Unless it's an iphone, then they tend to put it on charge at lunchtime and maybe in the afternoon as well.
Not sure what the drama is over charge times, most people just put the phone on a charger overnight,...
I notice they didn't provide charge times for the iP6 with a 2.1ma charger, if you figure a 30% speed boost in charge times (what the 6+ got) then the iP6 will fast charge to 100% in 1 hour and 26 minutes.
All the reviews are raving over S6 camera which is currently best in market.
The camera sounds legit. Glad they hit apple hard with an updated camera.
Only thing I am hesitant to believe is the battery life. I am sure stock nothing added on they can perform well and best the iphone.
However, I rarely see people charging iphones during the day it is always the samsungs/android devices. A few coworkers have the s5 and the new nexus. They always complain that their phones are dead.
Design wise I think apple and samsung are equal on the face. (They are the same phone essentially) backside Apple all the way.
However, I rarely see people charging iphones during the day it is always the samsungs/android devices. A few coworkers have the s5 and the new nexus. They always complain that their phones are dead.
That's bs.
Using the 2.1mA charger, my brother's iPhone 6 still gets charged in about 2 hours.
You're grossly overestimating the charging times with the 2.1mA charger.
I'm pretty sure it differs from carrier to carrier.
My friend who has the iPhone 4S has a ton of Verizon bloatware.
The Good
A spectacular camera. Better than the iPhone 6 Plus—yep, we said it.
Big improvement in materials. Glass and aluminum make this Galaxy actually feel like it's worth the price tag.
Qualcomm dropped the ball with the Snapdragon 810, and Samsung was one of the few companies with a viable alternative SoC. The Exynos 7 is faster and cooler.
A fingerprint reader that actually works! It's as good as Apple's Touch ID, though enrolling fingerprints is a pain.
Themes will be great once Samsung allows talented designers to make themes.
Samsung Pay sounds like a promising tap-to-pay service. The hardware is here but we're waiting on Samsung to enable it.
The Bad
TouchWiz is still bad. The Flipboard home screen is a laggy hack. Apps hide the status bar for no reason. Things look different for no reason. Your OS looks like TouchWiz, but you'll be using an entire ecosystem of Material Design apps.
The G6 supports always-on voice commands that can wake up the phone, but only through the terrible S-Voice app. We want to fully switch to Google's voice recognition!
A stale front design that wasn't even attractive when it was new.
A non-standard button layout. For the millionth time Samsung: it's supposed to be "back, home, overview," from left to right.
Glass is fragile. Handle with care.
The Ugly
Are you "upgrading" from a Galaxy S5? Say goodbye to your MicroSD slot, removable battery, water resistance, and Micro USB 3.0 port.
ARS weighs in:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...-review-its-whats-on-the-outside-that-counts/
This is IMHO, a make or break device for Samsung, for me, reasons I chose a Samsung device are gone, no user replaceable battery, no mSD slot.
Samsung will continue to be pressured by less expensive phones on the low end, and the high end is very competitive as well, and with phones like the OPO taking bites of the high end, I don't envy their position in the sector.
The "design" issue has been a wash for me for years, my phones go in a case, never see the design except for the front.
Phone cameras have been "good enough" for me for several years now, I enjoy better cameras, but it's not a deal breaker.
Picked up a Note 4 for the VR Gear headset, if LG's offering is good at VR, I'm pretty well done with SS.
why the hell is the back button to the right? It feels so unnatural. Loving the phone though!
Terrible review.
Even The Verge review was better than this.
ARS weighs in:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...-review-its-whats-on-the-outside-that-counts/
This is IMHO, a make or break device for Samsung, for me, reasons I chose a Samsung device are gone, no user replaceable battery, no mSD slot.
Samsung will continue to be pressured by less expensive phones on the low end, and the high end is very competitive as well, and with phones like the OPO taking bites of the high end, I don't envy their position in the sector.
The "design" issue has been a wash for me for years, my phones go in a case, never see the design except for the front.
Phone cameras have been "good enough" for me for several years now, I enjoy better cameras, but it's not a deal breaker.
Picked up a Note 4 for the VR Gear headset, if LG's offering is good at VR, I'm pretty well done with SS.
Front facing camera is awesome. It can see in the dark so much better than my previous phones. And yeah as the above Ars Technica quote said.. why the hell is the back button to the right? It feels so unnatural. Loving the phone though!
Early reception/orders seem pretty clear on the market response - that being hugely positive for Samsung. So I get that the S6 doesn't meet everyone's needs, but IMO it's close to settled whether it was the right business move for them.
It will be interesting to see whether the S6 maintains sales throughout the year like the S3 did - with the relatively weak state of Android competition right now, it has a pretty good chance IMO to take back significant flagship marketshare from LG, HTC, and Sony.
The G4 looks interesting but the S810 will probably be a slight negative and it seems like they're sticking with plastic which is fine - but for the average consumer who holds both phones in store, might not fare great.
If I was buying a phone today I'd get the S6, I think it's the best phone on the planet.
. Achtung!, stop slobbering all over this device, you are so over the top it's embarrassing to others who prefer Samsung devices (like me).
I can hit either button one handed. It doesn't matter much to me. The S5 is my first smartphone, so it's as natural as anything, but I'm a fan of standardizing as much as possible, and I don't see any great reason to reverse the buttons.I do totally get that from a "flow" perspective, that the back button makes sense on the left. But it'd be impossible to reach one-handed.
Samsung has been gaming the system for so long, and there's so much riding on this phone, I'll wait till their quarterly numbers come out...
I always thought the back button made more sense on the right for usability. It's easier to reach there and I use it way more often than the window button.
If I was buying a phone today I'd get the S6, I think it's the best phone on the planet.
But Ars makes some decent points, namely S-Voice really sucks and losing touch-less launch of Google Now is a serious negative. Also flip board sucks, I absolutely hate the way it's integrated into touchwiz. The first thing I do when setting up a new phone (and I've done this with S4, S5 and Note 3 and Note 4) is disable flipboard. Also. Achtung!, stop slobbering all over this device, you are so over the top it's embarrassing to others who prefer Samsung devices (like me).
I'm pretty sure that is why Samsung does it. It's easier to reach one handed, and it's used way more than the recent apps button, it's simple common sense that it be on the right.
I'm not even sure what you mean by that unless you think their earnings, including the drop in profits over the past 5 quarters, isn't on the level. I haven't found anything particularly unusual about how they handle their guidance or numbers for the last couple years (never paid attention before that).
Carriers talking about pre-order numbers are hearsay, but I don't see a single sign that would point to S6 sales being poor thus far.