Samsung Store, they mailed me a new one pretty quickly , it was pretty good service, LG really really sucks at warranty.

The battery is completely fine, you shouldn't worry about it. The closed source processor is a real problem, it's really annoying, I had no idea about this when I bought it.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rp3:
I totally would/did. I left the S6 edge a few months ago and tried some smaller 2014-2015 flagships (Galaxy Alpha/Xperia Z3c/Xperia Z5c). I wasn't happy with the Z5c I considered the OnePlus X, as it's a low cost 5" phone but decided to not spent nearly 300 to go halfway to the performance I wanted. I rebought a SGS6e with 64gb for $440 US with case and wireless charger and accessories. It was a revelation when I used it after having used the others. It was so fast. The memory issues are better than running stock last summer. The screen is so good. The battery life is bad.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King p1n:
Out of interest which phone did you find more comfortable in the hand out of Z5 or S6?

I would assume the S6 is more comfortable for one handed use?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enij:
Yes S6 is a a bit smaller and curved border are more comfortable
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King p1n:
Thanks.

Im leaning more towards S6 than Z5. I feel Z5 is overpriced but the battery and ram on S6 annoys me.

Do like the Z5s fingerprint more than S6s.

Thanks again

Decisions.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmtast:
From my latest post to this one, I would like to add that I have rooted the S6, installed XtreStoLite Deo mod 2.4 and installed arter's kernel 9.x

It just worked to remove bloat and add some stuff, but didn't do very much about the battery. After a few days, I decided to install arter's 10.0 beta version and DAMN that has improved the battery life. I went from nearly 2 and a half hours of SoT to at least 4 (and 4 and a half on a good day). This way, the phone is much more recommendable.

Also, I don't like the Edge. It feels uncomfortable in the hand if you hold it for long periods (and not so long too) for me, and also, there's that constant glare on the curved parts of the glass that just drives me nuts. Above all that, it costs more, so for me it's a no-go. I'd get the regular S6 again.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sharpey76:
The S6 drove me to the dark side and i got a iPhone 6s
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazaga:
No man dont buy s6 i have 1 and it suck no cm on it only crapy roms all over the internet....wait and buy note 5 trust me note5 is the best
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinghu:
I rebought the S6 for the third time last week after trying lots of other devices this year. This time I got the 920FD duos for £330.

I was tired of larger phones and the issues with snapdragon chips since I sold my first S6 nearly 6 months ago. People were right about the Exynos being 6-12 months ahead of the pack. Aside from that I missed a full-featured phone in a premium smallish body. I also prefer the standard S6 (no glare or sharp edges).

Looks like Marshmallow is due January so not long for that. Doze should help with standby times.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazaga:
Dude don't buy s6 or sledge you gonna regret! S6 there is no cyanogin on it and what makes him more suck bad battery life and you not gonna like it you gonna feel like you are in jail for life OMG and ROMs ! All ROMS are made on same crap you cannot feel the difference between custom ROM...Wait a little bit more for Samsung Note5 dude it's awesome!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DSF:
Oh [MENTION=6836059]tazaga[/MENTION] cut the crap! Cyanogenmod is good if you want to ruin all the hardware goodness. I remember the days when i was using cyanogen and got worse camera quality, no native fm radio (i know about fm spirit) and so on. I cannot understand the praise this incomplete and buggy rom is getting. The interest on cm vastly decreased when they got commercial and also because of their arrogant attitude. They are definitely subpar. Just overhype.. Blablah.

Now on topic:

- ram management is not fixed. You cannot rely on it. For example i had a chrome tab, wrote something, opened play store and then switched back to chrome: all my message was lost because the app reloaded. It is that bad.

- battery is pretty bad in standby but pretty decent when using (you can get 5-6 hours of screen on time when using phone on wifi.. Much better than 2-3h i was getting with nexus 5)

- re touchwizz: unfortunately the android specific lag it is still there (even on nexus 5 Android 6) - but here is google to be blamed. Otherwise touvhwizz feels lightweight and it's snappy. Also a big kudos to theme system, i got a material ui theme which get it closer to stock android UI

- no problem yet with back/front glass. I don't use any case and haven't drop the phone. Got it about 2 months ago (s6 edge)

- yes i still recommend the s6. One of the best android smartphone to date: excellent camera, fast charging, great display, snappy performance, samsung pay will rock if it will be supported in more countries (better than typical android pay and apple pay).

