I really hope newer phones will not go the way of apple phones by not allowing removable storage...I own an s5 with a measly 16gb but with my 64 gb sd card I can store anything I want. I use my phone to do everything and store everything on it so not having sd storage is 100%no buy for me. I hope LG sony and HTC do not go the way of apple and samsung..
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All true. Samsung IMO had to go this route so that biased review sites would shut up about it and just do the opposite. If they had an SD card the reviews would've found a way to criticize that.
While HTC, LG, Sony are embracing the return of SD card and removable battery, Samsung is embracing Apple because that's where the money is.
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Because nobody cares about removable batteries and SD cards anymore. Something you guys never understand is that you're in the minority. The S6 isn't made for you, the note is for the niche market(even if it's very popular now). I had an SD card in 2 phones and never once cared for them. I had a removable battery and never cared for it. It's a feature that isn't relevant to most people anymore.
And here we go again
It's like people ignore the other 10000 times this debate has happened. Maybe you should explain to HTC, LG, Sony why after omitting sd cards and removable batteries from last gen, they are now adding them back? And also explain to Google why they are wrong about enabling write to sd card in L after removing it in KK.
It adds cents to a phones cost, allows those who need it to use it, and has zero drawbacks for those who don't. Its amazing how Apple has managed to brainwash people into thinking they should just pay $100 premiums for extra storage and any other option is doomed.
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And here we go again
It's like people ignore the other 10000 times this debate has happened. Maybe you should explain to HTC, LG, Sony why after omitting sd cards and removable batteries from last gen, they are now adding them back? And also explain to Google why they are wrong about enabling write to sd card in L after removing it in KK.
It adds cents to a phones cost, allows those who need it to use it, and has zero drawbacks for those who don't. Its amazing how Apple has managed to brainwash people into thinking they should just pay $100 premiums for extra storage and any other option is doomed.
This keeps coming up because you guys just never get it. It's similar to the "Why aren't there 17" laptops anymore as fat as a desktop that can be customized/upgraded" question.
Lets look at who you just mentioned. HTC, LG and Sony. How are their sales looking? Not even close to Samsung's or Apple's, so how do you increase sales? By adding features and trying to differentiate yourself. HTC tried it with the Ultra Pixels and metal design, LG with the slim bezels and newer button layout (and 2560x1440) and Sony with the water/dust proof design. Samsung and Apple both already own enough of the market to not have to add any of these niche features, because they already sell well enough. Do you know why they sell so well? Because they listen to the market (masses).
I've already mentioned it, but since no one ever reads full posts anymore I'll repeat myself. I've had phones with SD slots and now I don't. I don't miss it one bit. My last two phones only had 16GB and I had zero issues with space. My current phone has 64GB and that's only because it was the only model available at the time. This has nothing to do with Apple brainwashing people and everything to do with people in general just not caring about certain features.
????????????? they didn't change shit
HTC m8 already had sealed batteries and micro sd slot
Sony xperia Z1 Z2 Z3 all had sealed batteries and micro sd slot
LG G3 had removable battery and micro sd slot
i'm honestly fine with no sd card in slot in S6 especially with ufs 2.0 storage solution
BUT price needs to be more reasonable like $50 per upgrade instead of $100 per...
i would pay $100 for 32gb - > 128gb upgrade
HTC m8 already had sealed batteries and micro sd slot
Sony xperia Z1 Z2 Z3 all had sealed batteries and micro sd slot
LG G3 had removable battery and micro sd slot
i'm honestly fine with no sd card in slot in S6 especially with ufs 2.0 storage solution
BUT price needs to be more reasonable like $50 per upgrade instead of $100 per...
i would pay $100 for 32gb - > 128gb upgrade
Your personal use case is irrelevant, there are plenty of people who want these features (nobody said the majority do), and Android is all about choice.
The reason Samsung/Apple sell majority of phones has nothing to do with hw/sw and everything to do with advertising budgets and marketing. The average consumer is still a highly gullible easily manipulated idiot who buys what the ads and paid reviews tell him to buy, its as simple as that.
