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Samsung Galaxy S6 a radical redesign
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swordman
05-12-2014
My old tab never had nor does my note. As i said never used a Samsung with buttons.
Everything Goes
09-12-2014
It may support LTE Cat 10 with 450Mbs that EE intend to use in 2015.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsu...axy-S6_id63608
Everything Goes
30-12-2014
Here is a picture of a Galaxy S6 in yellow allegedly it does however appear to have a metal chassis like the Galaxy Alpha.

http://www.neowin.net/news/galaxy-s6...-yellow-colour
Chrysalis
31-12-2014
One thing to comment on is the pixel density.

The higher resolutions seem pointless, when I got my S5 I was hoping and assuming the text still wouldnt be huge but it is, they just scale it up. So I see no visual quality difference between my S3 and S5 even tho the S5 has a much higher resolution.
tdenson
31-12-2014
Originally Posted by jonmorris:
“And I also think the button on the iPhone and iPad is equally stupid.
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Bit surprised you feel that strongly to call it stupid. Personally, I think a real button has enormous advantages e.g. when feeling for the home button in the dark which apart from anything else makes it easy to work out the orientation of the phone. Also, it is easy to press the home button without having to look at the phone, useful e.g. when driving.
jonmorris
31-12-2014
I guess, but I don't like it as you can rotate your phone or tablet so it then moves about. Stupid was a bit OTT though, especially as I once thought the on screen buttons were silly (and used up valuable screen space).

However, as time had gone on, I do believe it's better to not have any buttons. Magnetic covers, tap to wake or gestures all seem better ways to start up a tablet too.

Who knows. Maybe Apple will get rid of the button one day (it might enable larger screens with a smaller case) and then we know Samsung will get rid of it!
kidspud
31-12-2014
Originally Posted by Everything Goes:
“Here is a picture of a Galaxy S6 in yellow allegedly it does however appear to have a metal chassis like the Galaxy Alpha.

http://www.neowin.net/news/galaxy-s6...-yellow-colour”

Well, the radical new design does not seem very radical, as it just looks like all the other Samsungs. I assume the yellow is just for comedy effect
johnathome
31-12-2014
Originally Posted by Everything Goes:
“Here is a picture of a Galaxy S6 in yellow allegedly it does however appear to have a metal chassis like the Galaxy Alpha.

http://www.neowin.net/news/galaxy-s6...-yellow-colour”

That's a fake surely?

Parts of the screen are darker and an inch above the home button there's an apple logo.
IslandNiles
31-12-2014
Originally Posted by johnathome:
“That's a fake surely?

Parts of the screen are darker and an inch above the home button there's an apple logo.”

I take it this is a joke?

The Apple logo is part of the reflected iPhone 5c that's been used to take the picture.
johnathome
31-12-2014
Originally Posted by IslandNiles:
“I take it this is a joke?

The Apple logo is part of the reflected iPhone 5c that's been used to take the picture.”

Ha ha, it wasn't intended to be a joke.

I can see the guys fat head now

But yeah, looks like a samsung, wonder what the 'radical' part is going to be
JordyD
31-12-2014
I'd be very surprised if that was the next flagship model, as the bezel is much larger around four sides. If it's going like this, then it's going backwards a lot.

It looks more like a mid range Galaxy smart phone.
Everything Goes
18-01-2015
Latest rumour seems to support the rumour from last year that the Galaxy S6 will have a Quad HD display.

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/16/...ad-hd-display/

Plus look out for an Edge version,

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/05/...mited-edition/

Maybe a touch rather than swipe based finger print reader too.

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/01/16/...the-galaxy-s6/
alanwarwic
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by Chrysalis:
“One thing to comment on is the pixel density.
The higher resolutions seem pointless...”

Higher resolution is quite fantastic.

I was reading a cycling magazine the other day on my 720p 17" laptop and was having to zoom in to read it.
Later I switched to my tiny in comparison 9" Nook HD+ and could read things easily without zooming on its 1080p screen.

Smartphones are used closer to the eyes so even there it is likely it would better the 720p 17" laptop.
tombigbee
18-01-2015
Hated TouchWiz on my S3 so quickly got rid of that but after flashing a Note 4 style custom rom on it, I was much more impressed with the OS, meaning Galaxy phones are back on my radar again. If this is all metal and has a fingerprint scanner that works like Apple's then I'm very interested.
alanwarwic
18-01-2015
It will never be all metal. It has too many problems ensure that only a reality distortion field can really remedy.
If Samsung went full metal I would expect Apple to go full plastic even faster than likely planned anyway.

Sapphire is always possibility for the back but I suspect it is far too may times more brittle than glass, so Samsung would be on a loser publicity wise with that.
kidspud
18-01-2015
So, metal body, larger home button to incorporate a proper fingerprint sensor. I wouldn't call it a radical design so far.

The problem all these devices have is that the tech updates are just not that interesting. They need to add killer functionality and Samsungs recent history seem to be to introduce gimmick functionality, test it on the people paying good money for the phone and then quietly either drop it or push it to the back of the options list.

