Month: April 2015

Samsung Galaxy 6 Edge

Curved things are inherently visual; parsing the subtleties of a surface that flows and disappears

into something else is pleasing to the eye, and to the touch. While not a huge departure from

the core design fundamentals of the regular Samsung Galaxy S6, the edge has enough differences to warrant a

separate look, and a separate recommendation. The dual curved edges, and the functionality

they provide, is solely what separates the S6 from the S6 edge. That and a slightly larger

2,600mAh battery over the regular S6’s 2,550mAh cell.

Whether you’re a selfie pro, a street style snapper or the queen of Instagram, you’re going

want to use this camera – all of the time. The specs: F1.9 lenses and a 16 megapixel sensor on

the rear camera. The takeaway: Amazing pictures, even in the dark. How’d they do that? A

Smart Optical Image Stabilization feature and an Auto Real-time High Dynamic Range (HDR)

make the most of low light environments, so you can nail that shot of Kanye performing an

impromptu DJ set in a nightclub.

On the battery side, both devices have slightly smaller cells than last year’s S5: the S6 has a

2,550mAh cell, while the S6 Edge sports a 2,600mAh battery. Samsung says battery life will be

equal or better to the S5 due to the more efficient 64-bit chip, but we’ll have to wait until a review

unit to test this. Samsung has done away with Qualcomm in favour of its own 14nm Exynos 7

chip. The company promises that its solution is as far, if not faster, than the Snapdragon 810,

and LTE reliability is just as robust. The first flagship released in recent years not to sport a

Qualcomm chip, it will be very interesting to see whether the performance holds up, especially

since Samsung has never offered its own embedded LTE solution before. Along with the

processor is 3GB of LPDDR4 RAM, and Samsung plans to offer 32, 64 and 128GB variants to

make up for the lack of microSD expansion.