>fast
>clean
>bright
>reliable
>secure
>just like our last 28 models
>but somehow this one is better
>no replaceable battery
>no micro SD support
>body is slippery as prison soap
>touchwiz and Samsung bloatshit
Lel.
>muh edge bruh!
Get that from a novelty store?
>>52197661
Don't worry, the retards think it's great
>edge means you cannot use yotutube or watch animuh on it without literally cringing
>no sd slot
>touchjizz+exynos
>lol
>amoled
>on a phone
>lol
>>52197595
simple minds like shiny things and big numbers that's why companies have to cater to these morons and release the same devices with slightly improved hardware every year.
>fast
Samshills are absolute madmen nowadays.
>>52197990
Agree s6 is a piece of shit. I regularly get people come in for repair with over heating or loose charging port shit.
>>52199490
for someone with a fairly decent budget, what things would be preferable over the S6?
Z5(C)? LG V10? Nexus?
>>52198016
Touchwiz got optimized in case you didn't hear
>>52201850
You don't need a new cellphone. That was the point of OP.
People get fooled too easily with ads. This guy got it >>52197990
>>52201935
I'm using a broken Lumia 925 and need a replacement because it is genuinely failing now.
Any advice pls
>>52197595
>MicroSDs and removable batteries gone
Way to go Samsung on fucking up the only good features of your flagship phones.
>>52201989
Okay then, you sort of need a new phone.
But do you really need a flagship?
>>52202006
Nah, to be fair I don't, I'm being a willing cuck I suppose by buying into it.
I'm getting a kind of loyalty deal from my service provider though (Three UK) where newer models are discounted.
>>52202006
Are you specifically using on flagships, and if so why? Back when the Droid bionic came out, I got it. First 4g smartphone on the market, and it treated me well for years. Now I have the s6 edge, and it is treating me great again. If you have the money to spend on the great ones, is there a reason not to?
>>52197661
You forgot burn in after a while.
>>52202125
Hating, not using*
>>52202006
dont listen to this faggot do your own research and a flagships last you 3-4 years, avoid any closed models without replacebale battery and microsd support
>>52202125
Would you recommend the edge over the S6?
>>52202219
As far as I'm aware, the S6 is considered by /g/omrades as the highest performance, the Z5 as battery life king, and the LG as the all-rounder? Is this about right sir?
>>52202261
Honestly I'm pretty 50/50 on that question. s6 definitely feels better in the hand than edge, but edge honestly looks consistently better. I have my edge in a case and it looks good and feels fine. This phone will be my phone for the next few years, and it has enough on board storage that SD card would be nice but not at all necessary. The camera on the s6 is one of its best points though, hands down the best in the market right now.
To be honest I've had mine for a month now aND it works amazing. I don't think I've had an app crash a single time on me, at least not that I can remember. The screen is beautiful. Yeah, touchjizz sucks, but I'm just waiting to get a root for the 920a so I can install stock android.
>only $800
>>52197918
I'm just gonna wait until their USB port comes loose so they can't charge anymore. Then I'll listen to them say how awesome a "non-replaceable battery" is.
>>52202445
Thank you very much anon for your feedback and opinion! When you say the edge looks better, do you mean on-screen images, or actual phone form? I appreciate it very much!
>>52202518
How does it compare to the regular S6?
Do you have any experience with the Sony Z phones, or flagship LGs?
>>52197595
>pull out gs6 to show off
>immediately put it away because battery is dead
>>52197918
Needing a replaceable battery these days is just stupid.
If you want more charge on the go, get a powerpack. They are cheaper than replacement batteries for more energy storage.
If your battery is failing and you want to replace it, it's not a big deal on 99% of phones.
>>52202718
It's fine if you waste money every year on a new phone, if you like to actually use your device for one than a year a removable battery it better. If you have a non removable battery, it will eventually corrode in there and leak acid ruining the phone.
>>52202828
Your an idiot.
I've had my current phone for 2 years, and my older one for 3.5 years. Lithium batteries don't corrode and leak acid. If that happens I would be very concerned. They do lose charge over time, but you won't need to replace them more often than once a year. And, like I said, in 99% of phones the operation is relatively trivial.
>>52202597
No problem, anon! To answer your question: both. The curved glass gives the phone am aesthetically pleasing look all the time, but with the screen on, the edges look great interacting with whatever is on screen. The screen is ridiculous too. Massive resolution and sharp quality. Sounding a little fan boyish, but this phone makes me happy. If we're being honest, the battery life is ok but not the best. 3 or 4 hours of auto brightness screen time power charge. I definitely recommend a case. Here in Japan it is windy, and with less side real estate to hold onto, it's a little dicey. Case fixes that up nice.
