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Smithwicks

macrumors 6502
Mar 21, 2011
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Is there any circumstance under which the tech media wouldn't proclaim these the most beautiful phones Samsung has ever made? Once the rumors were out that Samsung was ditching plastic I don't think it would have mattered what they announced. To me the devices are just 'meh' because they still scream Samsung with the touches of chrome and I never had a problem with Samsung's other phones. So does no removable battery, no sd slot and not waterproof not matter any more because Samsung ditched plastic?


I agree. Huge trade offs for a "prettier" phone.
 

bbfc

macrumors 68040
Oct 22, 2011
3,910
1,676
Newcastle, England.
Agreed. The phone itself seems quite good. Better presenters wouldn't have to force the crowds enthusiasm though...

Agreed. The delayed 'Thank You' from the presenters is embarrassing, like they are waiting for the audience to react, and the audience being forced to react.
 

jamezr

macrumors P6
Aug 7, 2011
16,077
19,077
US
Not a very original name. But I guess Samsung Wallet wouldn't have been either
There isn't a lot original left out there. They can call things by different names but they still aren't original. Apple Pay wasn't an original idea either. Mobile payments existed before then.

Excited about the new camera!
 

cracksoup

macrumors 6502
Mar 26, 2014
287
258
God this is embarrassing... Samsung introducing Samsung Pay. Copy, paste every single year.
 

Smithwicks

macrumors 6502
Mar 21, 2011
304
204
The gold does look pretty nice. I would like to see that in person. Usually not big into gold but the subdued look is enticing on this phone.
 

lotzosushi

macrumors 6502
Jan 10, 2007
443
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So now there's no MicroSD slot, non-removable battery and the headphone port has moved the the same lower left spot. All things they made fun of or made commercials about before. What are they going to make fun of now? :rolleyes:
 

skratch77

macrumors 65816
Mar 20, 2013
1,241
5
So now there's no MicroSD slot, non-removable battery and the headphone port has moved the the same lower left spot. All things they made fun of or made commercials about before. What are they going to make fun of now? :rolleyes:

Phone charges in less then 30 min from zero %
 

jamezr

macrumors P6
Aug 7, 2011
16,077
19,077
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Phone charges in less then 30 min from zero %
Fastest on the market. I like the color notification on the edge screen. It can be set to a different color for different contacts. I wonder about false touches on the edge though.
 

Vihzel

macrumors 6502
Jul 9, 2010
385
43
I must say... I will probably be selling my iPhone 6 to get the S6. I'm a big camera user and the S6 camera really puts the iPhone 6's camera to shame. The phone also looks really beautiful. I'm glad they went with Corning Gorilla Glass for the back instead of some in-house made glass.
 

thering1975

macrumors regular
Jun 5, 2014
215
136
A Lot of hate in the room lol, ive always had samsung phones, but since they make it harder for developers like myself i wont be buying another however.

Whilst everyone is focusing on Rip off, lets see whats an advancement


  • New processor far in advance of the competition specs wise (benchmark dependant)

    Camera specs which leave all others in its wake (if the demos hold validity!)

    DDR4 memory, faster than DDR3 providing greater bandwidth

    Starts at 32gb which is a much needed change to baseline spec

    Flash memory based on that used in ssd thus ultra fast file performance

    A Pay system which works on all termninals. Those who say copy cats, can you use apple pay on a magnetic swipe reader. NO you cant, SO samsung (loop) pay creates a tokenised transaction via a magnetic field which tricks swipe readers into believing a card has been swiped. How is that Copying, in words of apple evangelists, One company rushed to provide a solution, the second company produced a more workable solution

    Edge to edge screen, not sure on this myself but looks great.

    New touch fingerprint sensor

    Wireless charging which covers both standards

    10 or 15 minute charge gives 4 hours use

    A reduced TW which was well required but until reviews come out its will still be same old tw

Personally i will not be buying as the screen is too small for me but least they went out and done something a little different

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No mention of the fingerprint sensor? Is it actually touch or still swipe?

Its touch not swipe
 
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