If there was no improvement in smartphones after the 1st gen, people would still be buying them. What people buy proves nothing.
And trust me, if the S6 didn't have 'premium' materials, if it was still polycarb sealed body without sd card/battery, it'd be getting trashed. Its ALL about superficial appearance.
You should be comparing G2 vs G3, M7 vs M8 etc.
last gen = G3/M8/Z3/S5
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HW and software matter, but there is something to be said for intertia. Samsung made huge gains and has a ton of advantages over their competition. And a lot of these gains where made right at the time their competition was mostly dropping microsd and removable battery and they stuck with. As those competitors started to see the effects and started adding these things back, low and behold Samsung isn't doing that well anymore.
People seem to completely forget a phone choice is a TON of factors on top of inertia. Lots of people are going to buy the S6, thinking I was happy with my last Samsung, then when their battery dies prematurely or even later on they are going to say hmm that sucked maybe I should put that back on the list of must haves. I saw a lot of iphone users convert to Samsung for exactly this reason. That said the other gains Samsung has put into the S6 including the pretty cool double edged screen are probably going to drive enough sales to make up for that. But that's this generation, by next generation if the novelty wears off they might be right back to square one.
All most reasonable people are saying is it ain't worth it Samsung. Use your engineering prowess to keep these features on top of all the other gains and you will leave no reason for you competition to find a niche. This is why the galaxy note just keeps gaining ground. Its pretty much a phone that has no rival cause just about everything on it is as good or better than the competition.
People seem to completely forget a phone choice is a TON of factors on top of inertia. Lots of people are going to buy the S6, thinking I was happy with my last Samsung, then when their battery dies prematurely or even later on they are going to say hmm that sucked maybe I should put that back on the list of must haves. I saw a lot of iphone users convert to Samsung for exactly this reason. That said the other gains Samsung has put into the S6 including the pretty cool double edged screen are probably going to drive enough sales to make up for that. But that's this generation, by next generation if the novelty wears off they might be right back to square one.
All most reasonable people are saying is it ain't worth it Samsung. Use your engineering prowess to keep these features on top of all the other gains and you will leave no reason for you competition to find a niche. This is why the galaxy note just keeps gaining ground. Its pretty much a phone that has no rival cause just about everything on it is as good or better than the competition.
By the next generation, most screens will be curved.
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Just like all consoles are going to go to wand style motion controllers.
And all portable devices are going to have two screens and 3D effects.
Gimmicks never gain long term traction, because they are just that, a gimmick. The curved screen on the Edge looks neat (to some people). In actuality though it provides little or no tangible benefit and actually comes with a number of downsides. For that reason alone it will never become a mainstay of smartphones.
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Either way it doesn't change what I say. The curved screen becomes common, so what then other makers have it and can sell phones with revovable batteries and storage, or they don't become common and people see it as a gimmick of fad that passes.
Personally I think Samsung just did a super job with this curve, the note edge was actually more functional imo but it didn't blend as well into the device. The problem here is that IMO people are buying the S6 edge not for the features of the curve but actually more for the aesthetics and status. Unless it gets features and function that are much better its going to pass. And that feature and function requires it to curve more and wrap further.
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Wtf does this have to do with Apple?
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Ended up returning my S6 Edge - wasn't worth $750 to me. I loved it but not that much. I'll pick up another when it hits sub-$300 on Swappa.
You know there was a time when I would have called BS, but looking back through my phone history... I honestly could careless if it had either. Out of the 2 a removable battery would be more of a concern - if I actually kept the phone long enough for it to matter. Just picked up a M8 and am liking it. I was surprised it had a SD card slot & I have not tried the camera but should it not meet my expectations my Nikon D810 will pick up the slack...
You know there was a time when I would have called BS, but looking back through my phone history... I honestly could careless if it had either. Out of the 2 a removable battery would be more of a concern - if I actually kept the phone long enough for it to matter. Just picked up a M8 and am liking it. I was surprised it had a SD card slot & I have not tried the camera but should it not meet my expectations my Nikon D810 will pick up the slack...
