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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 - MWC Galaxy S6/S6 Edge and Samsung Pay converage and discussion

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Linus Tech Tips forum discussion thread on Galaxy Unpacked 2015

Discuss all post-release content of this year's Galaxy Unpacked here! Including the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, and Samsung Pay.

 

Contribution towards this OP by myself as well as awesome forum news reporter Victorious Secret - Original thread located here

  

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Full Specs:

 

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Missed the live stream? Watch the official replay here!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVk3ZWrhHxc

 

My personal coverage of the event:

Update 1: Holy crap the crowd O_o

 

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"I may not be the best public speaker, because my first language is engineering" -JK Shin

 

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Update 2: HYPE

 

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Update 3: Samsung Pay - competitor to Apple Pay, Samsung partners with the likes of VISA and MasterCard

 

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Update 4: Along with regular gold, silver, and black/gray, there are also dark green and light blue color options

 

"It takes 800 degrees of heat to curve the glass"

 

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Update 5: Gorilla Glass 4 and "special metal" frame, 50% stronger claimed

 

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Update 6: Samsung is really stepping up their game with TouchWiz, making it smoother to use and easier to understand

 

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Update 6: So that's what the edge is for, slide-in contacts and glows when it's face down

 

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Update 7: Hardware! 14nm SOC gives 20% more performance with 35% better power efficiency. Faster NAND flash, DDR4 RAM, and a 1440p display

 

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Gear VR anyone?

 

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Battery life? You'll need it with the built in ​non-removable battery.

 

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10 minutes charging for 4 hours of "average" use

 

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Both Qi and PowerMat wireless charging

 

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Update 8: Camera - F1.9, Real-time HDR, and low light mode on both front and rear cameras - 0.7 seconds from screen off to picture taken by double-tapping home button

 

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SHOTS FIRED

 

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Update 9: much bank, such card, very pay, wow

 

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Update 10: That's all, folks! Get your wallets ready for April 10th!

 

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Coverage of the event by The Verge:

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"These are the most advanced smartphones in the world. With capabilities no other phone can match."

 

 

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Samsung Pay (hah, where have we heard that branding before?) announced too. Samsung has partnered up with MasterCard and VISA.

 

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You can assign contacts to colours with the S6 Edge. This is truly the future, ladies and gentlemen. This is also how Fast And Furious crosses over into the mobile industry. Rice rice baby. 

 

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Those are some nice performance gains, maybe @patrickjp93 can comment on the 14nm business and if its actually 14nm. 

 

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77% more pixels than the S5, 577ppi, new Gear Innovator as shown below. 

 

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f/1.9 lens front and back for the camera

 


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PhoneArena preview:

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Update: First encounter

 
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Standard S6:
 
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Much nicer to hold then the Edge.
 
 

Pre-event news - Leaks and teasers:

 
 

 

Official Samsung teaser video - "The Next Galaxy"

 

 

Official Samsung teaser ad - "Six Appeal"

 

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Leaked pre-order campaign:

 

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AT&T pre-production leak:

Source: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/02/25/galaxy-s6-appears-leaked-glory/

 

 

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Less then an hour to go!

Am I the only one that doesn't care about the Samsung Galaxy at all? I think it's a horrible phone after I got my hands on a OnePlus One compared to the S5.

 

 

 

 

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Am I the only one that doesn't care about the Samsung Galaxy at all? I think it's a horrible phone after I got my hands on a OnePlus One compared to the S5.

 

OPO kicks the crap out of the S5, and I don't even like the OPO that much. 

 

Also, top posting skills OP. An hour out doesn't need a thread in Tech News. Its already old news. A thread already exists that covers this information in full. We don't need Samsungs official word to have another thread. 

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Why the hell is there all the news on a sunday? 

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Am I the only one that doesn't care about the Samsung Galaxy at all? I think it's a horrible phone after I got my hands on a OnePlus One.

I hated them up to the Note 3 (which is ironically my current daily). After the S5 they dramatically improved TouchWiz

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Really interesting to see Samsung splitting up with Qualcomm. Ever since the S2 there have been North American market versions (as well as versions for other worldwide markets) using Snapdragon processors. Not to say that all of them are Snapdragon, there are some exceptions such as the Note 2. I've never used an Exynos device before though, so this might be interesting. 

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Am I the only one that doesn't care about the Samsung Galaxy at all? I think it's a horrible phone after I got my hands on a OnePlus One compared to the S5.

I completely agree

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Am I the only one that doesn't care about the Samsung Galaxy at all? I think it's a horrible phone after I got my hands on a OnePlus One compared to the S5.