>>52197595
>just like our last 28 models
>samsung
i've had 5 samsung phones (2 smartphones) and they were all shit, even the top tier ones.
>>52203020
Per not power. Auto correct op. Also an not am
>>52201989
Got LG G FLEX 2 for $200, was released this year, not fullblown flagship, but more than powerful enough. Micro SD card slot, but no removable battery
note5 is top, edge was always a meme.
>>52197595
>secure
>just like our last 28 models
No. They may have been secure at launch but they haven't received any updates either.
>>52204947
>No. They may have been secure at launch but they haven't received any updates either.
shows what little you know.
The samsung flagships have been getting monthly security updates since july.
>>52204963
Okay, point me to the update for the S3 then?
protip: you can't.
>>52204992
>update for the S3
I said samsung flagships, not a phone from 2012.
Anything older than the S5 isn't going to get an update, and 6.0 will likely be the S5s final update.
But if you get a samsung flaghship phone today you are getting monthly security updates.
Don't pretend whatever experience you had 3 years ago is what samsung is currently doing.
My gf has a s6. It's a piece of shit. the battery never charges all of the way. Meanwhile, my Zenfone 2 blows it out of the water.
>>52197661
>getting rid of the only things that make Samsung phones worth buying
For what purpose?
>>52202975
>but you don't have to replace them more often than once a year
So you're saying you do have to replace them
So you're completely contradicting yourself?
>>52205022
Thanks for proving my point.
best regards, >>52204947
>>52205025
>my Zenfone 2 blows it out of the water
kek you must be jelly as fuck, the S6 runs circles around the zenfone 2, I have both sitting right here.
>>52204945
Meizu pro 5 beats it too, using same processor
>>52205045
Meizu barely runs anything besides stock OS because they don't have an android development team that could add features even if they wanted to.
Sure it runs better on benchmarks but only because I have spen features and all of the touchwiz bloat to run at the same time. In practice you'll never notice a difference.
>>52204915
Shit tier stuff my man
>>52204945
Cheers
>>52202618
No sorry. I have the s6 not the edge. The edge is literally the epitome of meme. The s6 is fine itself. The V10 I'm kinda jealous of but the s6 has a better processor so idk. I guess I don't really utilize the processor on this thing, it's pretty ridiculous. Just a matter of preference and whether or not there is a way to root the model you buy.
>>52205123
always fun to shit on almost anything else with benchmarks.
>>52205098
What?
>>52205156
Only reason I drop by these threads, drive by crop dust of exynos nut sack
>>52205098
It is a decent phone, and the lag in 5.0.1 has been fixed in 5.1.1. The 810 house fire is a meme. Yeah, the curved screen doesn't add anything, but it is well priced for the specs. Nothing else around 200, that i could find, had better specs
all phones with nonremovable battery are botnet spying on your location even it is off
>>52202718
Yeah, I sure love being tethered to a huge fucking battery pack instead of quickly swapping a small battery that I can keep in my pocket and immediately be back at 100%.
Fuck off, you're cancer.
>>52205308
Sounds like autism, why store the battery back in your pocket all day like a pleb ?
The only flaws of the s6: battery and Touchwizz.
Quick charge in minutes.
Skin TW to material.
Problems solved.. Next
>>52205512
get the note5 instead, debloat and throw on nova launcher and you're golden.
>>52205337
Some of us actually go outside, unlike you, and use our phones constantly for business which drains the battery.
>>52205932
Get an extended battery and charge it like a responsible adult. Way better and safer than having a battery in your pocket all day with exposed contacts.
>>52206086
I have an extended battery in my phone.
I charge it to 100% every night, so that it's ready for when I wake up and start work.
I keep a spare in my pocket with a thin leather pouch to keep it protected, while not taking up much space, so that I can continue to work and make a living, instead of being tethered to a bulky battery pack.
I've done this in the past with my Nexus 5. I ran through so many micro USB cables it wasn't even funny. I had to replace the micro USB port on the phone twice. Carrying around a battery pack is not fun, and having to carry around a bag just to carry a battery pack is even worse. I've done it, it sucks.
Go ahead and keep telling me why a battery pack is better.
Oh wait, how can I get an extended battery without the ability to remove the battery in the first place?
>>52197918
How do people even accept this?
>>52197918
I can't believe that people are still that stupid to trust cloud services even after the apple fuck up.
