Considering the turn by investors as its most loyal customers, Samsung announced the Galaxy S6 the first March on the eve of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. If the Korean manufacturer broke the codes by unveiling a terminal wearing a unibody metal, he also used the event to present an alternative to the redrawn lines. Edge S6 baptized, the model has a screen with curved edges reminiscent of the Note of the same name and leaves us clearly not indifferent.
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Features & amp; Unboxing
On paper, the Galaxy Edge S6 is all its most enticing there for a great vintage 2015. The mobile is powered by an octo-core Exynos 64-bit processor 7420, a Mali-T760 chip, 3 GB RAM, all supported by a battery of 2600 mAh and a fabulous Quad HD display (2560 × 1440 pixels) 5.1 inches. In addition, the technological gem of the Korean relies on two fronts glass type Gorilla Glass 4, a digital camera 16 megapixel rear camera (with dual LED flash and autofocus) against 5 million pixels to before, Wi-Fi 802.11ac chip, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC and microUSB 2.0 port (MHL). In the bowels of the terminal are also present a GPS chip and support to take advantage of 4G Category 6 while the proposed internal memory is 32 GB, 64 GB or 128 GB depending on the model purchased. Finally, the software side and not surprisingly, the product embeds the latest version of TouchWiz Android Lollipop
In the box nothing really revolutionary. Galaxy Edge S6 comes with an AC charger (with rapid charge), a micro-USB cable, a new pair of headphones with hands-free kit, the user guide and a small extractor Nanosim. For testing, we have however been able to get on the wireless charging cradle and the wallet flap signed by the manufacturer’s paw separate accessory that we will return later.
Design & amp; Getting Started
Criticized repeatedly, the design of high-end smartphones Samsung has clearly been the central concern of engineers this year. From the first contact, we eat a real slap: metal and glass design to which must be added the curved screen provides a final result just beautiful. To our taste, this is the best smartphone ever created by the firm, we leave you to judge through the photos below.
Small tour of the property. We find on the front of the mobile nice screen of 5.1 inches, the new much more accurate fingerprint sensor requires only a “tap” for unlocking, a speaker, standard sensors smartphones (brightness / nearby) and the digital camera of 5 megapixels. At the rear, the 16 megapixel sensor is bulging and accompanied by a dual LED flash and a heart rate sensor. On the edges are present volume buttons, lock while the top hosts Nanosim port, an infrared port, and microphone noise reduction. Finally, the bottom has in turn a micro-USB port, a speaker jack and port.
In the likely purpose of well maintain and protect the screen with curved edges, Samsung has opted for less beveled aluminum frame as the S6 and feels pretty quickly depending on how to hold the (one-handed in particular). An effect that is not the most pleasant especially as glass facades – while eating beautiful fingerprints – tend to drag the device. An even more annoying when the item is desired to recover the mobile when it is placed on a straight surface unless you place it upside down or press to lift one side of the other (thank you the boss of AFN).
As long as we are in weaknesses, remember that the new flagship does not carry a port for SD cards, has no rear seat and removable battery and therefore it is not resistant water unlike the previous generation … To produce this little wonder, Samsung did not go hand dead level sacrifices.
Screen
However, it excels in many areas starting with that there’s more important: the screen. Do not go around the way he touches excellence. With Quad HD definition of 2560 x 1440 pixels with a resolution of 577 ppi, Samsung we eyeful, everything is clear, clean and precise color matching is almost perfect. Only white sometimes seem a bit dull but the 4 modes available (basic, adaptive, film and photo) allow everyone to find the perfect display. Whether to clearly see the screen once to form an accurate idea of its quality, we can only advise you to go for the product if you had a question about it.
If there is one point fault this screen, it comes from the borders that sometimes tend to gray / yellow when the rest of the screen displays the most natural colors. An effect that can distinguish particular web-browsing with white pages and / or when the text exceeds the “frame” ending up on the curved portions.
Every day (interface, performance, voice, sound and autonomy)
5 Lollipop Powered by Android and the new light version of TouchWiz the phone is all that is nicer to use everyday. The surplus was ousted, the most useful was put forward and all wants much more intuitive. That said, the regulars will not lose their bearings and will have the opportunity to experience the arrival of topics (we had seen initially on the Galaxy A3) despite the lack of content in the catalog. Note the presence of Smart Manager, a tool to manage storage, RAM or the important parameters of the Edge S6 few taps on the screen. Recall the presence of a heart rate monitor and fingerprint sensor. It wants more practical, stable and reliable than the previous easily recognize as 9 times out of 10 your fingerprint to unlock the device. Moreover, it will also validate a contactless payment Pay with Samsung when it will be available in Europe (for the proposed time in Korea and the USA). If the OS is already eating a little more than 6.5 GB, Samsung allows us to disable pre-installed applications – without being able to remove – to give us some breathing space when we lack. Finally, note that Microsoft application, a news feed powered by Flipboard, antivirus and an application for health are integrated office.
