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Samsung Galaxy S6 a radical redesign
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Samsung are going to do a radical redesign of the Galaxy S6. Samsung is working on “Project Zero”, a complete reimagining of their premier handset with the launch of the Galaxy S6 in 2015.
Rumoured Specs include:
Quad HD display, 2560 x 1440 pixels, no word on size
16 Mpx back camera, with OIS
5 Mpx camera same as the Galaxy A5 and A3
New Exynos 7420, 64-bit chip / Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Possible in-house LTE modem
Samsung may also produce an Edge variant of the S6.
Samsung may well be aiming for a phone that is more akin to the Galaxy Alpha?
http://www.neowin.net/news/project-zero-samsung-is-re-imagining-its-flagship-with-the-galaxy-s6
http://www.neowin.net/news/next-samsung-flagship-said-to-be-galaxy-s6-and-there-may-be-an-edge-variant-too
Rumoured Specs include:
Quad HD display, 2560 x 1440 pixels, no word on size
16 Mpx back camera, with OIS
5 Mpx camera same as the Galaxy A5 and A3
New Exynos 7420, 64-bit chip / Qualcomm Snapdragon 810
Possible in-house LTE modem
Samsung may also produce an Edge variant of the S6.
Samsung may well be aiming for a phone that is more akin to the Galaxy Alpha?
http://www.neowin.net/news/project-zero-samsung-is-re-imagining-its-flagship-with-the-galaxy-s6
http://www.neowin.net/news/next-samsung-flagship-said-to-be-galaxy-s6-and-there-may-be-an-edge-variant-too
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The problem they all seem to have, even the powerful ones like the S5, is Touchwiz. It's seems to remove the 'wiz' part and causes lag, on what would otherwise be a very good mobile.
I guess that's why so many people flash the likes of Cyanogen or Paranoid Android to remove the bloatware from them.
They need to do something very radical to bounce back.
I've had a read of your post and the link on 'Project Zero' and i'm having a look at the concept design and it appears that there's no mention nor visible design that shows a port of USB 3.0 which was a huge feature of the Samsung Galaxy S5 in my opinion.
Just checked out the OnePlus One having never heard of it before.
There's no removable battery and no microSD card slot. They look cheap and have no physical home button. For me, those are the marks that makes the Samsung Galaxy range so great. The next choice for me would be the G3, except it lacks a physical home button.
No need for a removable one with this phone.
No microSD car because it has 64GB internal as standard compared to Samsung's feeble 16/32GB option.
The home button is at bottom of the as capacitive buttons. Less thing to physically break.
As for the "they look cheap"...seriously? They are actually extremely well built, and feel very, very premium to the touch. Far superior to the touch than the Galaxy S5 I had. Believe me, there's nothing cheap about it except the price.
Go watch some proper reviews from real users. Honestly, for £280 I have got (IMHO and others opinions) a £700 phone! :cool:
Sealed battery, sealed storage and no physical home button are a win, win, win. Removable storage, batteries and physical buttons should be consigned to the dustbin of history.
To be honest, I am not bothered with removable storage, I make use of what i have. I have never needed to replace a battery but i know people who have, so thats one i am not sure about yet. Not too fussed on physical buttons but i dont think on-screen home buttons always work. On My Nexus 5 on most apps you have to put up with a black bar at the foot of the page, i have never known why they can make it transparent, or the buttons are hidden after X seconds of inactivity.
Good thing is, you have user choice as to what you use.
One Plus One is generally acknowledged as the smartphone 2014
The only downside for me was it runs CM (earlier versions were buggy, but improved with later builds) but you can now get AOSP.
Not sure why you need a physical button either
No sd and sealed battery as mentioned would be major downers and the current price of the g3 would make this more attractive.
1+1 screen is quality, it really fast, terrific battery and it has 64GB. I cant remember the last battery I needed to change. I doubt I will ever need 64GB, currently I have used around 10GB max and decreasing as I delete movies once watched.
I like the G3 the only thing putting me off is the button placement.
Not sure how you get to make the bloated part of the argument.
Just to keep it accurate, the standard one+ one is actually a "feeble" 16GB option.
It's a reasonably decent phone with a few flaws like lack of SD and lack of full European/UK LTE support and less backup if issues occur than from a proper manufacturer.
Your gushing about the phone reads like a paid for advertorial...
I watched some CNET info telling the other day us how the S5 now has the most accurate screen of any smartphone available. But as no one panders to Samsung with semi truths, we get properly informed that it works best with the curtains closed because accuracy actually means lower intensity 'cinema mode'.
For normal use we all do prefer a more visible and thus saturated setting. It does seems a shame if they are having to pander to the US media half truth perception by going radical.
So there's no need for me to upgrade in the meantime and I use it indoors with the fixed line wifi.
The S3 wont have anything beyond Jelly Bean officially unless you intend to download a custom ROM of 5.0.
1) Touchwiz
2) Price - I just couldnt see why I would want to pay so much more for an S5 over a N5
With the N6 being much closer in price the choice becomes less clear again. I still think Touchwiz would put me off the S range - I could be tempted towards an HTC though.
I don't want a button. I don't want other soft keys on the shell either. At first I wasn't convinced about on-screen keys, but now I'm sold and there are so many benefits. It's not even as if they eat up screen real estate as you can still make a lot of apps full-screen (if they don't go full screen by themselves).
It took long enough for Samsung to add the recent apps button, but in 2015 I'd really love to see all of them gone and for Samsung to just go with the flow. Oh, and tone down TouchWiz and give up trying to replicate every Google App to try and prepare for one day when you ditch Android. Tizen is going nowhere Samsung - give up!
As for soft buttons on a phone until they become fully removable (as was supposed to be available from 4.0) I remain unconvinced. the bigger the screen becomes the less of an issue it is but there are still too many instances of these not being fully hidden for my liking.
I for one like the intergration offered by lg/samsung in their versions - particularly like the multi screen implementaion LG have have with the windows popping up for certain tasks. I am happy to forgo the marginal speed benefit of stock for some nice features as in reality it is not noticeable.
Several members of the Galaxy Tab family have physical buttons on the front.
http://core0.staticworld.net/images/idge/imported/article/cio/2013/09/18/samsunggalaxytab3family-100340359-orig.jpg
Given a tablet is regularly swapped from portrait to landscape, it's even more silly to have this on a tablet than a phone.
And I also think the button on the iPhone and iPad is equally stupid.
All my personal opinion so I'm not trying to change opinions, just explain why I personally won't buy a Samsung tablet.