(assuming that this post was made after the fappening)
>>52206313
3 reasons your battery is draining so hard
1. No signal
2. Usage, either your use phone too much or too many apps doing too many things.
3. Combination of 1 and 2
If your phone cant make it through a work day, you have one of those 3 problems. They are all correctable without the need for an extra battery
Some of the models coming out of China seem to shit all over the Samsung and the Apples in specs.
eg. http://www.androidauthority.com/meizu-pro-5-review-661441/
>>52206757
>use your phone less!
You're a fucking idiot.
I held the S6 Edge yesterday and I immediately gave it back to my friend. It felt so slippery in my hand that I was afraid to drop it. Seriously, it's like they want you to drop it. Not cool.
>>52197595
still have my note 3.
Waiting another couple gens since they trickle out new stuff at a snails pace and I'm happy with what mine does.
>>52197661
the display still sucks, because of burn in.
(yes if you use the GPS/Maps, you use your screen for a longer period)
and there is the outrageous memory management.
like what the fuck.
>>52201907
Never got this "touchwiz meme".
Had an S3 LTE (2gb of ram), Note 2... those are old devices.
TouchWiz ran fast on both.
It had the same speed as Cyanogen, HTC's Sense, or Xperia Sense back then.
Never saw a single lag, issue.
Not to defend Samsung, hell no.
But this Touchwiz meme is bullshit.
>>52205123
>>52204945
> tfw I just realized a few months ago that mobile chips are evolving very slowly
> tfw having a Snapdragon 800 is like having a 2500K
> tfw it will be years before an upgrade will make a big difference
> tfw you can just overclock your older CPU and beat the newer ones on the market
https://browser.primatelabs.com/android-benchmarks
Seriously, buying a new device because of muh SoC is retarded.
Even QuickCharge is not that useful - outlets are not everywhere and phones charge fast enough already.
>>52207682
You should stick with whatever smart phone you are using, practical features arent for everyone.
>>52207910
>practical features
throwing out 800$ so your phone charges up 20% faster at best.
dayum. I see you handle money quite well.
> inb4 you never used it
I have a QC 2.0 enabled phone, and it was handy like ... once.
Again, you gain a quick charge fast, which goes away fast.
Let's say you plug in your device at 10%, and plug it off at 50% with QC, the percentage will drop fast as fuck.
If you wait out the 100%, then it's almost the same amount of time as with the normal 2A charger.
And of course, you cannot use your device meanwhile or it won't QC.
The old rule holds true: Bigger battery > Faster charging.
And again, let's say you can charge up a phone in 10 minutes.
Great, now you will charge it a few hundred times each few months, and since it's non-removable, you are fucked.
tl;dr: it is rarely useful.
>>52207943
tl;dr: it is very useful. Just buy one
>>52201935
>>52201989
>>52202006
I had a galaxy nexus until the end of 2014. When that finally died someone kindly gave me their old phone for free, iPhone 4S. Was okay, but really not a phone of iOS and anyway it was already as old as my gnex so quite slow and laggy.
At first convinced myself I needed the latest and greatest. Spent days looking at the best specs and the newest releases. Nexus was rumoured to release and I spent everyday hunting down rumours. I remember when it was confirmed only 2gb ram and no SD slot.. That's when I decided to rethink my decision. Went with the Oneplus x and never looked back. Cost next to nothing and is a brilliant device. Solid as fuck, perfect size (5") and 128gb SD. Easy to root too. The camera blows dicks but I've got a DSLR so it's not too much of an issue.
Tl;dr Oneplus X is a sensible and affordable upgrade.
>>52207989
I have one, Note 4.
Had a G Pro 2 before.
Both phone charges around the same speed.
(Both with QC off and on - you can switch it on the Note 4.
The switch is gone from the >= S6)
>>52207994
Fuck off chinkshill.
>>52202138
>>52207624
Been using an S5 for more than a year for lots of hour every day and no sign of burn in
This phone is shit for a lot of reasons but screen is not one of them
>>52197595
I dont understand Samsung. Their designs are complete shit. All of their phones have the same ugly design. I just wish some company would make an android phone with the design of an iPhone.
>>52202219
Entry models also last you 3-4 years; it's just their camera that is slightly worse.
>muh benchmark big numbers
>that I won't even use anyway
>>52209533
>I just wish some company would make an android phone with the design of an iPhone.
Every Chinese company like Xiaomi does that.
On DealExtreme, eBay, Alibaba, you can buy 1:1 replicas.
