Samsung BARCELONA.- in this city yesterday presented its new smartphone flag, Galaxy S6. He came with his brother, the S6 Edge; both, like other presentations on Sunday, served as an introduction to Mobile World Congress that begins here today, and which organizers attract 90,000 visitors to its closure on Thursday.
After presentation, and as usual, reporters crowded in front of the tables had several Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge to test, which could make briefly. Go here some first impressions, but will mention the conclusions: the part of the classic hardware looks good, as it usually is; the most notorious (and most important) change has to do with aesthetics, and for me is a welcome change, especially with the Edge.
Hardware
Yes, has an eight-core Exynos chip (as the company will not be for now Qualcomm version) in Big.little configuration and 3GB of RAM DDR4. All very fast loading, but is not expected within a team as well.
Yes, 16-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization, has a seemingly high sensitivity to light shots, and the front camera allows autofotos that are well lit without a fill flash. We will have to wait for a more extensive testing to see if the camera is actually as good as the paint.
Yes I can say that very fast loading, and autofocus tracking (following a person while moving, which also have pocket cameras) works very well. But the Galaxy cameras are usually good, so there should be no surprises here.
All this was expected for the S6 or very high end smartphone introduced in 2015.
The QHD
Screen Samsung kept the screen size: 5.1 inches Super AMOLED for the S6, but is now QHD (2560 x 1440 pixels). Suffice it here to keep the level of S5 or Galaxy Note 4 (both with excellent screens) to not disappoint. The lights in rooms where this equipment is not usually represent a normally-not ideal situation, but what we saw was something very good brightness and quality.
Can you tell which is QHD? Yes, and no. Beyond the limitations of the human eye (which reaches not distinguish individual dots) screen has excellent definition. But again, the news would have to submit a Samsung phone with a notoriously bad screen. We can discuss later if there are better, if the Super AMOLED still clipping, if the target becomes yellow or when compared to an IPS or a good LCD. But the display looked very good quality.
Not all superfluous? Do you do more, really, than achieves S4 or mid-range phone? May be; but here you can see that is a high-end equipment for the materials, attention to detail, and also works: the screen looks great, fast loading chamber should be very fast to run applications; it also influences that money paid for the equipment is perceived
Goodbye to plastic
The big change has to do with aesthetics.: Samsung abandoned-at least in the highly plastic range and now offers a team with a metal edge joining two sheets of glass. Apple did, Sony did, Huawei and LG too. The front and back plate are made of Gorilla Glass 4, which is designed to resist scratches and falls, so it should be quite strong (as Corning, its manufacturer, resists 80 percent of falls; not try throwing it to the floor see what happened).
Yes I realized that like other teams to back glass, is a magnet for fingerprints, which the plastic cap of the previous Samsung especially dithering bandaid type the S5 hide better.
With the new design achieved, however, a lightweight small team (6.8 to 7 mm thick) and (132-138 grams depending on model), which is very comfortable in hand. The removable battery is lost, which for most users is a potential problem before one with which they have to deal every day (and there are alternatives). It has a 2550 mAh S6, S6 Edge 2600 mAh. Little? The company says no, so the efficiency of the screen and processor as fast charging (4 hours usage with 10 minutes charging). . We will see
The microSD slot, which is a shame is also lost; and there is not much justification, since there are several companies (like HTC or Sony) that sell fixed battery alike have expandable memory. Samsung will sell the S6 in both 32, 64 and 128 GB. Also the protection against water. (Sony kept; Motorola protects your computers against splashes and Moto X also has removable battery)
The front of the computer in the classic version (flat screen) is 100 % Samsung. The Galaxy S6 Edge, with the screen with curves on both sides, seemed much more appealing. The edges screen are not much (lights if upside down and someone calls you, you can display a clock and not much else) but fail to generate a feeling that the team is smaller than it is.
The biometric sensor now works as the iPhone: contact, not by sliding your fingertip; It is good news, because the S5 is very unreliable. Speaking of which: the lower edge and the upper metal with rounded corners are very nice, and are by far the closest thing we have the equipment to iPhone (beyond the sum of glass and metal) But combine well with the rest of the phone. They are part of the same aesthetic concept
It is a pity that Samsung has not used the new model to use a reversible USB connector. And the camera sticks out a bit about the team, something that happened in previous models but less pronounced. And the audio connector next to annoy load more than one. But are minor things.
When it comes to software, the company also insisted the new TouchWiz, leaving alone GUI Android Lollipop for a more agile device, wherein the interaction is simpler and clearer reach where you want to see (the idea is that the new interface consumes less system resources). As used the computer, I found a somewhat hyperbolic assessment, but certain: perhaps greater use of white and fine lines, or because they left their own aesthetics and joined the guidelines that Google suggests to Lollipop. The truth is that I was looking applications (contact list, email) have a much more modern and clear appearance.
An interesting fact is that the much speculated agreement between Samsung and Microsoft seems, in principle, limited to preinstall their applications in the Galaxy (vi OneNote and OneDrive, and offers 100 GB free storage for two years, as previously done with Dropbox).
In April will be sold worldwide ; the company aims to bring the country in June, preceded by the delayed Galaxy Note 4 in March, but may fail.
have to wait until April to get the most exhaustive reviews but I took a good first impression Galaxy S6. And although functionally adds little, the Edge version, with its edges on the run, I found most interesting: it is that was the aesthetic precisely (hardware and software) where Samsung had the most debt, which seems to be starting to settle. .
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