You're incorrect.
Both the Galaxy S6 Edge and LG G Flex/G Flex 2 have curved screens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaNw8HAJ8-A
The Nexus S only had curved glass, not curved screen. http://pocketnow.com/android/nexus-s-contour-display-not-really-curved-its-just-the-glass
So the Galaxy S6 Edge has both a curved display and curved glass, much more technologically advanced than just curved glass.
And Samsung is manufacturing curved mobile displays in overdrive now. http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_...odel_before_the_next_note_edge-news-12298.php
I seriously wouldn't be surprised if curved displays will be standard in 2016+. Most smartphone designs have been really boring these days (cough*iPhone 6 and HTC One M9*cough), and the iPhone 6's design is showing its age. You can't stick with the same design forever. People want new designs all the time, that's how capitalism works. Look at how car companies change the designs of their models every 1-2 years.
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No, both the Edge and Flex use curved screens. The Nexus S used curved glass, the screen was still flat.
The big difference is the Flex curves the entire screen and the Edge curves the edges, which is why its called the Edge, same with the Note Edge. Samsung did make a Curved Note 4, but they never released it to the US.
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so it looks like details on the s6 active are starting to come out. i think it may be the one to replace my s4. Really depends on if the rumors of 3500mah battery and removeable storage are true. Also as long as its not so freakishly huge as the pics make it seems. imo the galaxy s4 is as big of a screen as I want, even it's too big sometimes for one handed browsing or texting
It will be as big as the Galaxy S5 Active (or was there an Active for the Galaxy S5?, I'm not sure). Probably with better build quality.
Well the S5 Active was 170g's with a 2800mah battery, I can only imagine how big/heavy this will be with a 3500.
Didn't know about the Note Edge. I think making the whole screen curved has more benefit since the edge in the Edge isn't really used for much, even by Samsung's own apps.
I'm not really sure if flexible screens will ever be mainstream - the scenario where you unfold your tiny pocket device and it becomes a big screen still feels like scifi and not that usable.
It'll be very interesting to see the Note 5 and S7 - will Samsung continue with current design or revert to their tradition of removable battery + sd card while keeping the metal design?
I agree, other than looking cool those little edges on the S6 are gimmicky. I liked the curved Note much better than the Flex's.
Flexible screens won't ever be anything other than fixed. They still adhere them onto solid glass, which aren't flexible yet. There are see through flexible materials out there, look real good too but the only problem is they wear out fast and have next to zero impact resistance.
The way I see it, if they keep the same design we won't ever see removable batteries or optional media again in Samsung devices (outside of super low end). I have pretty much written off Android at this point which leaves me to go iPhone as no one will release a newer high end WP device. I'm SOL
Cmon, you've no interest in LG, Sony, Motorola, HTC, Oppo, Huawei.. (the list goes on) devices? You can write off Samsung but no reason to give up on Android
And all of this is cyclic, it could all change in an instant if e.g. horror of horrors, iPhone 9 has expandable storage
And all of this is cyclic, it could all change in an instant if e.g. horror of horrors, iPhone 9 has expandable storage
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Opera Mobile works well for me for the huge main forum page in both 2015 and 2010 (my default) styles on my now older S4.
It's not the fastest browser but it's the only one that does word wrapping well. I don't know why everyone else decided to get rid of text reflow. Not all sites have a good mobile version.
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I bought an S3 used for $183 about a year ago, still working fine for me now thanks to a new battery (and Android 5.1) . The only reason I opted for a new battery over a new phone is because I don't need a $700 phone and I can't find a Z3c for under $300=$25/mo. (which is about my limit for a new unlocked phone).
The case looks all beat up, but the phone still looks like new and works as well, so I can't complain. If it breaks, I still have my HTC Amaze to fall back on (stopped using it because of ridiculous battery drain and overheating, otherwise a good phone).
