Video recaps Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge leaks with new renders

28 February, 2015

Tomorrow in Barcelona Samsung will make both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge official. And now, a mere one day before that event, a video has surfaced which does a good job recapping all the leaked details we've heard about the two handsets.

Not only that, but it seems to add a couple of new renders too - showing parts of the front of the Galaxy S6 Edge, as well as what could be the back of either model, since they're expected to be pretty much identical from that point of view.

The video stresses the main specs we've seen rumored so far. An octa-core CPU is pretty much a given, and according to past info Samsung has dropped Qualcomm as a supplier so we might have only one variant with the Korean company's own Exynos silicon. Aiding it will be 3GB of RAM.

The smartphones should both have metal frames, and Gorilla Glass 4 on the front as well as the back, for a more premium look than past Galaxy S-series devices. With this new build comes the revelation that neither handset will offer a microSD card slot, or a user-replaceable battery.

Both phones will sport 5.1-inch QHD (2,560x1,440) Super AMOLED touchscreens, but obviously the panel in the S6 Edge will curve slightly both on the left and right edges. In fact, the siblings are going to be mostly identical, save for the screen difference and the Edge also getting 50 mAh more battery capacity.

The fingerprint sensor may not be of the swipe variety this time around, like the one in past Samsung devices. So the new scanner should mimic the one Apple uses for its iPhones and iPads in terms of ease of use. The heart rate monitor that made its debut on last year's Galaxy S5 is still in, yet it has been repositioned along with the LED flash.

Unfortunately for fans of the feature, the S6 models will not be water resistant like the Galaxy S5. This seems odd, especially as Sony has been making water resistant smartphones out of similar materials (with metal frames and glass on both the front and back) for years now.

The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will be slimmer and narrower than the S5, and they will have wireless charging built-in - so no more aftermarket kits required for that.

Thanks for sending this in, Dean Levinson!


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  • Ashok
  • 05 Mar 2015
  • HsF

The only reason why i used to buy SAMSUNG android phones was because of 'removable battery and SD-card slot' option. SAMSUNG's only distinguishing feature from other smartphones was 'removable battery & SD-card slot', and now they remove this k...

  • ella
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • 8I@

The main reason that I buy samsung phones is because they have a microsd slot but if the s6 wont have it I guess I'd have to stop buying Samsung phones. Shouldn't have done that move samsung I'm disappointed.

  • Anonymous
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • m}G

Biggest disappointment ever. No SD, no removable battery and back made out of glass leaving fingerprints and vulvulnerable if dropped. Aiming at Apple fans they will loose the market they now have. I definitely pass.

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