Galaxy S6: BGR Review

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Review: In-depth review of Galaxy S6 specs, features | BGR


First one I've read with problems with the fingerprint reader. Still said it's better than last year's swipe method.

 

[STEVESKI07]

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I wouldn't be surprised if I saw "Sent from my iPhone 6" at the bottom of every article they post. Even though they are saying positive things about the phone they still have to bash Samsung in the very beginning.

 

[Adranalyne]

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This is why I take every review with a grain of salt. Lag when opening the recent apps menu? Yeah, not at all. That was one of the first things I noticed playing with it. It's clearly much faster than it was on prior Touchwiz versions and was fast compared to my Nexus 6.

Some people don't understand the difference between an animation and lag. Those people shouldn't be reviewing phones.

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[berdinkerdickle]

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I'm mobile.
What did they say about battery life?

 

[Alex_NJ]

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I'm mobile.
What did they say about battery life?

In the end, I found the Galaxy S6’s battery performance to be about on par with Apple’s iPhone 6 and the new HTC One M9. It actually may outlast either phone with moderate use, but it probably falls a bit short of both rival phones with heavy use thanks in part to that big, bright quad HD display.

 

[Alex_NJ]

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Unless they give me professional battery test results, and an indepth comparison between various handsets... I don't care what anyone has to say about it anymore

 

[Cobravision]

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The fingerprint reader issue isn't so much with the functionality as much as it is that the fingerprint no longer recognized and the pin code didn't work either. I've heard the same complaints with the S5 fingerprint reader, so there may be some persistent software glitch.

 

[billbrobaggins]

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This is why I take every review with a grain of salt. Lag when opening the recent apps menu? Yeah, not at all. That was one of the first things I noticed playing with it. It's clearly much faster than it was on prior Touchwiz versions and was fast compared to my Nexus 6.

Some people don't understand the difference between an animation and lag. Those people shouldn't be reviewing phones.

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Recent apps faster than on a nexus 6? I found that impossible to believe. Maybe you meant to put "was as"

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[Adranalyne]

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Recent apps faster than on a nexus 6? I found that impossible to believe. Maybe you meant to put "was as"

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Not faster, no. But comparable.

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[smooth4lyfe]

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BGR is a known android hater and an iPhone praiser. They will always find a way to make android phones look bad, ESPECIALLY samsung...check their track record

 

[ab304945]

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BGR is highly apple biased

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[beatsandlife]

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I wouldn't trust BGR.

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[alkezi]

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I only trust android authority and Mike Fisher from Pocketnow. I dont trust such Sites like forbes, verge, BGR

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[clevin]

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Unless they give me professional battery test results, and an indepth comparison between various handsets... I don't care what anyone has to say about it anymore

agreed, all vague "feelings" nowadays, as if everybody have precisely same definition for "light" "moderate" "heavy" use.

 

[warpdrive]

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agreed, all vague "feelings" nowadays, as if everybody have precisely same definition for "light" "moderate" "heavy" use.

Totally agree with both of you.

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[Alex_NJ]

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agreed, all vague "feelings" nowadays, as if everybody have precisely same definition for "light" "moderate" "heavy" use.

And by that, I mean I don't want to hear about camera tests, software tests, design... I get it now... just battery I need to know

 

[warpdrive]

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In the end, I found the Galaxy S6’s battery performance to be about on par with Apple’s iPhone 6 and the new HTC One M9. It actually may outlast either phone with moderate use, but it probably falls a bit short of both rival phones with heavy use thanks in part to that big, bright quad HD display.

Considering that the new screen is 20% more battery efficient then the S5's 1080p screen (as tested by displaymate) I think we know more about the phone then the person who reviewed it.

The battery life is clearly low due to other reasons. The size of the battery is the number 1 culprit.

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[Cobravision]

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The S6 battery performs very well for video or gaming, instances when the screen is on all the time. It seems off screen functions are straining the battery more.

 

[clevin]

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The S6 battery performs very well for video or gaming, instances when the screen is on all the time. It seems off screen functions are straining the battery more.

the standby performance is not good. True. This, hopefully can be improved by an update, or by users' management.

However, there is no "screen on" performance. AMOLED screen always have great battery performance playing videos. Browsing web with all white background will be a battery killer.

 

[Gothamoddisee]

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The BGR review of the device is actually quite glowing and well reasoned. No reason to assume any untoward bias.