Premieres this year’s flagship Android smartphone is already behind us. HTC One M9, though nice, by przegrzewający processor proved to be problematic device. Similarly dull fell Sony Xperia Z3 +, in practice no better than his predecessor. Only the equipment Samsung Galaxy S6 brings a breath of fresh air. It is to be the answer to all previous user’s complaints, among which the most frequent complaints about the quality and optimization of the TouchWiz overlay. From the information that emerged during the official launch, we could infer that Samsung actually changed his approach. And if this is, in practice, this will learn from this review.
Glass and metal: is this really the Samsung?
With what associate Samsung smartphones? Certainly with plastic and tacky, which imitate aluminum frames, which rather quickly are the first signs of wear. But it takes only a moment to hold in your hand the Samsung Galaxy S6 to understand that niezachwycająca quality of the materials used by the Koreans is the past. The new model from the front and back cover glass Gorilla Glass 4. It significantly improves the durability of falling, and so accidental slips smartphone does not have to end up with cracked front and back. At least it would have counted if I was the owner of the smartphone. Samsung gets rid of the plastic frames for a long time, we did not see them even in Alpha Galaxy or Galaxy Note 4. We will not have contact with them also in the Galaxy S6, they were replaced by a great showing, metal edges.
At first glance, they resemble those used in the iPhone 6, mainly due to the slight rounding. The edges present themselves very well, they did not stand out for what we can see at the competition. You see, they are made with attention to the smallest detail, and their shape makes the smartphone well in the hand, and additionally looks more slender than it actually is.
The entire front is under a layer of glass. Underneath you will find a display, a front webcam, speaker phone and sensors. In contrast, the screen includes three system buttons, including a physical characteristic of Samsung’s Home. I really like this button, I use it a lot more convenient than the buttons on the screen.
But I can not say the same about located on the sides of two buttons system. I have no objections to their actions, they are really smooth and never fail. At night, locate them without trouble, they are finally illuminated. However, the shape of the smartphone, as well as their placement makes several occasions I happened to accidentally press one of them. I would add that they are really sensitive, just gently brush. Back, as well as the front, protected by a glass Gorilla Glass 4. Some will say: finally got rid of the nasty plastic! I am not entirely satisfied with this reason. Of course glass makes the back looks amazing. I think that the Galaxy S6 has the most sexy back I’ve ever seen. On the other hand, the use of glass makes it appear there greasy fingerprints, especially in darker colors, and it looks really bad. In addition, such “back” are slippery, so the probability slips out of your hands is greater. On the “back” clearly there is also the main camera lens protruding. I’m afraid I can on it pretty quickly appear small scratches, although my test model there was nothing to be seen. Maybe I had it too short, I would like to see it after a year of use.
On the right edge you will find the switch and nanosim card slot. On the opposite side are two volume buttons, as you might guess, the first from the top key to increase the volume, the lower to reduce. The buttons look solid, slightly protrude, making them easy to locate, and improves usability. At the lower edge of the manufacturer placed the audio connector and speaker. In the end, the speaker is in the right place, it does not cover anything when the smartphone lying on his back. In previous models it had a problem with it.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 is the best looking smartphone I’ve had the pleasure of testing. From what I noticed after the reactions of friends, did he really quite an impression. The whole structure looks very solid, no creaking under the pressure, and the individual fittings are almost perfectly folded. Also noteworthy are the dimensions of the device, which amount to exactly 143.4 × 70.5 × 6.8 mm, and weight of just 138 grams.
Display with a high-resolution
The top Samsung smartphone, unfortunately, can not be worse than the competition, so the producer insisted on using a diagonal of 5.1 inches with a resolution of Quad HD, or 2560 × 1440 pixels. Certainly, a single pixel do not notice, even though the application system called PenTile sub-pixel. Of course, the screen has been made in the technology Super AMOLED, which is hard to fault.
The used display offers so crisp images. It does not change even under a very wide angle. Colors present themselves well and it is worth noting that thanks to the possibility to change the default color saturation can be reduced them to a more natural color. But I am more like a slightly oversaturated colors, in this respect always been a supporter of Super AMOLED floor. The benefits will include black depths, as well as white.
The South Korean manufacturer already in the Galaxy S5 proved that his displays offer a clear picture of the sunlight. Similarly, in this year’s smartphone Galaxy S line of high maximum brightness makes it comfortable to use outdoors, even on a sunny day. At night screen does not blind us, at lower values provides a clear picture of who does not intend to burn our eyes. Automatic Brightness operates satisfactorily does not happen, I had to manually adjust screen brightness.
The high resolution that up marveled at the beginning, negatively affects the working time smartphone. This number of pixels horizontally and vertically makes the components used must work under excessive strain. I am convinced that fully suffice as Full HD. Unfortunately, the moments when producers are not created better batteries, Quad HD resolution would be for me to disadvantage any smartphone.