You care enough to post apparently, and you are so very wrong when you say the Galaxy S 5 is a horrible phone (and if you're talking about the S6 then you're even more wrong because we don't even know what it is).

The OPO is on par with the S5 in a lot of areas, worse in quite a few, and only better in one area (price). I really like the OPO as well, but if you don't take price into consideration then there is no way it's better than the SGS5 and definitely not better than the S 6 (unless Samsung somehow manages to make it worse than the previous generation).

 

 

 

OPO kicks the crap out of the S5, and I don't even like the OPO that much. 

 

Also, top posting skills OP. An hour out doesn't need a thread in Tech News. Its already old news. A thread already exists that covers this information in full. We don't need Samsungs official word to have another thread. 

You might not like OPO, but you absolutely hate Samsung so that's not a surprise... I agree with you about this thread being unnecessary though. Not because the other thread covers everything (because it doesn't) but because we don't really need a thread 1 hour before anything has been announced. At least not just a thread that says "discuss!".

I am all for a thread where the OP constantly adds new info and formats it nicely during the live stream though.

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Honestly if this doesn't have a SD card slot, or cleaned up Touchwiz i'm selling my 5s for a M9

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Honestly if this doesn't have a SD card slot, or cleaned up Touchwiz i'm selling my 5s for a M9

Welcome to the HTC family.  :P

 

I'll be watching the stream ... on the M8  :ph34r:

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You care enough to post apparently, and you are so very wrong when you say the Galaxy S 5 is a horrible phone (and if you're talking about the S6 then you're even more wrong because we don't even know what it is).

The OPO is on par with the S5 in a lot of areas, worse in quite a few, and only better in one area (price). I really like the OPO as well, but if you don't take price into consideration then there is no way it's better than the SGS5 and definitely not better than the S 6 (unless Samsung somehow manages to make it worse than the previous generation).

I posted because I wanted to know if ppl actually care about the S6. Cause I do not. Makes sence, hm?

The price is what makes the OPO such a great phone. And it's not only the price, where it is better than the S5. Battery life is better, I think the camara is a bit better (not really sure about that), it feels so much better and not as cheap as the S5 and it has more RAM. Also it has Cyanogen (which I like) and a lot of ppl like that much more than whatever is on the S5, but that of course is subjective.

 

 

 

 

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"From ground up" thats something Apple's British guy says lol

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Woah, straight to security

 

EDIT : My goodness, that thing is reflecting light all over the place when she's waving it.  The back is way too shiny.

 

EDIT 2 : "it will not bend"   LOL

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bending... scrolling... wow...

they keep taking on Apple...

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Yes even though it won't bend, i don't think its ok to rip off another companies design...

 

Edit: DDR4... God damn... 

 

Edit: 1440P when my laptop is 720p...

 

Edit 3: They keep repeating themselves

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"lag and stuttering is gone" -samsung 2015

There's barely any lag or stuttering on my Galaxy Avant (Snapdragon 400)... it's actually a lot smoother to use then my Note 3.

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I am all for a thread where the OP constantly adds new info and formats it nicely during the live stream though.

 

this thread at the current state is pretty much a placeholder for live stream updates, but most likely VS is gonna do the same thing and everyones gonna flock to his thread instead -.-

 

oh would you look at that, i should predict next week's lottery numbers as well.

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I don't like Samsung but I have to say, Good for them this time :)

 

Better build quality by far than last time.

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The bottom of that fucking phone...

 

LOOKS A LITTLE FAMILIAR.

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TouchWizz is still terrible. The galaxy lineup is unusable. And they don't have Google Play editions of it i guess? and even if, they would be USA exclusive like last time? Too bad. I might give HTC another try but i wasn't too impressed with their stuff the last time i had one. :P

who cares...

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Isn't taking screenshots not allowed like samsung said in the beginning of this event

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This news may be of note:
 

Samsung Galaxy S6/S6 Edge: Preloaded with OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype.

 

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"OneDrive and OneNote are preloaded, with 115GB (odd number, sure) of free storage for two years,"

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USB 2? No expandable memory? Bottom headphone jack? Less battery because of "oh look, I'm super thin"? No water resistance? and is that a bump for the camera?? And "eww" that glossy back looks like a absolute fingerprint and sweat magnet. About the USB 2 port, are people that stupid to not know that USB 2 micro B cables work with USB 3 micro B ports... because it doesn't looks the same means it doesn't work...?  I'm done, time to see what HTC and LG has to offer.

Samsung ditched USB 3.0 a while ago. My Note 3 has it, but Note 4 and S5 don't. There's no real benefit to it. 

 

Isn't taking screenshots not allowed like samsung said in the beginning of this event

If people attending the presentation can take pictures then no reason for no screenshots

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