. The only reason I opted for a new battery over a new phone is because I don't need a $700 phone and I can't find a Z3c for under $300=$25/mo. (which is about my limit for a new unlocked phone).The case looks all beat up, but the phone still looks like new and works as well, so I can't complain. If it breaks, I still have my HTC Amaze to fall back on (stopped using it because of ridiculous battery drain and overheating, otherwise a good phone).
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Does this Chrome Samsung Support Library app work on the S6? I've had good results with a Note 3. Scrolling is very smooth on nearly all websites.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.deviceextras.samsung
Edit - It's possible this so has nothing to do with the smoothness of browsing on Chrome. I had read on a few sites that is the intention of the app, but I haven't exactly done any real testing. It could very well be the power of suggestion and placebo effect. I'll take smooth browsing whatever the case is.
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I have my theory on why the s6 sold so well and the support of it on XDA.
Most people seem to have 24 month contracts so upgrade phone every 2 years.
So people go from s2 to s4 then to s6.
There also be people from s1 to s3 to s5.
I think simply put the amount of people on the 2,4,6 rotation is much more than the 1,3,5 hence the higher sales.
The only thing superior about the s6 e.g. over the s5 is probably the more powerful cpu and extra ram. Plus themes added to touchwiz, everything else I would say is only equal or worse. I also think samsung due to customer feedback will revert their decision on batteries and sdcards at some point, or at least on batteries.
The s5 901f which some people wrongly call the s5+ (there is a seperate s5+) was the main high end samsung phone distributed in europe for the last 6 months yet on XDA hardly anyone owns it, and the reason I feel is simple, aside from the complete lack of marketing (EE who distribute the 901f, actually advertise it as a plain s5) is that the period the s5 901f was the flagship was outside of people's upgrade windows.
Now I have played with an s6, and compared to my s5 the normal usage feels the same speed, obviously it benchmarks higher as it is more powerful, but this is good for me as it shows my s5 is now powerful enough to not lag in touchwiz, and also that s5 touchwiz was also light similar to s6.
What did surprise me (although samsung have now said this is a bug on the s6) is that background apps close down quickly on the s6 like the s5, they dont stay in ram long, which surprised me as it has more ram.
Personally I find the s6 harder to pickup than the s5 due to it been slimmer, but not as hard as the s3 (thats very hard to pick up as it also had much more curved edges). The s6 definitely has better quality audio, I think a lot due to the speaker been in a better position, but on most things I prefer my s5.
What doesnt help the s6 for me is I am not a fan of lollipop, you can see here http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/11/20/android-5-0-vs-android-4-4-walkthrough/?gbmsl=1 lolippop seems to have gone backwards in many ways, and lollipop also has no working xposed framework yet either. Since the s6 has no kitkat firmware, that would have really annoyed me if I purchased an s6 instead of the 901f. Sort of similar to when I first had my s3, I was annoyed with losing gingerbread. Obviously eventually (dont know when) xposed will get fixed and things will improve software side, but for now I feel the s6 is not on an overall level superior to the s5 901f.
To those who wonder how far touchwiz has come I have some more info, I own a oneplusone phone, which comes with cyanogenmod, has snapdragon 801 and 3 gig of ram.
That phone is very noticebly slower than my s5 (and of course also the s6). If I have to guess why I would put it down to slower flash memory, or worse software optimisation. It boots way slower, and even once booted apps load slower. So the days of aosp been faster than touchwiz I feel are history.
Most people seem to have 24 month contracts so upgrade phone every 2 years.
So people go from s2 to s4 then to s6.
There also be people from s1 to s3 to s5.
I think simply put the amount of people on the 2,4,6 rotation is much more than the 1,3,5 hence the higher sales.
The only thing superior about the s6 e.g. over the s5 is probably the more powerful cpu and extra ram. Plus themes added to touchwiz, everything else I would say is only equal or worse. I also think samsung due to customer feedback will revert their decision on batteries and sdcards at some point, or at least on batteries.