After many years finally matured TouchWiz
Galaxy S6 at the time of writing review work under the supervision of Android 5.0.2 Lollipop. The system does not detect any updates, but their availability does not have to worry about the South Korean company provides for its top models pretty good support. Certainly you will receive updates to newer versions of the robot green.
Of course, Samsung’s smartphone could not exist without the TouchWiz overlay. For many years, she does not enjoy a good reputation. Users frequently complain about its heaviness and redundant software. Sometimes the voices appear that the cap does not belong to the prettiest (according to me it never was, TouchWiz always liked it, but tastes are different). Samsung decided that the latest version of the overlay, which will be on the Galaxy S6, get rid of the most frequently mentioned drawbacks. I admit that this has been done, the new TouchWiz has little in common with the previous editions.
It is difficult to evaluate the optimization of overlay on one of the most powerful smartphones on the market. But I must say that Android on the Galaxy S6 runs incredibly smoothly. For several days of testing I have not noticed a single, very short winded. Smartphone always worked just as smoothly as the first day. I did not have to pay attention to applications running in the background, even when several are running at the same time it was not felt any relief. But I would like to see this overlay is a cheaper smartphone, then I could accurately check its optimization.
Another important change is to get rid of most unwanted software. Samsung has removed many applications, even the copyright. It features got the most important applications that extend the capabilities of a smartphone and allow you to use all its features. Among the additional applications installed by default find OneDrive’a. We can not remove it, which for me is a drawback, though use this service every day. Could Microsoft paid for it to Samsung? It is worth noting that after logging on to the application onedrive get 100 GB of space for a period of two years.
I liked two applications installed by default. The first is used to measure our physical activity. From this level we can measure the pulse by using a sensor on the back of the housing, the lens of the camera. The application allows you to collect information on the number of steps, as well as gathering information about running, cycling or walking Tours of. Counted among other things, whether the presumed distance calories burned. The application does not stand out from the competition, but because of the intuitive interface and small measurement errors can be a good alternative for even Endomondo, unfortunately only on devices from Samsung.
The second application – Smart Remote – turns the smartphone into a remote control for the TV. I have used several similar applications and to say that the Galaxy S6 stands out from the competition. Configure is very easy, without any problem coped with Cyfrowy Polsat decoder. I just have some concerns for initial configuration is required postal code, gender and age. I find it unnecessary, particularly the requirement to include age and gender. Manufacturer argues that the fact that the application will take advantage of it, choosing her content. With Smart Remote uses a lot more convenient than the traditional remote control, in the main view we do not have the channel list and the list of movies. We are not interested channel number and a specific movie. I would add that, thanks to this application, I was able to watch Fight Club, whose emissions have not previously know.
In the end, the interface has been changed in Music. Earlier he looked blocky, sometimes even tragic, as if she were an early test version. Today it is crisp and clear. It’s a small detail, but for me quite important. The whole system looks really good, it opted for minimalism. TouchWiz great connects to the Material Design.
Like all recent smartphones Samsung’s high-end, including the Galaxy S6 can divide the screen into two applications open at the same time. The Galaxy Note 4 with a larger screen, this feature even be checked, but in S6 not benefited from this comfortably. First and foremost they lacked the stylus that would facilitate the selection of smaller components.
So far, I am praising refreshed version of TouchWiz. But it has drawbacks. At the beginning I must mention the menu with a list of all installed applications. It does not offer them the possibility to sort. After installing several applications it gets good dustbin, and self-stacking icons beside the point. I only option would suffice establish a list alphabetically. I can not understand the lack of this element. I must also attach to the center with quick settings. It is almost identical Galaxy S5. Through all the shortcuts we need to move horizontally, and displayed on the screen by default there are only five. It is not convenient, Samsung in this case should not change the default center of pure Android. I would add that quick setting in the center of the Galaxy S6 looks like it has been on the piss out cut and pasted from a previous version of TouchWiz.
Powerful processor powered by a battery tragic
The Galaxy S6 find original Samsung processor. The company decided to give up the Snapdragon 810 and very rightly so. Tested in our smartphones with this system overheating wypadłby a tragedy. After a few minutes of intense work their productivity significantly decreased in the benchmarks achieved results similar to last year’s models. “Amazing” Snapdragon 810 turned out to be a dud that contributed to the ultimate bad score M9 HTC One and Sony Xperia Z 3 +.
Inside the sleek, glass-metal casing is a 64-bit system Exynos 7420th It was made 14-nanometer lithography and consists of four Cortex-A57 2.1 GHz and four more efficient Cortex-A53 clocked 1.5 GHz. Just a quick glance at the benchmark results, to understand that Samsung’s proprietary system outclasses competition. I remind you that HTC One M9 and Sony Xperia Z 3 + in AnTuTu reached slightly above 43 thousand. points. Galaxy S6 score as many as 62 thousand. Thus we get one of the most efficient mobile processors. Many people will not be able to use the full potential of this system. In contrast, for the graphics processing corresponds to the Mali-T760, which is not terrible even Quad HD resolution. He can handle himself with the majority of mobile games available on Google Play, although obviously no match for Nvidia’s mobile czipom known SHIELD devices.
