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I'm thinking of buying either in order to get more battery life and usage than I do out of my S6. The Active's battery life is a major draw. But for about $150 more, the Note 5 gives me a bigger screen and stylus functionality; however, I've read mixed things about its battery life. Anyone have...

I ended up taking my original S6 back and getting a new-to-me phone from AT&T per my warranty. I've kept all my aggressive battery optimizations on, so that I could compare it to my original. So far, I'm getting much better battery life (see screen caps, which included 50% wireless use, which...

I don't know if you intended that for me. But the battery condition I guess is fine. AT&T's diagnostic people flagged nothing. I'm always on 4G because wireless drains so much now. My signal is usually 3-4 bars. No HD voice. Always on Power Saving. I mostly text, read news, take pictures on...

Signal strength may impact mine at times. But I'm still consistently weaker than most. But yet, my work iPhone 6 is with me as well and it holds up just fine. Posted via the Android Central App

I do use a dark screen and background to try to save juice. You might try that. The theme store has some nice UIs in the simple category. Several are free, too. Spares my eyes at night as well. Posted via the Android Central App

I have 5.1.1. But battery always been weak compared to what others say they get. I've never had 4 hours SOT. Will 6.0 help much? Posted via the Android Central App

So I called Samsung again and eventually was passed to a tech manager after some complaining. He found the screen being a battery drain as suspicious and a sign of a rogue app. He wanted me to do the soft reset trick. I was skeptical. I tried that and didn't really notice a change. But again I...

Yes! Exactly same boat. I never, ever needed to charge my iPhone 4S during the day. I often can't make it to 5:30 with the s6. Hopefully some experts will pipe up. Your experience on the post-reset handset exchange discourages me. Did your carrier offer up any other solution? I was hoping AT&T...

Forgot my screen caps. Whoops. Posted via the Android Central App

I'm looking for your advice. Here's my situation. Forgive the length: I’ve spent much time trying to adjust all my settings and tweak my usage patterns to boost my Galaxy S6’s battery life. I've read through AC forums and made all the oft-suggested optimization changes, read articles on battery...

Me too. In fact, I am having problems even checking my order status because the order number on my emailed receipt is not the standard format that begins with "BBY01-". Best Buy keeps rejecting it. I called the phone number and had same issue too. May just have to stop by Best Buy on my way...

I'm a dude and picked white (my Best Buy only had black or white). I always case my phones, and white usually blends better with the color of case I choose and gives me more flexibility. Also, I read white shows fewer fingerprints when uncased. Posted via the Android Central App

Ha. I guess I'd be a nut too. I've done the same thing for months as I weighed which new phone to get. The Best Buy Samsung guy fist-bumps me every time he sees me now. He'll leave one customer and come tell me hello. But how else can you research these major purchases without hands-on time...

Thanks to you and uncledeewz. Good point about the battery and the fast charging is a good work-around. Because I pre-ordered, I'll get the wireless charger from Best Buy -- another nice perk. I agree on SD. I bought an 32G SD because my S4 only had 16G. I came from Apple, so I'm used to...

You're really nailing the point for me, thanks. I liked the idea of a multipurpose, productivity workhorse phablet that could be with me at all times. My work gave me an iPad Air 2, but that's not always with me. The S6 fortunately comes with some nice advances, so I wouldn't feel shortchanged...