The s5 901f which some people wrongly call the s5+ (there is a seperate s5+) was the main high end samsung phone distributed in europe for the last 6 months yet on XDA hardly anyone owns it, and the reason I feel is simple, aside from the complete lack of marketing (EE who distribute the 901f, actually advertise it as a plain s5) is that the period the s5 901f was the flagship was outside of people's upgrade windows.
Now I have played with an s6, and compared to my s5 the normal usage feels the same speed, obviously it benchmarks higher as it is more powerful, but this is good for me as it shows my s5 is now powerful enough to not lag in touchwiz, and also that s5 touchwiz was also light similar to s6.
What did surprise me (although samsung have now said this is a bug on the s6) is that background apps close down quickly on the s6 like the s5, they dont stay in ram long, which surprised me as it has more ram.
Personally I find the s6 harder to pickup than the s5 due to it been slimmer, but not as hard as the s3 (thats very hard to pick up as it also had much more curved edges). The s6 definitely has better quality audio, I think a lot due to the speaker been in a better position, but on most things I prefer my s5.
What doesnt help the s6 for me is I am not a fan of lollipop, you can see here http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/11/20/android-5-0-vs-android-4-4-walkthrough/?gbmsl=1 lolippop seems to have gone backwards in many ways, and lollipop also has no working xposed framework yet either. Since the s6 has no kitkat firmware, that would have really annoyed me if I purchased an s6 instead of the 901f. Sort of similar to when I first had my s3, I was annoyed with losing gingerbread. Obviously eventually (dont know when) xposed will get fixed and things will improve software side, but for now I feel the s6 is not on an overall level superior to the s5 901f.
To those who wonder how far touchwiz has come I have some more info, I own a oneplusone phone, which comes with cyanogenmod, has snapdragon 801 and 3 gig of ram.
That phone is very noticebly slower than my s5 (and of course also the s6). If I have to guess why I would put it down to slower flash memory, or worse software optimisation. It boots way slower, and even once booted apps load slower. So the days of aosp been faster than touchwiz I feel are history.
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How slow is it? My S3 (cold) boots in 36 seconds on CM12.1, faster if GApps aren't installed. It can get bogged down on some websites, but most apps run smoothly. It has only 2GiB RAM and dual-core 1.5GHz Krait Snapdragon (Qc MSM8960) CPU, can't imagine that's much if at all better than a 1+1. My HTC Amaze was super-smooth, but got so hot I could hardly keep it in my pocket, and didn't handle kitkat so well (only 1GiB RAM). Wonder how well it'd run with Lolipop...
Your theory about the S6's sales probably isn't far off, though. Sounds plausible to me, at least.
oneplusone boot from power on is 1 min 16 seconds.
s5 901f to touchwiz 16 seconds.
Also once the OS is loaded, the oneplusone also takes ages to settle down, e.g. when the s5 901f has booted, afwall+ etc. have all done everything within 5 seconds, on the oneplusone its about 30 seconds.
even my s3 boots faster than the oneplusone (eu s3 only has 1 gig ram), but once booted the s3 is slower than the oneplusone for sure.
its worth noting the oneplusone has omnirom on it currently not CM, as omnirom is made by old CM devs, its like how CM used to be more feature rich. But it is entirely possible omnirom boots slower than CM, so later I will flash CM11 or CM12 and compare the boot times.
s5 901f to touchwiz 16 seconds.
Also once the OS is loaded, the oneplusone also takes ages to settle down, e.g. when the s5 901f has booted, afwall+ etc. have all done everything within 5 seconds, on the oneplusone its about 30 seconds.
even my s3 boots faster than the oneplusone (eu s3 only has 1 gig ram), but once booted the s3 is slower than the oneplusone for sure.
its worth noting the oneplusone has omnirom on it currently not CM, as omnirom is made by old CM devs, its like how CM used to be more feature rich. But it is entirely possible omnirom boots slower than CM, so later I will flash CM11 or CM12 and compare the boot times.
