*** The Official Samsung Galaxy S6/Edge Thread ***

I'm surprised some people see the non-removable battery as such a big problem. Yes, they decline, but it's hardly as if they're bad after 2 years, just a bit worse.

As for other things, power banks are small, effective, and cheap.

In the case of the iPhone, Apple will replace a battery for £50~, maybe Samsung will offer the same service?
 
The battery is not a big deal so long as the battery is decent. Even then I'd rather have a power bank than a spare battery any day.

But no SD card is baaaaaadddddddd!
 
£700 is a lot of money for a phone...you want it to last as long as possible if you can. Changing a phone 'cos the battery is getting duff would hurt.

I know a few people with duff batteries in the iP5's. Handy people can swap it out themselves as that gen phone was easy enough to work on without causing damage. That's all I'm asking for on the S6.
 
Yeah my current phone (Nexus 4) is just over two years old, and while the battery is not quite as good as when it was new (they were never great, right) its really not deteriorated much.

I mean if it was a such a big issue then you've got to wonder why second hand iPhones hold their prices so well.
 
Robbo said:
I'm surprised some people see the non-removable battery as such a big problem. Yes, they decline, but it's hardly as if they're bad after 2 years, just a bit worse.
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I'm surprised too, fixed battery is almost the norm now HTC, iPhone, Windows phones, all non-removable (to do a hard reboot you hold down the vol and power button btw). So a total non-issue for me, you don't like it buy another phone. Same for the no SD Card non-issue (32GB,64Gb,128Gb & OTG)

Everyone moaned about the previous Samsung for having cheap plastic... well check the build of this!

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kona786 said:
£700 is a lot of money for a phone...you want it to last as long as possible if you can. Changing a phone 'cos the battery is getting duff would hurt.

I know a few people with duff batteries in the iP5's. Handy people can swap it out themselves as that gen phone was easy enough to work on without causing damage. That's all I'm asking for on the S6.
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You can swap the battery on the iPhone 6 and 6+, you just undo the two little screws and pull out the screen with those suction things, pretty much the same as before. Or just save the hassle and get Apple to do it at what is a fairly reasonable cost.

Is the S6 fully sealed?
 
Robbo said:
You can swap the battery on the iPhone 6 and 6+, you just undo the two little screws and pull out the screen with those suction things, pretty much the same as before. Or just save the hassle and get Apple to do it at what is a fairly reasonable cost.

Is the S6 fully sealed?
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That's good to know.

Not sure however I wouldn't put it past Samsung to build in obsolescence. But I'll reserve judgement till iFixit report on it.
 
The battery doesn't really bother me, I will get the 64gb version may even go 128 if they available at launch so the sd no issues. I don't put films on etc just stream from netflix/amazon prime.
 
Robbo said:
In the case of the iPhone, Apple will replace a battery for £50~, maybe Samsung will offer the same service?
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I'd be more than happy with a service like that, I usually give my old phones to a family member or friend and wouldn't want to give someone a borked battery Like my s4 has now.
 
smokedog said:
Everyone moaned about the previous Samsung for having cheap plastic... well check the build of this!
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I didn't, I was one of the few who seemingly didn't have a fascination with owning a phone made of expensive stuff at the expense of functionality only to put it in a £20 plastic case anyway :p
 
Robbo said:
In the case of the iPhone, Apple will replace a battery for £50~, maybe Samsung will offer the same service?
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I wasn't aware of this. That is a very reasonable price for an official battery + fitting. Does this apply X amount of time after the warranty is finished or is not time limited?
 
Also, the whole battery in phones becoming terrible after a few years, as a general rule, is simply untrue. Sure a few people have been unlucky and ended up with bad batteries which have rapidly declined, but getting 5-6 hours from a charge after 2 years is not a normal scenario

I had both a 3GS and 4S for 2 years and 2.5 years respectively and the battery life was not markedly worse, sure it no doubt wasn't the same but it wasn't far off.
 
thep02 said:
Not iphone bashing, bashing people who buy 2nd hand iphones for 70+% of retail, the only possible reason this state of affairs exists is because they are both desperate and foolish.
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I said iPhone 'user' bashing, and you clearly were bashing some iPhone users, the ones who buy second hadn't expensive ones...

Anyway, as I said my point stands!! If the batteries were screwed after a couple of years then the the resale value would not be what it is, even for these 'desperate and foolish' individuals.
 
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