Upgrade to S6?

[Kelly Kearns]

Well.. If you are on TMO, they did have the S6 on Jump on Demand, basically free. Zero down and it is zero a month as they give you a credit each month for the payment amount. With JOD, you can upgrade to the S6, use it until the S7 comes out and it won't cost you anything, then trade it in for the S7 since you can upgrade 3 times a year and the Samsung devices are always JOD devices. You will also get a free year of Netflix with a Samsung promotion for buying the S6 from TMO.

https://samsungpromotions.com/netflixtmo/Mobile

 

[RogMoore]

Good question, no idea. I do know that Verizon is advertising it with Lollipop, but it seems like if any device were to get it, Samsung's flagship would. I would be genuinely surprises to seem my S5 get it from T-Mobile. Again, Lollipop is running very nicely on my current phone, so that is no biggie for me.

One of my friend has LG G4 and they have launched it few weeks ago, I hope Samsung would also launch it soon.

 

[Westiemom]

I just got the S6 less than a month ago... 2 days before Christmas. I also have the Moto X Pure Edition that I bought the first week of November.

My Moto XPE is on 6.0 and I like a lot things about Marshmallow. My battery life improved quite a bit with the Doze feature of Marshmallow.

The lure of Samsung Pay is what made me go ahead and use the upgrade I had still on Verizon. (That and the free Samsung TV offer Best Buy was running around the holidays when you got a Samsung phone.)

So now I have 2 great phones that are quite a bit different from each other. But reading the "battery and bugginess" issues here I just had to add my 2 cents from my experience so far with the S6.

I wanted either the S6 or Note 5 to begin with - at the time I decided to buy the Moto XPE. But I read (and watch) reviews and forum contributions a lot before I buy and I saw so many issues mentioned with the Galaxy line that it scared me off. I've had excellent experiences with Motorola phones so I stayed with them. Then, of course, the Best Buy deal came along and the original lure of the Samsung phones got me. I figured I had the Moto too so if I had too many issues I didn't have to live with a buggy phone all the time.

Well I have been pleasantly surprised so far. Battery life has been pretty good and really not much different than the Moto. I find the S6 fast and responsive and love the fingerprint feature. The screens are comparable between the 2 phones with a small edge to the S6, primarily due to it being Amoled as opposed to the LCD on the Moto. (Both are Quad HD.) I also love the wireless charging and the smaller size. The S6 feels great in the hand. My Moto is a beast by comparison, but that large screen is nice!

All this to say though, that I love the S6 and am very pleasantly surprised in every way. I could have gotten this to begin with and been very happy. It has not at all been the crappy, laggy, "leave it on the charger all the time because the battery stinks" phone I thought it might be based on what I'd read.

I think it is always fair to keep in mind that people generally do report more when they are having an issue than when they are happy. I don't think Samsung would be as popular as it is if most of the phones they produced were so bad. Really you can get a lemon with any manufacturer, but smartphones (and Android) have come so far now that the odds are in your favor that you won't experience major problems with a flagship phone.

Which one am I using everyday? The S6. Love it!

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[scrondar]

And so, using simple deduction, what would you reckon is/are the variable(s) that could account for your experience vs. that of another user? If you are both getting the same hardware (excepting the storage), then what accounts for the difference in how the device performs? From where I sit, it's gotta be the version of Android put on the phone by the provider. Touchwiz has been trimmed down quite a bit by Samsung, but AT&T still loads their devices with so much crap that I would put that up as the main suspect. As I mentioned earlier, my T-Mo S5 has but two apps from them, and all the standard Touchwiz stuff that Samsung puts on their devices in Lollipop. Battery life is exceptional (charged it this morning for 30 min., from 28% to 89%), and it is as responsive as the day I bought it, when it was running KitKat. Honestly, I don't care if it gets Marshmallow or not, it's that good now. So why am I even thinking about my next phone? Hmmm. Probably for the same reason that makers can't come out with new devices fast enough. Upgrade-itis. The one thing that does attract me is stock Android; on my N7 it is wonderful, and I suspect (but do not know) that Nexus users suffer far fewer headaches that those who get their devices from providers. Can anyone speak to this?

 

[Dr Claw]

Wait for the S7 if you must have a Samsung phone.

 

[chezm]

How do people not run out of battery on the S6? I charge until 6:30am and by 3 pm, I have about 15% left. The 4 others I know with an S6 have similar battery life. Only saving grace is the quick charge. Still annoying, though.

I take my off the charger at Midnight and by 6pm i still have 50%+ remaining. Considering i use it for a few conference calls a day, i browse a few apps and read mail/news it does a fantastic job. I would still consider myself a low-medium user when i look at how others use their phones literally every 5-10 seconds, i dont use mine nearly as much. I still dont think the battery is amazing, but the phone for me is perfect. I think a lot of the problem is Facebook/Messanger, when i had FB/Messanger it was about half the life...but ever since i got rid of my account my phone has been great. I still use Instagram, Tweeter and Linkedin which are syncing constantly...amoung other apps. I still think it comes down to how people use their phones, more specifically how aggressively they use them. If you're getting 5 hours SoT in a single day i consider that a lot, i get 2-2.5 hours max.

 

[cbreze]

It's all about your personal usage and what you need or want to have on your device. Also, After the wifi calling update my SOT jumped significantly. That was no coincidence. Cell standby dropped from 35 to 2 percent. I get at least 5 hours SOT now. But my usage habits are certainly different than most also. Not checking it that often but may browse for 30 min at a time.

 

[mckillio]

I didn't read every comment but I did glance over them all..The biggest reason to upgrade to the S6 from the S5 if you're on T-Mobile is you'll get better coverage. T-Mobile got new spectrum a few months back and the S6 supports it. Having said that, I agree with everyone else, wait for the S7 at this point.

 

[scgf]

I recently bought an S6 - it's now running Marshmallow 6.01 and it is amazing. I had a Nexus 5X before and that was so glitchy and laggy. Often touching an icon or even the home button would register a short while afterwards. The thing that annoyed me most is that it went through the motions of connecting to various bluetooth devices like speakers and my car audio and the podcast or music started playing but no sound came out. I had to turn bluetooth off and back on again and 9 times out of 10 that would be enough. If Google Voice Everywhere was enabled audio output would keep stopping after a short period. Lots of issues like this. The S6 on the other hand is perfect - everything works as it should and 6.01 makes it fly! I'm in the UK so was able to participate in the beta programme. Doze works well, so almost no battery life is consumed when the phone is sat on a desk. Then there's wireless charging which the 5X and 6P lack . . .

I knew the S7 was coming soon, but I got the S6 for less than my Nexus 5X - in the UK it can be bought new for £344. The S7 is going to be way more expensive.

 

[Zundapman]

I'm wondering it S4's will ever get Marshmallow...I'd like to solve the bloody migration of apps back to SD after updates problem. I have no other issues with my 5.1 andriod system on the S4, I just can't quite deal the the annoyances caused when updates fill the 16gb device storage and I have to pick through the application manager and re-move stuff from Device to SD Card again and again.