Samsung Galaxy S6 review: Subject Zero

13 March 2015
Choose one word to describe the Samsung Galaxy S6. Gorgeous. Powerful. Special. Different. Thank you. That will do. Galaxy S5 has only one of these under its belt and hint... it starts with a P.

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Thanks a lot for adding the low light shots.

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    • AnonD-374800
    • 4cY
    • 16 Mar 2015

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/battery-life-discussion-t3033385/page16

    Interesting information about battery life.

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      • AnonD-66171
      • 632
      • 16 Mar 2015

      The white option so boring, blue for S6 and emerald for S6 Edge look better.

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        • Anonymous
        • TXn
        • 16 Mar 2015

        darkraver, 16 Mar 2015Well , certainly not on yours, duh... Its like, you samm... moreSo you talk about your beautiful planet. But you didn's say how Z3 is better than S6. Only mention the UI that is only metter of taste(and functionality)

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          • Anonymous
          • IWQ
          • 16 Mar 2015

          ali, 16 Mar 2015I am so much surprized on those people wholike samsung,so m... moreSony phones have bad battery life and overheat.

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            • Anonymous
            • TXn
            • 16 Mar 2015

            NeMo, 16 Mar 2015hmmmm, battery life is terrible and I doubt that wireless c... moreTerrible?
            Are you insane? Or you didn't read the article? The battery is GOOD even now.
            Besides this is prerelease S6 unit. S5 was also not so good battery before the first updates.
            Wait for M9 ignorant, and enjoy. LOL

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              • NeMo
              • gx1
              • 16 Mar 2015

              hmmmm, battery life is terrible and I doubt that wireless charging helps much :(

              Now, we all waiting for m9 endurance!

                Anonymous, 16 Mar 2015Better?;) May be on your planet?Well , certainly not on yours, duh...

                Its like, you sammyfans live on a mass overpopulated giant city planet, all messy and fastliving...
                Whereas us sony fans...we love our nature nourished planet, peacefull, quiet and bohemianlike....
                :-) :-P

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                  • m86k
                  • m86
                  • 16 Mar 2015

                  For those who were to smart to think :

                  It's officialy said in the review :

                  The Samsung SM-G920F Galaxy S6 used for this review is a pre-release unit, using firmware version G920FXXU1A0BN, which was the latest available as of March 10. You can rest assured we will retest all of our proprietary tests once we get a production unit - hopefully within a week or so.

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                    • tinka
                    • Iab
                    • 16 Mar 2015

                    Scamsung, 16 Mar 2015Please don't compare high quilaty phone (iPhone) with copyc... moreso u got samsung s6 before GSM arena could get it(production version)...


                    it amazes me as to what extent people can go up to ..

                    dude, ur druunk.. go home.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Sgv
                      • 16 Mar 2015

                      AnonD-126854, 16 Mar 2015"The review indicates that the S6 battery is worse tha... moreWell the evidence to date suggests otherwise and to be honest it doesn't come as a huge surprise given that it has a smaller battery to feed a more power hungry screen. This phone has been designed for the fashion conscious rather than the practical user.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • TXn
                        • 16 Mar 2015

                        darkraver, 16 Mar 2015Cause it is simply a better phone? Watch z3 vs s6 UI perfo... moreBetter?;)
                        May be on your planet?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • TXn
                          • 16 Mar 2015

                          Scamsung, 16 Mar 2015Please don't compare high quilaty phone (iPhone) with copyc... moreYou own S6?????
                          ROTFL

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                            • Scamsung
                            • Hx6
                            • 16 Mar 2015

                            AnonD-126854, 16 Mar 2015iBS All the phones , even your iCrap, before the release a... morePlease don't compare high quilaty phone (iPhone) with copycat master (Samsung). For your info I own the S6 but the camera on S6 is worst than my nexus 6 and my iPhone 6 plus when it comes to indoor shoot totally YELLOWISH white balance everything even nexus 6 has way better camera than that leave a lone iPhone 6 and 6 plus.

                              AnonD-126854, 16 Mar 2015Yes , S6 is meant for ppl brainwashed by the huge apple's p... moreCause it is simply a better phone?
                              Watch z3 vs s6 UI performance on youtube...
                              You will be surprised

                              Anyway not intended to bring xperia in discuss, but some people keep calling me apple names so...

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                                • AnonD-126854
                                • TXn
                                • 16 Mar 2015

                                Battery life, 16 Mar 2015The review indicates that the S6 battery is worse than the ... more"The review indicates that the S6 battery is worse than the S5"
                                Well, can you stop repeating same and same, without reading my comment??? Please!
                                I've said, that this review is made on NON RELEASED YET device. I've said also that S5 before the first updates AFTER the release DIDN'T have same battery life as now.
                                What is so difficult to understand my point????
                                Bet on that S6 battery life will be better. No way back.

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                                  • ali
                                  • uZa
                                  • 16 Mar 2015

                                  I am so much surprized on those people wholike samsung,so much cheep compny,having no innovation,copy maker and sold their product only on markiting bases,their best innovatin is amoled,plz try yourself a hd video in s5 with sams video in xperia z3, x-reality must b on and then see the huge difrence,xperia gives you fantastic an stunning detail, and s5 miles behind

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                                    • Battery life
                                    • MIa
                                    • 16 Mar 2015

                                    AnonD-126854, 16 Mar 2015While agree with your remarks about non-removable battery a... moreThe review indicates that the S6 battery is worse than the S5, Samsung has thus gone backwards. Fast and wireless charging are great if you happen to be near a power socket but irrelevant if you are not. Its no good having a really pretty phone with a wonderul screen if your constantly worrying if its going to die on you before the end of the day. That was acceptable even two years ago but its 2015 now and users expect a phone to last more than a day even with heavy useage.

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                                      • Thrifter
                                      • MIa
                                      • 16 Mar 2015

                                      Just received quotes for the standard model which stated that I would need to pay £44.50 a month plus £100 upfront for the 64 GB model with 4gb of data. Didn't bother asking what the Edge would be but I guess it wil be over the £50 quid mark. IMO asethetics of the phone are secondary to the functionality of the device as I would obviously buy a case for it.

                                      Based on funtionality alone this phone seems pretty poor value in comparison to previous models, no expandable memory, worse battery life, no waterproofing and the camera isn't even as good as the one in the Note 4 in certain aspects. I think I will wait and see what LG and Sony come up with over the next couple of months. If anyone seriously wants this phone I would recommend waiting till October/November as the price for the Edge version may have dropped significantly by then.

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                                        • AnonD-126854
                                        • TXn
                                        • 16 Mar 2015

                                        darkraver, 16 Mar 2015Am an xperia android user thank you very much... And you a... moreYes , S6 is meant for ppl brainwashed by the huge apple's propaganda. We know what all the tech media and all other media were nagging all the time to "prove" their lovely Apple "supremacy". Right?
                                        Well Samsung did it now. But not "all the way" as you said.
                                        Yes, Samsung made us mad with no removable battery and no SD support. But battery of S6 is good and will be even better with the first updates(it has happen same with S5 before)
                                        Display, camera , SoC , memory.....leave iPhone6 in the dust too, so how could you say "all the way"???
                                        BTW how could you even have guts to come with your Xperia here???? LOL lol lol