Samsung Galaxy S6 Preview

The Galaxy S5 is completed. Which. Made by peer pressure to adopt effective design trends.

His twin, thin replacements, Samsung Galaxy Galaxy S6 and S6 curves on screen Edge finally build utility trench plastic and removable battery flagship previous Samsung phones. They come to the party dressed in metal smartphones sharp lines and lots of glass.

The two new phones are almost identical – both running Android 5.0 with high resolution screens 5.1 inches Lollipop. But the edge of the galaxy S6 competition for the honor with two curved edges of glass containers each long side of the phone with a screen smooth playback.

Samsung unveiled a fraternal twins during his press conference at Mobile World Congress, the annual fair here in Spain that has become probably largest showcase of smartphones in the world. And while the phone will not be available worldwide until April 10, the S6 and S6 board galaxy must succeed, and quickly.

The phones were forged in the crucible of the financial difficulties that the company Samsung is fighting on the benefits of megasuccessful phone with the latest models of Apple iPhone and an army of “good enough”, rival manufacturers cheap based in China, such as Lenovo, Huawei and Xiaomi.

Some of the new S6 features – premium metal design, fingerprint reader up – catch up with the iPhone 6, which, last year, continued to pioneer Samsung phones large screen. Samsung even used press conference today to announce a competitor to pay Apple, premiering on phones called S6 – wait! – Salary Samsung.

Other improvements are forcing uncomfortable compromises. The S6 and S6 edge lacking a removable battery and a slot for microSD cards, not to mention the tightness of the S5 galaxy. Meanwhile, the curved strips of the screen that make Borders Edge so little compared to the edge of the screen indicates that it is difficult to justify its existence than to give it something to do with these curved edges. And Samsung’s own Exynos processor untested (compared with Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 found in most of its rivals high-end Android) is a wildcard performance. (Test when we write our future full review.)

That said, the new models of the Galaxy S6 put some of their own Android trends. Both offer integrated wireless support and compatibility of load with a new version of virtual reality VR Accessories Arts – two features you will not find on the iPhone. And with phones new designs S6 “Samsung has addressed criticism that prevails Galaxy S5 2014, seen by many as a double inspiration 2013 Galaxy S4.

The new pair phone has the appearance and characteristics of a flagship phone that boasts, but it is too early to know if this is enough to reverse the sales of Samsung smartphones sagging – or dent the iPhone 6 and staggering income 6 More.

Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge: Two devices, one family
First things first. Samsung has built two renowned phones: straight sides, predictable rectangular Galaxy S6, S6 and Galaxy Edge, which has slightly rounded edges and left and right. The coupling is the model of the Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge duo.

For most, the two share the same exact specifications, with only minor differences in the size and battery life. I will highlight the differences; Moreover, these prints are applied to both models.

Metal and glass; shall be sentenced plastic
With a matte alloy chassis and Gorilla Glass 4 aluminum front and rear of the worlds living outside S6 and S6 Edge of plastic building five generations of the tank Galaxy badges. Obviously it is a different animal, and fans have been demanding for years.

The phone feels thin and smooth in your hand. The S6 narrow edge of the left and right edges of the curve arc screens to meet back. As with the note edge of the board S6 achieves balance despite its sharpest form.

Although the colors are quite serious – both models comes in platinum over white gold pearl and sapphire black – Samsung injected shots of color in the range. The right side S6 also receives blue topaz, while the S6 operates edge emerald green. The color and flashing lights incredibly reflective back surface. Samsung says it is to add depth and warmth, but the skeptic in me thinks it might become implacable reflected visually boring.

Some negatives: the camera a bit out of the back, some do not like, and glass surfaces will also become a gallery of purification for best fingerprints.

Screen size stasis
The S6 and S6 board remains with the size of last year, 5.1 inches. It is a good decision because a larger phone would invade the territory of phablet – and Samsung already offers this option in the excellent Galaxy Note 4 with its 5.7-inch screen.

Although Samsung did not hit her waist, he climbed the screen resolution of 2,560×1,440 pixels AMOLED with a density of 577 ppi, currently the best on the market. Now come the inevitable questions: the human eye can really appreciate the details of this well, and that’s the highest resolution worth the likely impact on battery life? We prove both when we have more time with your phone.

Equipment and disorders victories
Samsung has rocked the boat with these radically different additions and omissions.

Exynos Qualcomm Why Samsung chose its own chipset (Samsung from what is) on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, especially after years of collaboration between the two companies? Samsung will not say, but it’s a reasonable assumption that keep things in the house also means a manufacturing pipes more reliable and better margins in its own octa-core 64-bit chip. Seeing how the model works Exynos over Snapdragon – this is basically the new standard for superphones non-Apple – it’s something we’re looking forward to trying.

Construction Battery: The devices are completely sealed S6, so that you will not be able to change the battery. Compensation is potentially (and life) phone battery size.

No microSD card: Samsung fails this basic function of the maximum thinness. However, it has also increased the default 32GB, 64GB models and 128 GB of internal storage available. Samsung will also launch in Microsoft OneDrive 115GB free storage for two years, claiming that people are increasingly using cloud storage these days.

Quick Start Camera: This is a great day. Double-click the Start button to launch the camera application in less than a second, and from any screen. It worked perfectly during my show.

Intelligent Scanning fingerprints: The same house key is now equipped to read your fingerprint to rest on the button. Before you had to drag, which often produce an accurate reading. I was not able to test this yet.