Overall and Final Verdict

Considering how popular the Galaxy S series of phones has been I had high expectations going into my testing of the Galaxy S6 Edge. In a lot of ways I was impressed with the phone. The performance day to day was great and that showed in the performance testing as well. The battery life on our Edge sample was worse than the standard S6 even though they have the same battery capacity but when compared to the S5 and S4 I was impressed with the S6’s improved battery life. As always Samsung impressed with their nearly pure OS and great exclusive apps. There apps take advantage of the phones features like the built in heart rate monitor and the built in IR Blaster to give features that most phones don’t have. All of the apps improve life and are better than any free and most pay options. I also love the high resolution screen.

The problem I had with the S6 is that it felt like it takes two steps forward and three steps back. They improved the batter life but dropped the removable battery and they dropped the waterproofing that helped make living with the S5 worry free. They improved the front facing camera but the rear camera was slow to focus for me and its low light performance was average at best. Then the biggest issue for me was how the Edge design created problems that the basic S6 didn’t have. The edge feels more uncomfortable in my hand and I always felt like I might drop it where the S6 was great in hand. The curved screen created issues with the touchscreen on some apps for me and the features it did add didn’t really end up being useful to me at all.

In the end I would much rather use/own the regular Galaxy S6 over the S6 Edge based just on the overall experience. Add in the S6 Edge actually costs $100 more than the regular Galaxy S6, making the decision even easier. That is of course unless you want to be trendy, a lot of people did ask about the Edge when using it. For me I still think the Galaxy S6 is a good phone although I don’t think it is that I have to have phone. In a lot of ways it is the Android equivalent to the iPhone. If someone was looking at the S6 I wouldn’t stere them away, but I am curious to test a few of the other recently launched phones to see if any of the others really blow me away like the Xperia Z3v and Droid Maxx did for me last year.

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #36736 26 Jun 2015 19:53
Today I take a look at the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge to see what the big fuss is all about with its edge design. Check it out, have a good weekend everyone!

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