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Cmon, you've no interest in LG, Sony, Motorola, HTC, Oppo, Huawei.. (the list goes on) devices? You can write off Samsung but no reason to give up on Android
And all of this is cyclic, it could all change in an instant if e.g. horror of horrors, iPhone 9 has expandable storage
Lol! I like all of those manufacturers! My favorite OEM of phone makers is Motorola and then Sony.
I'm not writing off an OEM due to their hardware choices, I'm writing them off as they use Android, and I despise the direction Google is taking as of late. Everything could change with 6.0 but I'm not counting on it. My current phone is the Note 3 and its been my favorite Android phone so far but not nearly my favorite device over all.I'd love it if they brought organic storage expansion to the iPhone! I use an adapter that works very well. But I would love it if I didn't have to use one.
Seems to be a java problem, with java off, everything is much better in all browsers.
Oh Lord. the amount of incorrect in the above is mind boggling. Look, I know you want to take pride in your S5, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's a still a very capable phone. But to say that the ONLY thing (and you said probably at that) better about the S6 is the CPU and RAM? Ummmm no. No. No. Let's rephrase it this way since it's much easier to enumerate the few ways the S5 is better than the S6: Removable battery, SD card, Water resistance, and marginally better battery life. That's it. Nothing more. The S6 is a superior phone in every other facet.
Oh let me count the ways. You already mentioned the CPU and RAM. This is a not a probably. This is an empirical fact. The eynos CPU runs circles around the 801 chip in the S5. And it's not just a synthetic benchmark king. This makes a difference in real world usage. S5 uses DDR3 versus the S6 DDR4. The S6 uses UFS 2.0 (a smartphone first) which is far superior to the eMMC of the S5. And dont' forget the GPU. The screen is superior on the S6. Not just the resolution. This S6 gets brighter AND dimmer than the S5. The rear camera is far superior on the S6. The S5 camera is only good in bright lighting. It sucks in poor light. The OIS and lower F stop make a huge difference on the S6. I can actually take nice low light photos with the S6. I could never say that with the S5. Oh and don't get me started on the front facing camera. The front facing camera on the S5 is a complete joke. The pictures are garbage. The front facing camera on the S6 is actually usable and can take some nice photos. What about the speaker placement? Again the bottom position on the S6 is superior to the rear placement on the S5. Oh and did I mention that it's a lot louder? How about that finger print sensor? Again superior on the S6. It was a joke on the S5. Heart rate monitor? Again more accurate and superior on the S6. Quick charging? Again superior on the S6. Touch wiz? You may think that TW on the S5 doesn't lag but there are thousands of others who would disagree with you there. Touchwiz on the S6 is a huge improvement. Finally, the most obvious thing...build quality? Now personally, I think build quality is a little overblown, but you can't argue that the S6 does not feel amazingly well built. The S5 is a nice phone but it simply feels cheap when you hold it.
Now in a perfect world Samsung would have kept the improvements of the S6 while not sacrificing any features of the S5, but we don't live in a perfect world, and there is no such thing as a perfect phone. Now about your comment about Samsung reacting to customer feedback? You mean the customer feedback showing S6 sales FAR EXCEEDING S5 sales? Yeah, I'm sure that's going to make them revert back.
The fact is, the public has spoken and voted with their wallets and despite what a few nerds like us say on forums, removable batteries and SD are just not that important to the average John Q. Public.Is that even possible? How could 0 be less than 0?
Neither screen gets to 0 nits at its lowest setting. Think about it. If that were the case than you would see nothing when the slider is at the far left.
But I will correct myself. Both screens apparently get down to 2 nits. However holding both of these screens side by side in a dark room, the S6 looks noticeable darker to my naked eye at it's lowest setting.
Umm.. I think you're not reading the chart correctly. Assuming you're going by DisplayMate's Brightness and Contrast Low Ambient Light charts, the 2 nits that you're likely pointing out is referring to "Lowest Peak Brightness," aka displaying an image on the screen with the brightness slider set to minimum. But the phones' black brightness goes all the way down to 0 nit when the image is perfect black, due to absolutely showing no light, hence "infinite contrast."
