I got an S6 about 10 days ago, and have been loving it so far. So much so I sold my iPhone 6 since I haven't used it much since I got the phone.
First the bad:
Cell Standby is plaguing my phone badly to moderately now. Standby is not so great with wifi calling/volte enabled but I can live with it (I'm around 10-20% battery drain throughout day) I got a 10000mah power bank for my car to supplement the battery.
Turning off wifi seems to completely remove standby cell and allows the battery to last so much longer so that's what I've started doing. (Turning it on/off when needed until Samsung fixes the problem).
On to the good:
1. Battery issue while annoying is well covered with quick charging, seems Samsung really did their homework. Using my power bank (2.1amps) in the car, or using my charger at home can easily net me 10%-20% during a short 10 minute trip in the car. This keeps my topped off whenever I mneed it.
2. The build quality is seriously nothing to scoff at. I am really glad Samsung has finally caught up to the big boys (HTC One, and iPhone 6). Finally feels premium like the Note 4 only a little better in my opinion (more comfortable).
3. Software has been a little problematic, but not too much thanks to the storage USF 2.0. It's snappy enough, and while I do experience some bugs I expect them to be wrinkled out like my note 3's were over time. This is mostly lollipop however with bad ram utilization.
4. Screen is absolutely beautiful and incredibly efficient. In direct sunlight doesn't dim the screen one bit. Also the screen is insanely efficient, I've never seen a screen this efficient, in all my previous phones screen was always the #1 battery waster. I am a huge AMOLED fan.
5. Speaker while it indeed has a more high to mid range focused speaker, and clarity suffers at higher volumes: it does a good job of ringing loud enough to hear it, this is pretty much the single most important thing on my phone's speaker for me. Hearing you got a call, or notification.
6. Call quality has improved greatly compared to my Note 3. May have to do more with having LTE signal everywhere due to 700 mhz band, but whatever it is helps.
7. Performance has been good to so so. Due to the resolution you can tell the hardware can struggle to keep up during gaming.
First the bad:
Cell Standby is plaguing my phone badly to moderately now. Standby is not so great with wifi calling/volte enabled but I can live with it (I'm around 10-20% battery drain throughout day) I got a 10000mah power bank for my car to supplement the battery.
Turning off wifi seems to completely remove standby cell and allows the battery to last so much longer so that's what I've started doing. (Turning it on/off when needed until Samsung fixes the problem).
On to the good:
1. Battery issue while annoying is well covered with quick charging, seems Samsung really did their homework. Using my power bank (2.1amps) in the car, or using my charger at home can easily net me 10%-20% during a short 10 minute trip in the car. This keeps my topped off whenever I mneed it.
2. The build quality is seriously nothing to scoff at. I am really glad Samsung has finally caught up to the big boys (HTC One, and iPhone 6). Finally feels premium like the Note 4 only a little better in my opinion (more comfortable).
3. Software has been a little problematic, but not too much thanks to the storage USF 2.0. It's snappy enough, and while I do experience some bugs I expect them to be wrinkled out like my note 3's were over time. This is mostly lollipop however with bad ram utilization.
4. Screen is absolutely beautiful and incredibly efficient. In direct sunlight doesn't dim the screen one bit. Also the screen is insanely efficient, I've never seen a screen this efficient, in all my previous phones screen was always the #1 battery waster. I am a huge AMOLED fan.
5. Speaker while it indeed has a more high to mid range focused speaker, and clarity suffers at higher volumes: it does a good job of ringing loud enough to hear it, this is pretty much the single most important thing on my phone's speaker for me. Hearing you got a call, or notification.
6. Call quality has improved greatly compared to my Note 3. May have to do more with having LTE signal everywhere due to 700 mhz band, but whatever it is helps.
7. Performance has been good to so so. Due to the resolution you can tell the hardware can struggle to keep up during gaming.
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