And every other small manufacturer - especially the Chinese make iPhone looking Android phones.
So... it's already a thing, been a thing since iPhone 4 or 5.
>>52202975
I wish I owned a battery from Pi day
>>52197595
>Galaxy S6
My only complain is that he doesn't have a sd card slot.
Other than that the phone is near the perfection.
>hurr no replaceable battery
No top-tier phones have that feature now
>touchwiz meme
It is cleanest UX you can ever get on the market.
>bloatware
As if non of other companies install them. Apps, including S Note are useful
>>52208121
>2016
>Still believing Made in China implies low quality.
What are you, 6?
>>52209593
>No top-tier phones have that feature now
Oh okay, I guess it's okay to take a step back feature-wise as long as everyone else does the same.
Also you forgot the LG G3, LG G4, LG V10
>>52209622
But LG phones are more problematic. I own a LG and it's more problematic than my previous Samsung.
>>52209601
>Believing Made in China doesn't imply low quality product
Well, actually it does, Mr Chong
>>52209622
>LG
Don't kid yourself. They are basically out of the top-tier league years ago. They are no better than Chinese OEM companies.
>>52197595
Just looks and hardware, software is a piece of shit
>>52209657
Your head is so far up your own ass it's funny. Chinese manufacture has a bad rep because a lot of knock off products are from China, and why not? It's business and it's lucrative. High-tech undersea cables providing Internet to the rest of the world are made in China. Turns out no other country has the capacity, technology or facilities to do the same competitively. Of course, your ignorance is so deep you'll keep bleeting the same old shit day after day like the fool that you are.
>>52209622
They are going away from that with the G5 anyway
>>52197939
Oled only belongs in phones
Motorola master race
LG g4 m8s. Buying an old flagship>buying a new shit phone>>>>>>>buying an iPhone>>>>>>>buying a new flagship off contract
>>52211204
just put a 6000 mAh battery in my G3
>mfw uptime of 49 hours without recharging and still at 47% battery life
mfw 64GB microSD card i had from like three years ago when that was fuck huge
feels good man
>>52202975
Not true, the battery on my old Photon 4g bulged so badly that it started warping the display and pushed the back panel up. Fortunately it had a replaceable battery.
The LG G4 is easily the best phone right now of the the flagships. I had 96gb of storage total and I've filled most of it with music and ebooks. I'm not sure what these assholes are talking about with the cloud. I go through 3G only areas often enough not to make it feasible. Also have to move around while at work so can't consistently use WiFi to stream.
Fucking Google and their cloud bullshit.
P. S. I can get a God damn 64gb usb 3.0 stick for $20, if you assholes are going to remove SD cards from your phones you can't add more than a dinky 32gb of emmc on your $800 flagship gold plated wonder?
>>52205044
This. Also her gf is here too :)
My personal theory is that the major companies are removing microSD not due to security or thickness reasons but they just can't stand the idea of some users out there not being Jewed over by their products
>>52211595
no, they're removing them for the same reason they always have. so they can upsell you on the 32 or 64GB model with 3 dollars more of actual storage for a big ass profit, and two years from now when your shit is full and you can't do much about it, you'll gladly buy a 128GB phone instead.
planned obsolescence, google it nigger. nothing about the fucking thickness or security reasons, mSD is thin as fuck and the reader part of the board is just as small if not smaller.
fuck why are you even posting, lurk moar.
>>52208156
>removable battery
>micro SD card support
>good custom ROM support
S5 is shit? How? Camera is not the best one out there and the CPU is a little old, but that's not really a big deal.
>>52211643
There's a Zenfone with 128gb internal and an SD card slot. Asus is prepared to give you 256gb of storage and the highest you can get a Samsung is 64gb? Asus is goat
>>52207640
Touchjizz was pretty much shit up until the S5. After that and especially with the S6, it runs like butter. It's still rather heavily skinned and bloated, but at least that doesn't hinder the performance anymore.
>>52211979
That shitty chink eMMC is a lot slower and wore down faster than the latest UFS 2.0 tech
>>52207682
>snapdragon 800
>900 single score
>2800 multi score
>Exynos 7420
>1500 single score
>5500 multi score
The exynos almost doubled the score in the benchmarks m8.
>>52211692
Galaxy S5+ has a Snapdragon 805 which isn't too bad.
>>52212077
Well, that's fine, but does it really matter? Samsung didn't open source their drivers since they've started using Exynos and thus limited custom rom support for their devices with Exynos CPUs. I don't consider that a good thing.
