Samsung Galaxy S6 Review
Samsung Galaxy S6
Price: $999 for 32G standard S6. $1449 for 128G Edge
4 stars
What the company says:
"Evolving its flagship Galaxy smartphone with beautiful design and powerful hardware, the GS6 and GS6 edge combine premium material with expert craftsmanship - beautiful on the outside, powerful on the inside."
What we say:
"Another step-up by Samsung in the smartphone war with Apple. But it won't be enough for Apple fans to jump ship."
Review:
Released last week, the Galaxy S6 will keep Samsung fans happy, and Apple fans a little envious - but not that much.
So lets get the obvious out of the way.
What does it have that the iPhone6 doesn't?
1. Wireless charging and quick charging: Samsung reckons you can get four hours of usage after approximately 10 minutes of charging
2. Built-in heart-rate monitor: if that floats your boat
3. A bigger, higher-resolution screen
The boffins at Samsung also seem to think it has a better camera, but this reviewer tends to disagree.
Here's a picture of the Seven West Media newsroom in Osborne Park, you be the judge:
A picture of the newsroom taken by the Samsung S6
On first glance the phone simply looks better - and it is sexy.
And with the Edge model, where the screen curves off the side, is even better.
The only downside, it is bloody pricey.
You can pick up a decent car in the Quokka for $1449. But then again, having a curved phone is pretty cool.
Other features the Samsung boffins want to highlight are:
The 4GX element on Telstra network. Basically that's like 4G plus a little bit more.
Selective focus on the camera: where you can blur out the background or the foreground, a louder speaker so you can annoy more people on the train and a smart manger: so you can see how much battery life you have in minutes.
Annoying titbits include basic clunky design.
I had trouble even connecting to my work wi-fi as its notifications feature just doesn't seem to work as well as Apple's - and with Android, these troubleshooting elements just don't seem to get resolved very easily.
There are also less applications to get lost in, which, the again, could be a good thing.
Nick Sas @Sasbites
