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Samsung Galaxy S6 - still a good phone?
southlad
25-04-2016
Above question... and what is the battery life like a year on?

Thanks
CheshireBumpkin
25-04-2016
Originally Posted by southlad:
“Above question... and what is the battery life like a year on?

Thanks ”

It never was a good phone in my opinion. And the battery life is still poor. Avoid.
Aye Up
25-04-2016
Originally Posted by CheshireBumpkin:
“It never was a good phone in my opinion. And the battery life is still poor. Avoid.”

Phone functions and Camera are fine, work well on Marshmallow, so I disagree there.

But yes battery life it shit, better off looking at an S7 or Moto X variant for the better battery life.
CheshireBumpkin
25-04-2016
Originally Posted by Aye Up:
“Phone functions and Camera are fine, work well on Marshmallow, so I disagree there.

But yes battery life it shit, better off looking at an S7 or Moto X variant for the better battery life.”

Awful cell and wifi antenna reception on the S6 too though, which impacts directly on virtually all functions except the camera, which I agree is good. Plus Touchwiz is foul, although that may have been improved with Marshmallow.

I always get frustrated with these 'which phone?' threads to be honest as it's such a personal choice and everyone has their sacred-cow brands. The OP should probably just buy one unlocked from Amazon and test it extensively for a few days before deciding whether to keep it or send it back....
alanwarwic
25-04-2016
Battery life never matched some of the Android competitors, though its awfulness is exaggerated much.

GSMARENA gives it a battery test rating of 72 hours, a good bit behind my 81 hour energy sipping LG G2.
But is Marshmallow is as good as it is saidto be rather than a more likely placebo affect only, then battery life might now match my sippy G2.
daleski75
26-04-2016
Originally Posted by CheshireBumpkin:
“Awful cell and wifi antenna reception on the S6 too though, which impacts directly on virtually all functions except the camera, which I agree is good. Plus Touchwiz is foul, although that may have been improved with Marshmallow.

I always get frustrated with these 'which phone?' threads to be honest as it's such a personal choice and everyone has their sacred-cow brands. The OP should probably just buy one unlocked from Amazon and test it extensively for a few days before deciding whether to keep it or send it back.... ”

I got rid of my S6 down to the god awful cell reception as it was incredibly frustrating to get 3g in area's where my previous phone had a rock solid 4g signal.
corf
26-04-2016
The missus loves hers. The camera is awesome, the battery no worse than my iphone 6. Touchwiz is really dumbed down compared to her previous phone the s3. I also think the cell recpetion was improved with marshmallow - or EE increased power in our area.

I like it - I think its better than my iphone 6
CheshireBumpkin
26-04-2016
Originally Posted by daleski75:
“I got rid of my S6 down to the god awful cell reception as it was incredibly frustrating to get 3g in area's where my previous phone had a rock solid 4g signal.”

Yes, that's my experience too. My S6 rarely sees 4G whereas other phones receive a strong 4G signal in the same place.
mred2000
28-04-2016
Well, I got my S6 in January and it's the best phone I've had, IMHO, since my S3. I had an S5 between them and that was awful. Battery life on mine is fine, I get between 1.5 to 2 days out of it, on average, but can always plug it into the car or external battery pack if I'm out and about so that's no longer a problem (I've picked up spare batteries for phones for the past few I've had, I don't expect them to last.)

Camera is excellent and I've had zero problems with cell reception at all.
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