I think some criticism has been about the non-removable battery, no SD and glass back, in other words it's too similar to an iPhone...LOL.

I still think the S4 is a great device, especially for custom ROMs, and I've got one myself.

 

If you wait you'll be in the same position you were when the S6 came out -- too expensive.

I think the S6 is a great phone. I moved up from an S3 and am a very happy camper. It's faster, better screen and amazing camera. Photos are almost as good as my Nikon D3. I've not experienced any of the 'issues' some people seem to have. Battery lasts all day, 32GB is about half full. 3 GB is about 75% most of the time. Nothing slows down. Bear in mind I have a 920I (unlocked model for US) so no carrier bloatware. I receive updates from Samsung. Sometimes before the carriers roll their stuff out.

If I were you, I'd take the negative comments on these sites with a 'grain of salt'. I believe some of it is fanboy BS and some of it is clueless users.

 

I finally took the plunge on Friday and bought a 32gb S6, upgrading from an S4 and I honestly believe I won't ever want another phone.

The overall speed of it is astounding. The camera is absolutely unbelievable - seriously, you will not believe the quality, and the speed of opening from lock screen. Although I only ever used the multi-window/multi-tasking feature on my S4 occasionally, I use it all the time on my S6; being able to listen to YouTube vids and reply to messages/emails with such speed is just staggering.

Battery life is ok, but I'm still in the honeymoon period and turn it on just to look at the screen. I'm also trialing a process of trying to keep the battery charged between 40-80% while near a plug socket. This is apparently supposed to increase the life of that fixed (grrr) battery.

Having been used to a 32gb card in my S4, I can honestly say that it won't be that much of a ball-ache going to fixed storage and the benefits for outweigh the cons: it's faster to access stuff and more secure and also more reliable than a card. I'll have to archive photos and keep an eye on the amount of music I have on it (yes, I actually buy mp3s and store them on my device lol).

I'd say get it, mate. You really will wonder why you waited to get it!

 

I think the only *slight* disappointment for me is the fingerprint scanner. Don't get me wrong, it's fantastic and when it works - which is absolutely most of the time - it's great, but I was expecting it to be flawless and it isn't. That's probably down to my admittedly high expectations though.

 

Oh, and get a case for it.

 

You won't regret it, mate.

 

Nexus 6P!

 

Here we go...

 

"It would be safe to assume that the specs would be better than the S6..."

NO NO NO NO!

That's what I did, and ended up with a phone worse than the S5.

 

After all my praise, I'm actually getting a replacement this week due to an issue with the headphone port; the headphone plug now doesn't go all the way in and, as you're plugging it in, it seems to get caught on something. I was using the headphones I've been using for years with both my S3 and S4 and never had any problems with.

There aren't many results on this issue from Google, but someone on Yahoo asked the same question about it.

Wunay, have you got it yet mate?

 

My headphones worked fine for a week, do keep an ear on them.

Smart Switch was flawless between my S4 and S6, wasn't between my mums S3 and my old S4 though.

I'll update with the S6 to S6 switch probably tomorrow.

 

Glad your liking your S6s

Smart Switch is a bit hit and miss. It is much better than it's predecessor Kies though, and here is the rub. If you ever had Kies installed completely uninstall it before installing Smart Switch, and I mean obliterate it. On a Windows PC use task manager to stop all Kies processes, unistall then use a registry cleaner to get rid of it totally. Kies is more pernicious than some AV software, and it will interfere with Smart Switch.

 

I agreee totally.. If no removeable battery and no micro SD to replace; its off the consideration list. Go back to old models. or checkout the LG G4. Add them back in the S7 or 8 to get back in the ball game.

 

yes same with Note 5 I was considering.. but same problem. Travelers have same problem with cameras with no extra batteries and SD memory cards. Perhaps the next model to have it all; along with an Hmdi mini OUT port. (independent of the power). I hear you cant'even send phones to/from USA w/ batteries to Asia ???

 

I loved the camera at first and it does take some great shots. However the focusing seems hit and miss, and unlike any other such cam I find it will happily take shots that are entirely out of focus.

Also the focus is forever hunting, so instant translation apps or OCR apps are unusable.