On board you will find 3 GB of RAM, and the version I got to test a 32 GB of memory user data. On the market there are more editions of 64 and 128 GB. Before buying should we think about it, because Samsung unfortunately resigned from the microSD card slot. Accordingly, the memory available are not able to extend.
Galaxy S6 has a battery capacity of 2550 mAh and it is this element is the biggest disadvantage of this device. Operating time is short, I happened to look Chargers twice a day. The charge level drops quickly, so when choosing this model should be interested in energy saving modes available. In other smart phones rarely use them, but in this model, Samsung repeatedly had to use the least restrictive mode, which reduces processor, reduces display brightness, reduces the frequency of data collection, as well as highlighting system disable buttons. I know that the low battery capacity is due to slim design, but what then pressed Quad HD display here? If Samsung would decide not to join the race for high digits, it is probably time work would be noticeably longer.
Galaxy S6 really can replace the camera
Samsung on the back applied a camera that allows you to capture images at a maximum resolution of 16 MP. We will not have any problem with locating her, the lens is visibly out. We get a lens aperture of f / 1.9, the Sony IMX240 sensor, and optical image stabilization. Galaxy S6 makes some of the best images among smartphones. Attention certainly deserves colors, and also detailed pictures after approximately. Smartphone photo performs really fast auto focus only takes a minute, and after that picture, we can do almost instantly.
Galaxy S6 excels at in good lighting conditions, but it is also scary evenings or darker the room, and it Thanks to the lens. Made the photo set product Samsung in the lead. Photographs are well lit, and optical stabilization ensures that they are not blurry.
The worse conditions will help us next to the main camera bi-color LED light. The main camera allows you to record video in 4K resolution. However, by selecting this high resolution imposed on us is limiting the length of the film, which may not exceed 5 minutes. A better choice seems to be so full HD resolution, which has no limitations just mentioned, and also allows you to record at 60 frames per second and offers optical image stabilization.
On the front, just above the display was a front camera whose main purpose is selfie. It performs images at a resolution of 5 MP, operates as efficiently as the main camera, both Focusing and the shooting. The manufacturer does not hide the fact that the camera is used primarily for shooting samolubek. We find amongst other functions, which can improve facial appearance. It works pretty well, unless you set the maximum value, because then we look unnatural. In doing selfie to help us heart rate monitor, which is on the “back” smartphone. If touched, a photo is taken immediately. Interesting solution, although I do not see that it significantly more convenient than pressing the appropriate button on the screen.
In the end, the speaker has been moved from the back to another place. The sound is no longer suppressed when the smartphone is on the “back”. Loudspeaker Galaxy S6 is on the bottom. My initial fears were unnecessary, while use has not happened to me, I accidentally hid speaker. Coming out of the sound is loud, clean, heard trying to break up the bass. Galaxy S6 is the best playing of Samsung which I had the pleasure to test, but the competition in the form of Xperia Z 3 + or One M9 but a little lacking.
Summary: Samsung actually changed his approach?
The Samsung Galaxy S6 32GB version on release cost 3000 dollars. I would not pay as much as for me the price is too high. But today we can chart-topping smartphone Samsung already purchased for less than 2,400 dollars. It is still quite a lot, but I think that this price is acceptable. In the end, we get a new, refreshed Samsung, which distances itself from previous models. The housing is made of glass and metal and materials fit is perfect. Product South Korean company does not stand out from the competition. The only drawback is the display resolution is too high for the used battery with small capacity, which results in a short working time. I really wish Full HD, completely to me that was enough and I would not have to worry whether it can withstand smartphone get home. In other respects, the display falls perfectly, I do not what to attach. In contrast, hated by many TouchWiz (by me wrongly) lived to see the large optimization. Samsung has removed the mass of unnecessary software, leaving only the most important homegrown applications.
For me, one of the biggest advantages of the Galaxy S6 is used ośmiordzeniowy Samsung processor. Competitive Snapdragon 810 falls at him miserably. Author Koreans system is one of the most efficient on the market can cope with any mobile application and game accessible from the Google store. In contrast to the Snapdragon he has no problems with excessive overheating, and so after a few minutes of work still delivers high performance. Another big advantage of this smartphone cameras. In short, the main offers the image quality that the Galaxy S6 could I substitute a simple compact class.
The Samsung Galaxy S6, unfortunately, has several disadvantages, which is a pity, because at times I wanted to put him maximum score. Back cover little too quickly gets dirty from fingerprints, TouchWiz was a little too castrated and working time is tragically short and need to carry the energy market. Additionally, we do not have easy access to the battery. Also lacks a memory card slot. Despite these drawbacks, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is one of the best smartphones available on the market, for sure this year’s winner of the competition from Sony and HTC.
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