>>52212103
And almost no custom rom support, which isn't cool in my book.
>>52212108
>Well, that's fine, but does it really matter?
It kinda does, since you get a much more powerful SoC. If you ask me than yes, the performance is noticeable, but not to the extend that I would recommend somebody upgrading to it, if you already using a phone with a 800 or higher and you're happy with it.
>Exynos and thus limited custom rom support
I took a look over at XDA and it doesn't seem that customs roms are a problem for that device.
>>52212121
The problem is that most of the nice features aren't supported by custom roms anyway even in the case of the S5.
>The activity tracker
>Heartrate sensor
>Fingerprint scanner
>IR Blaster
>Flipview cover
>MHL support
>>52212191
I don't say that custom roms are a problem, but cm is having a lot of trouble bringing a usable rom for any device using Exynos. Android, which is open source by itself is getting crippled and locked down by manufacturers by not releasing the source code for drivers. That's what I object to. I think that the 808 is the perfect CPU. G4 runs San Andreas 60 fps on max with it. What more can you ask for?
>>52211643
I dunno buddy, why'd you even reply? And as you'll notice I just said what you did... Companies do it to jew their customers and nothing else. I'm mildly amazed they don't still offer 1gb ram models of all their flagships as the $600 "basic" model and charge 200 for every extra gig
>>52212249
IR blaster works on every custom rom for the S5. Can confirm, because I'm using the AICP rom and have tried many TouchWiz based and AOSP roms. I think that the fingerprint scanner on the S5 was badly implemented and I never saw a point in using it even when I was on TouchWiz. The S5 was one of the first flagships to have that feature and in my opinion they didn't really do a great job.
>>52212077
I've considered phones "good enough" since 720p and snapdragon s4. What thr fuck is that extra cpu power being used for except to drive 600dpi display that you can't tell the difference on anyhow unless you're using your phone from 1" away
>>52206757
#1 retard 2016.
>>52206757
>why do you need a removable battery?? Just dim your screen so low that you can't read it, turn off services, and try not to use it! Problem solved!
>>52212266
That only is a valid point if you are someone who prefers to run stock android or a rom running such. Personally I could care less about that, since my s6 runs so smoth that I honestly don't see a point in installing an AOSP rom. That comes from a guy whose Note 4 run on CM12.1 before it got stolen and I had to buy an S6. Nova launcher and I'm perfectly happy with this phone.
As for the CPU again, don't forget that the Exnos 7420 is also build on 14nm, unlike the 808 or 810. It's simply a much modern processor and therefore consumes less energy while still delivering more performance. On top of that, exynos chips are well known for their longevity. The Exnyos used in the S3 ages so well that it still handles 6.0 like a charm. It's still on par performance wise with, an much more modern Snapdragon 410.
>>52209622
I would rather have a non-replaceable battery than the UX that the LG comes with, it's pure cancer.
>>52212606
I'll never get why people complain about this. All it takes is a few minutes disabling or Uninstaller some shit and changing fonts. The only part of my G4 ux I still don't like is the dialer, which desu is not very well thought out. Previously call history should be the default thing to pop up
>>52197661
>>no usb OTG support
>>52206757
I was just about to file my patent for an infinite battery but this guy has it figured out. I guess consumers wouldn't want it.
>touchwizz
>>52197595
>2015+1
>still thinking smartphones can possibly be "secure" with proprietary & backdoor'd baseband chips
I sure hope you don't actually believe this.
I stopped buying flagships around the time 1080p phones came out because they worked really well with remote desktop apps. Even better than phones with a higher resolution.
Cellphones are no longer a geeks tool but a fashion statement. I'm not sure why /g/ hates the edge when it basically does the flagship samsung phones job but better, which is to be a fashion statement. Buying the regular flagship is like trying to be a consumer whore but failing.
>/g/ arguing about battery life
If you need an extended battery or replacable batteries for whatever reason buy a phone that has those features, not everybody has their phones run out of charge in the middle of the day. Not having a removable battery makes sense for flagships because the people buying those phones don't give a shit if the battery craps out after 3 years, they will already have a new phone by then.
>>52202975
well good fucking luck replacing those batteries without having a heat gun to take of the back also good luck removing the frame without breaking shit dumb fag
>>52213866
Heat gun and tools to disassemble will run you ~$30 add another ~$25 for the battery itself and it's still cheaper than having a repair shop do it. Though if you really are paranoid you can send it in to Samsung or your local repair shop and they'll do it for $50-100 depending how Jewish they are.