Samsung need something very special to help recover their falling profits.
Gigabit
18-01-2015
The fingerprint sensor on the Note 4 was one of the worst things I've used on a smartphone. Gimmicky, difficult to use and a complete copy of TouchID from Apple.

Samsung clearly said, what do Apple have that's good? TouchID. Damn they've patented it, change it a little bit and release it, they'll never tell the difference.
Anika Hanson
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“The fingerprint sensor on the Note 4 was one of the worst things I've used on a smartphone. Gimmicky, difficult to use and a complete copy of TouchID from Apple.

Samsung clearly said, what do Apple have that's good? TouchID. Damn they've patented it, change it a little bit and release it, they'll never tell the difference.”

It's not that bad. I had the Galaxy S5 and the fingerprint scanner is inferior to the one on the note 4. Granted it isn't as good as the one on the iPhone but it works about 70% of the time which was enough for me to keep it on.
jchamier
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“The fingerprint sensor on the Note 4 was one of the worst things I've used on a smartphone. Gimmicky, difficult to use and a complete copy of TouchID from Apple.

Samsung clearly said, what do Apple have that's good? TouchID. Damn they've patented it, change it a little bit and release it, they'll never tell the difference.”

The other problem is the sensor that Apple uses is only made by Authentec, and Apple bought the entire company. So Samsung has to use alternative sensors which work in a different way (e.g. needs a swipe, rather than hold). And Samsung doesn't have the CPU design teams that Apple purchased a few years ago, so doesn't have the expertise to build low level hardware support for the sensor. So the Samsung sensor runs in software, and thus can be more easily hacked by applications running on the OS. This is why corporates are very wary of the Samsung and HTC fingerprint options.
coopermanyorks
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by Everything Goes:
“Here is a picture of a Galaxy S6 in yellow allegedly it does however appear to have a metal chassis like the Galaxy Alpha.

http://www.neowin.net/news/galaxy-s6...-yellow-colour”

Op,do you believe this is a "Radical" design ?
Gigabit
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by jchamier:
“The other problem is the sensor that Apple uses is only made by Authentec, and Apple bought the entire company. So Samsung has to use alternative sensors which work in a different way (e.g. needs a swipe, rather than hold). And Samsung doesn't have the CPU design teams that Apple purchased a few years ago, so doesn't have the expertise to build low level hardware support for the sensor. So the Samsung sensor runs in software, and thus can be more easily hacked by applications running on the OS. This is why corporates are very wary of the Samsung and HTC fingerprint options.”

Apple does have a good relationship with ARM, I'll give you that.

But even if Samsung can't do TouchID as well as Apple, they could at least try a little bit harder. They add a load of features that don't appear to be tested.

As a programmer some of the crap that Samsung put in their products amazes me, it's like they didn't even do alpha testing. For example, the translations from Korean to English. When the translations don't make sense, it doesn't give much confidence in the rest of the product.
Alex_1
18-01-2015
Will it still retain the removable battery if it goes all metal?

That's a big selling point for me
alanwarwic
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
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But even if Samsung can't do TouchID as well as Apple, they could at least try a little bit harder. ...”

Most of what is said is rubbish.

It is well known that Apple are getting ever sloppier with software, and Samsung have a vast array of low level hardware, NFC chips included.

And why has Apple semi abandoned webkit and Safari ?
It has been stagnant ever since Google branched way, arguably to get away from the stagnation imposed by Apple, Google being the software people who find most of the security flaws in Windows and Mac stuff.
kidspud
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by alanwarwic:
“Most of what is said is rubbish.

It is well known that Apple are getting ever sloppier with software, and Samsung have a vast array of low level hardware, NFC chips included.

And why has Apple semi abandoned webkit and Safari ?
It has been stagnant ever since Google branched way, arguably to get away from the stagnation imposed by Apple, Google being the software people who find most of the security flaws in Windows and Mac stuff.”

Apple seem to be doing just fine considering the number of users iOS 8 has been rolled out to. Maybe that is why lollipop is taking so long to get a large release. Plenty of reports on the web regarding how bug riddled it is.

When did apple 'semi abandon' WebKit and Safari? Whenever 'semi abandon' mean.

As demonstrated just the other day, Google should maybe spend a bit longer worrying about their own security flaws.
jchamier
18-01-2015
Originally Posted by Gigabit:
“Apple does have a good relationship with ARM, I'll give you that.”

Well they bought PA SEMI and bought an arm architecture licence so they can make their own designs.

Quote:
“But even if Samsung can't do TouchID as well as Apple, they could at least try a little bit harder. They add a load of features that don't appear to be tested.

As a programmer some of the crap that Samsung put in their products amazes me, it's like they didn't even do alpha testing. For example, the translations from Korean to English. When the translations don't make sense, it doesn't give much confidence in the rest of the product.”

Yes I've seen too many Samsung owning colleagues at work who have software bugs that don't get fixed.
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