Are you going to get the Galaxy S6? -Specs, carrier, discussion, and $$$DEALS$$$

[SolApathy]

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Who here is looking to grab one of these new phones when they hit the gates next month? There is a lot to be excited about with the S6- Tell us what you think & what you are excited about!

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[CafeKampuchia]

I like the change in materials and have learned from my OnePlus One that I can live without an SD card slot and removable battery. I highly value a top-notch camera, especially with OIS, and the most recent crop of Super AMOLED displays coming on Samsung flagships (starting with the Note 3) all look fantastic. The performance of the new 14nm Exynos SOC is also quite impressive, superior to the SD810. I find the S6 very tempting, but...

K N O X

This time around, not only does rooting your phone and tripping Knox earn you a voided warranty, but now it likely removes features (Samsung Pay) that cannot be brought back.

Before actually rooting though, consider that KNOX will likely be tripped, and there’s a good chance untripped KNOX will be required for phone based payments.

NOPE

I'm also not fond of the prospect of never being able to run a non-Touchwiz ROM based on AOSP / CyanogenMod.

 

[molian]

Need more information. I will not decide whether to jump in until more users share their experiences.

 

[mikedt]

I like the change in materials and have learned from my OnePlus One that I can live without an SD card slot and removable battery. I highly value a top-notch camera, especially with OIS, and the most recent crop of Super AMOLED displays coming on Samsung flagships (starting with the Note 3) all look fantastic. The performance of the new 14nm Exynos SOC is also quite impressive, superior to the SD810. I find the S6 very tempting, but...

K N O X

This time around, not only does rooting your phone and tripping Knox earn you a voided warranty, but now it likely removes features (Samsung Pay) that cannot be brought back.
NOPE

I'm also not fond of the prospect of never being able to run a non-Touchwiz ROM based on AOSP / CyanogenMod.

Also, NOPE.

Knox doesn't offer anything I particularly need. Also I think the price could be rather high as well, especially the 64 or 128GB versions, given that it doesn't have SD storage, and cloud storage for my music and other media is not an option.

 

[CafeKampuchia]

Knox doesn't offer anything I particularly need.

From what I can tell, 90% of consumers don't need it or even know what it does. It's just a clever way for Samsung to bury a warranty-breaking mechanism within a useless "feature."

 

[SolApathy]

Knox really concerns me, because it should not void your warranty, especially with hardware related problems. It looks like HTC and Samsung are taking opposite sides in regards to warranty offerings and rooting. I have owned a few Samsung devices and liked how over time they learned to tone down the touchwiz interface. I don't care for the lack of SD card. IT would not be an issue if device prices were in line with the cost of the external SD cards (or even just a touch more expensive) Until that happens I will be looking at devices with external storage capabilities.

I love rooting, and the saving large format image files which takes up a lot of room really quickly Hopefully Samsung backs off the Knox warranty breaker/feature breaker.

 

[CafeKampuchia]

It should be said that tripping the Knox flag does not universally void your warranty. For example, in Europe, consumers have more rights and usually get warranty service for hardware issues. In other countries, Samsung is more strict, and there are exceptions to both.

 

[Tidybitz]

Will definitely be giving this phone a miss, no removable battery and no sd card facility, I wouldn't have a phone without these things, am staying with my S4 for now and will maybe shop around at a later date. Disappointed!

 

[girolez]

This is an interesting article!

http://bgr.com/2015/04/13/samsung-galaxy-s6-verizon-att/

Roger

 

[SolApathy]

Good article. At least you have the option to download most of the apps from the play store. Personally I don't like bloat at all and prefer the slimmed down version, though I am curious why they removed the optimizer for balancing LTE/WiFi.

 

[LouieLou74]

Anyone else getting the feeling this is more and more like the IPHONE??? Sadly my S5 will be the last Samsung phone i ever buy. I may have to look to the Nexus or to HTC for my next phone.

 

[Enahmir]

It should be said that tripping the Knox flag does not universally void your warranty. For example, in Europe, consumers have more rights and usually get warranty service for hardware issues. In other countries, Samsung is more strict, and there are exceptions to both.

Yes, in the Netherlands rooted phones are also under warrenty now.

 

[Enahmir]

I already have the S6 64GB

 

[cbuystore]

Galaxy S6 available in high battery almost 20 hours in 3G talk time ,11 hours in web browsing and 12 hours video playback
other extra features Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

Galaxy s6 available in cbuystore

 

[mvstx]

Ordered the S6 Active. Due in tomorrow. Don't need the camo color schemes. Doesn't Samsung know that most people live indoors and not outdoors?