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As for performance, so that it will be hard to fault anything Korean manufacturer. Forgetting the numbers can be read on the web, what do we receive each day? On the test period, not a single weakness, no lag, no mistake whatever use: basic, longer supported or extended (3D games, video, camera … you name it). Clearly, the Galaxy S6 meet all the expectations that a user may have on a smartphone in 2015 and most likely also for the years to come as it surpasses our expectations.
Now to the sound. Rather disappointed with that of the Galaxy A3, we are also rather with that of the Galaxy S6. Indeed, it is rather quickly and easily surpassed reaches saturation when the volume increases. If the treble and midrange are good, it will seize the included headphones to really enjoy the contents of his terminal. They are simply very high theft and fit very well in our ears, we leave them no more! Level phone, nothing to report, the corresponding hear us perfectly and the reverse holds. The material has done its job.
In terms of autonomy, the device easily hold a day with heavy use, more than a day and a half with a more basic use and logically if it is used more rarely. In short, all that is more normal in 2015 to a high-end smartphone. Where Samsung hits hard, it is on charging. Because if you can wait long hours on competing smartphones, the Galaxy Edge S6 take a full charge in just over an hour thanks to its charger! You read, you can easily recover 50% of autonomy in half an hour! What more at a time when the autonomy is the real weak point of most objects that accompany us every day.
What about the curved edges?
If they espouse hand gestures, make them more natural and offer a fantastic design, we must also recognize that they are not or become an essential reference in terms of use. True, they add some practical and nice options but nothing transcendent good.
When the screen is not on, it is necessary to perform a top-down gesture and from bottom to top the curved edge to bring up the weather, time, date and battery charge. For additional movements (from right to left or vice versa depending on the individual positioning of the bar), it is possible to access the main terminal of notifications as well as Yahoo News !. Rather fun but old habits come back quickly: a click on the Home button and all the information is displayed on the big screen …
When the device is unlocked, it is possible to take a virtual strip from the edge of S6 Edge to quickly access its five favorite contacts in order to quickly launch a call, message, or other actions. They are also associated with a color and the edges of the mobile when he returned will light up in blue, green, yellow, orange or purple after contact concerned. Let’s be honest, any terminal could do it this is just a software option pulling only partially benefit of the curve.
Finally, a “night” mode displays the time and date on a border during sleep (manual settings with the choice of the start time and end time of display). In short, Samsung will have to redouble their efforts to make this an indispensable feature curved screen in the future, especially when you see the price charged today!
Camera
This is undoubtedly one of the biggest strengths of the new generation Galaxy S6. Featuring a 16-megapixel sensor with dual LED flash, Samsung devices offer an excellent rendering in many situations and a very nice development in low light conditions. The images speak louder than words, we let you discover a series of pictures taken with the automatic mode. For more picky, many parameters are provided and can be set manually. Selfies lovers will also be delighted to enjoy a front 5-megapixel sensor while the application can now start with a simple double-click the Home button to lose no time before a cliché. Finally, videos can be captured in Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 pixels at 30 FPS or 1080p video stabilizer.
A small panorama … where cars go!
Photo taken at the same location with zoom up
Test day against
Before the night shot …
The result
Accessories
As mentioned earlier in the test, we had the opportunity to try the wireless charger which is still less interesting than the charger as industry takes about 1 hour to recover some over 40% of autonomy. Rather weak against the wall charger but quite handy if you wish to get rid of gestures plugging / unplugging and risk tangling brushes. Available at the rate of € 49.93.
The second accessory is tested other than the Case black leather for the smartphone. Stylish and practical, it has a plastic shell on the inside to keep the S6 Edge while allowing access to ports, buttons and borders while it features a flap (also curved) with a card holder. Complete and reassuring against drops and scratches, the case pushes the device into sleep mode when it is placed on the screen and conversely the back on when removed. Available at € 39.99 rates.
Finally , Samsung was able to break the codes with the Galaxy S6 and redraw the lines of its smartphone in a very beautiful way with the Edge S6. If the device is all that has most lavish for a mobile terminal, the curved edges are clearly not essential to the use and the bill is still much more salty. By offering more features and making them indispensable, Samsung could well outline a revolution in the world of high-end smartphones.
8/10
– A sumptuous design
- A screen that eyeful
- An excellent camera
- The highly reliable fingerprint sensor
- Lean and fluid interface
- A powerhouse
- Its fast charging
- Autonomy
- Samsung Pay (not in Europe for now)
– curved borders without great interests
- Hands can be unpleasant
- Absence Port SD, removable battery
- Loss sealing
- Excessive Rates (€ 849 / 32GB)
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