- the biggest cons of the device are mediocre standby battery and ultra poor ram management. Hope that both of those issues will be fixed with android 6

- do i still recommend or choose edge over regular s6? I don't know, edge's design is really cool, and when dragging the left menu (many apps have that implemented) feels so natural.. But i hate those sharp edges! Uncomfortable to hold it for long periods of time
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmaximax:
1 no

2 pretty good but fast charge helps a lot along with powersaving

3 I use Nova launcher for more customisable interface

4 not an issue for me I use an otterbox defender case

5 not really but higher brightness obviously gets warmer

6 yes does what I need it to do

Additional EDGE vs Normal S6

Hard impact cases for me a must have item and a flip case does not protect my expensive valuable phone enough from accidental droppage the edge with custom curved glass breaking wouldn't be a cheap fix

EDGE is a little Gimicky for me I wouldn't really use it how many people place their phone "face down" on its screen just to have a fancy lightshow when 5 people call you? that and the EDGE lighting it's not that bright in daylight either :-/

EDGE notifications meh gimmicky .. EDGE clock gimmicky not for me

other people may love Them but I'd be bored of them within a week
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GZA1337:
Not everybody wants CM on his phone. Would never use it and loose the good camera?!?! Stupid!

I love the S6, just debloat it, maybe use a different launcher. Everything is good then, also the battery !!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
Thank you all for helping me decide. I now got the Edge with 64GB, because there was an amazing offer for just 490€. Couldn't say no :)
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcus4004:
Enjoy! The phones are going really cheap at the moment!
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaxs:
Im thinking about getting this phone. Right now ATT has a buy one get one free and if you buy it through Best Buy you get $350 in giftcards. AND Samsung has a deal for $200 samsung.com gift card per device for activating and using samsung pay. So that is:

2 x Galaxy s6 for $20 a month on ATT Next.

$350 in Best Buy Gift Cards

$400 in Samsung.com gift cards.

That is a pretty sweet deal.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Adrian Ionita:
My old Nexus 4 with project butter runs better than the S6 :))
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ixon2001:
Picked up a 32GB Topaz Blue S6 yesterday as my Nexus 6 has just suddenly died & no warranty because i bought it 2nd hand 5 months ago. :crying:

Paid £349 new which is the same price as the Nexus 5X currently is while offering much better specs.

Few things im like on the S6 so far are

Camera, much much better than the Nexus 6 camera

Audio quality, again is miles ahead of the Nexus 6 when listening music with though my headphones not hearing any static or noise at all.

Notification LED, god I've missed this.

The only real downside to this phone is updates, but i can live with that.

Also my S6 is perfect no pink tint on any part of the screen

or any problems with build quality for that matter, even came with the latest update on already out of the box so it must have been manufactured recently.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renolz:
1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem? No

2. How is your battery life? Use about 70% battery /day with normal usage (charing at night, NO fast charging)

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow? No

4. Did you have problems with broken backs? No

5. Does your phone run hot? Yes if playing games for lenger periods of time (over 15min)

6. Would you still buy it now? Yes
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swa100:
1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem? Well, multitasking isn't great. It closes background apps and that sucks

2. How is your battery life? It's ok, the fast charging really is fast, so that makes up for it.

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow? Nope, it's fast

4. Did you have problems with broken backs? Nope

5. Does your phone run hot? Nope

6. Would you still buy it now? Nope, due to samsungs update policy. I would go for the Nexus 6p.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] totom96:
I will answer my own questions now by myself, as I used the device for quite some time now.

1. Do you still have the out of RAM problem?

Yes, it still exists, but I just noticed it by searching for it. It is no real world issue for me.

2. How is your battery life?

It is actually waaay better than my OPO's one. I get between 4 and 4.5 hours of SOT, but I admit that I've disabled 107 poackages with Package Disabler Pro. Why doas Samsung have to install that much bloat?...

3. Is your phone (with Touchwiz) still snappy or did it become slow?

Still very snappy.

4. Did you have problems with broken backs?

No, and it actually fell down in my bathroom, the first day I had it. Yeah.... I suck at holding things....

5. Does your phone run hot?

Just when using Quickcharge. But I never play games, so I can't tell it for more processor-exhausting apps.

6. Would you still buy it now?

Yes, definitely. I bought the Edge model, but to be honest, the normal S6 is way better for typing. I'd still buy the Edge because of it's great look, but I'd not recommend it if you don't care about design. I don't even use the Edge features...

The only thing brothering me is, that I don't get the monthly security patches, which every S6 (Edge) user seems to get, except for me... I have an unbranded device.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaxs:
Holy crap. I get 10 hours battery time with 2 hours sot. What exactly did you disable? I really wish I could root, not trip Knox, and keep samsung pay so I can get better battery life.