There is only a couple of reasons I could even think of how 2 nit on the S6 still look darker to you than 2 nit on the S5. One of them is that the image on the S5 is more vibrant in colors than the image on the S6. The other reason is personal bias...
Sources:
http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S5_ShootOut_1.htm
http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S6_ShootOut_1.htm
Yes, I am quite aware that the amoled screen is capable of producing a true black with inifinite contrast. But do you really think that is what I was referring to? Maybe you use your phone differently than I do but I don't spend that much time looking at a completely black screen.
I was obviously referring to lowest peak brightness. If you use your phone in bed at night at all like I do, the ability for a panel to get incredibly dim is very useful and creates far less eye fatigue than a panel than cannot get very dim.
But as I stated, I stand corrected. Per the spec sheets, both panels get equally dim. Doesn't alter the countless other points I listed enumerating how the S6 is superior to the S5.
Personally checked out an S6 today. Came out of the store with an iPhone 6 lol, really didnt actually mean to buy anything and just a spur of the moment purchase. My Z2 will become my work phone now. The S6 felt nice but for some reason I just dont trust Samsung anymore, Touchwiz felt faster but I still hate it.
Camera is better obviously, but I dont know if the difference is as huge as you make out.
The battery life on the s5 is more than slightly better. Its about 25% better.
and yes touchwiz has the same performance on both phones. I have used both.
So the higher speed flash storage, faster cpu dont make real world differences on normal usage, games might work faster tho. The gpu is better but its also powering more pixels, but again the performance gain on the gpu may be noticed in games but not in generic usage.
By the way I dont play games on my phone hence these things not been mentioned.
Currently is there any software where the cpu and gpu on the s6 are actually gamechangers? thats the big question.
The faster ufs, might make games load faster and the phone boot quicker but thats probably about it.
I still stand by my opinon that the sales are related to the two year cycles, s4 had strong sales as well as s2. It wouldnt surprise me if the s7 has less sales than the s6.
Amount of sales isnt a way to measure happiness. Unless you measuring long term sales past initial launch which can be affected by reputation of product, "pre orders" and launch sales are down to marketing etc.
What is unique on the s6 over previous models? So in your mind these things increased sales.
Is an iphone clone in terms of design.
Metal/glass build.
On the edge model the screen is at the edge as well.
Better speaker placement.
64bit cpu
I wont mention faster cpu/gpu and resolution increase, and camera quality increase as those things happen every year anyway
Are you trying to say everyone likes the iphone design so brought the s6 because of its new style? most people who buy phones arent geeks so dont care much about cpu/ram specs.
Also remember I have the s5 901f which is more powerful than the normal s5.
The battery life on the s5 is more than slightly better. Its about 25% better.
and yes touchwiz has the same performance on both phones. I have used both.
So the higher speed flash storage, faster cpu dont make real world differences on normal usage, games might work faster tho. The gpu is better but its also powering more pixels, but again the performance gain on the gpu may be noticed in games but not in generic usage.
By the way I dont play games on my phone hence these things not been mentioned.
Currently is there any software where the cpu and gpu on the s6 are actually gamechangers? thats the big question.
The faster ufs, might make games load faster and the phone boot quicker but thats probably about it.
I still stand by my opinon that the sales are related to the two year cycles, s4 had strong sales as well as s2. It wouldnt surprise me if the s7 has less sales than the s6.
Amount of sales isnt a way to measure happiness. Unless you measuring long term sales past initial launch which can be affected by reputation of product, "pre orders" and launch sales are down to marketing etc.
What is unique on the s6 over previous models? So in your mind these things increased sales.
Is an iphone clone in terms of design.
Metal/glass build.
On the edge model the screen is at the edge as well.
Better speaker placement.
64bit cpu
I wont mention faster cpu/gpu and resolution increase, and camera quality increase as those things happen every year anyway
Are you trying to say everyone likes the iphone design so brought the s6 because of its new style? most people who buy phones arent geeks so dont care much about cpu/ram specs.
Also remember I have the s5 901f which is more powerful than the normal s5.