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Launched in 2010, Samsung's first Galaxy S came into the market in summer. That time Samsung got tough competition from other smartphone makers like Apple, HTC, Sony and the Motorola but the Galaxy S shows a new era for the Samsung with incentive devices that prove to be more and more impressive.
The following generation of S line series came with even bigger & better displays, better internals and refined design. Samsung's previous Galaxy S4 and S5 also prove to be biggest hit in the comsumers and after that hits Samsung came at MWC 2015 and officially unveiled its latest, tottaly redefined Samsung Galaxy S6. It's easy to see that the S6 is a great phone, and one Samsung sorely needed.
DESIGN
Samsung decided to completely change its design in the flagship device called it as a Project Zero. Of course, the decision to go with plastic constructed devices has its own benefits, such as contributing to a lighter frame, but generally speaking, it lacks the premium qualities we’d want to find in a flagship smartphone. Well Samsung goes 180-degrees to grace the Galaxy S6 with a significantly improved design – one that finally brings in some high-quality components to give it a true high-end look and feel!
Samsung get the idea of new design change from its previously launched Samsung Galaxy Alpha, which was the design footprint for the Note 4. With those aforementioned devices, Samsung chose to add a subtle presence of premium in its designs by adding metal trim bezels. However, for the Galaxy S6, Samsung went back to the drawing board to try and deliver something perfectly clean and refreshing. Yes, the same metal trim bezel is back, but now it’s present with glass surfaces to give it a attractive appearance. Specifically, it’s Gorilla Glass 4 sandwiched together by that metal trim bezel.
Some charateristics of the design draw comparisons to the iPhone 6’s design. Looking at profile view the metal trim bezel, along with the arrangement of some of its ports and buttons, closely matches the styling of the iPhone 6. So it begs the question: does this new inspiration came from Apple’s pride and joy? But at the end of the day, we can agree that this is the best-designed smartphone Samsung has produced.
Samsung Galaxy S6’s new design is a breathtaking marvel but the company have made some compromises in getting that design. The water resistant construction, reomovable battery and micro sd card slot which were the staple qualities if the Samsung's previous generation smartphones is now gone.
The Galaxy S6 is a narrower, lighter and skinnier than its predecessor and make this as a compact phone. By adding metal frame the company adds the strenght to the construction of the device but this device is a serious finger print magnet and it's tough to keep the device look clean.
Looking around the phone, it’s sporting some of the same set of ports and buttons throughout its metal frame. The separated volume controls are placed on the left edge, the power button and SIM slot on its right, microUSB 2.0 port, 3.5mm headset jack, microphone, and internal speaker on its bottom, and finally the IR blaster and noise-cancelling mic placed on its top edge. It has the same home button is present beneath the display – flanked by the Recent Apps and Back capacitive buttons and shows that it is a Galaxy smartphone.
DISPLAY
With the huge change in design, Samsung also leaves a lasting marks in display. It keeps the same screen size tradition as its preiovus one butnow with ultimate higher pixels. Samsung put the Quad HD (2560x1440p) SUPER AMOLED display in its new 5.1 inch flagship that leads to one staggering pixel density of 551.
It leads to a display which is rich with detail and exceptionally sharp looking. Most people would be hard-pressed to distinguish how much more detailed this panel is than others with 1080p resolution, especially from a normal distance, but it goes to show that Samsung won’t settle for anything but being class-leading.
The company’s continued fine tuning of the display technology has given the Galaxy S6 the best Super AMOLED display to date which produces a color temperature of 6550K, reaching very close to that ideal reference value of 6500K – so it’s close to hitting that perfect spot of being neither too warm or cold. The Super AMOLED panel is extremely color accurate as each color gradient matches the reference points like Blues look blue, reds look red, and greens appear green –so the result is a display with very high color accuracy.
Samsung also improves its display quality in the day sunlight by emitting a pretty adequate 563 nit brightness. So there’s no issue trying to visualize the screen when the sun is around. That's a reason why we have flagship devices, they’re supposed to be the best of the best. It’s a beautiful-looking display that perfectly complements its new aesthetics.
Interface and Functionality
Samsung which is running on top of Android 5.0.2 Lollipop — has been toned down in terms of its feature-set and UI presentation. True to Samsung's claim, this most up-to-date version of TouchWiz retrain from the exorbitant features set seen in TouchWiz past, focusing instead on features that are relevant and meaningful to the experience. Things like Air Gestures, Air View, and a handful of others we’ve come to find in previous efforts have been pushed deeper into the settings, but can still be found, if needed. The result is a familiar TouchWiz experience, but one that's direct, without too many redundancies that previously came off as overwhelming to some people.
One-Handed Mode
Samsung added Enabling one-handed usage which has been among the main priorities for Samsung while refining TouchWiz. We can say that the Galaxy S6 is a top performer in that department. Its compact size, mixed with sizable icons and other user interface elements, make for an experience that facilitates easy and quick usage with just one thumb with more advanced tasks will still require you to use two hands, but when it comes to simple stuff like checking your email, checking the weather, or calling a contact, using one hand should be sufficient.
Themes
Samsung also added a new ability to download new themes that changes the look of the interface. You can search through the Galaxy Apps Store and check the various downloadable themes that not only change the wallpaper, but also other aspects of the interface – such as the color accents, icons, and layout of some core apps. In comparison to what HTC offers with its level of personalization with Sense 7.0, Samsung's effort is much more superficial – whereas Sense goes the extra step by using stored images/photos for custom themes.
Improved Fingerprint Scanner
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The home button include the phone's finger print sensor. This year’s implementation is vastly better, since it now follows the operation we’ve seen employed by the iPhone. Rather than swiping down for it to register our fingerprint, all that’s needed now to unlock the phone is to gently press it over the home button. It’s simple and effortless, whereas before, it was a frustrating process at times. Getting it set up is similar to Apple’s Touch ID sensor, as we’re required to gently press our finger over the sensor multiple times – where it’s mapped entirely for accuracy.
Samsung Pay
The Samsung Galaxy S6 will give the users to experience Samsung Pay service. Samsung has already completed deals with Visa and MasterCard, but it's yet to expand that partnership to other major players, such as American Express or Bank of America. However, the company reassures that it's working on it. Easily the most interesting thing about Samsung Pay is the new Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) proprietary technology, which is said to widen Samsung Pay's compatibility with shopping terminals significantly. You can also use NFC for making contactless payments, Samsung Pay will also be able to communicate with traditional magnetic stripe terminal.
Users will be able to buy various goods in a quick and secure way, plus the whole process is promised to happen rather quickly. For example, should you wish to pay for something using Samsung Pay, you'd simply need to swipe of from the bottom bezel in order to bring up the Samsung Pay app (or just tap the icon, we guess), choose the desired card for the payment, authenticate using the fingerprint sensor, and from there, everything should be done in a matter of seconds.