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avdub1's review of the Samsung Galaxy S6 (GSM)
original version, submitted Apr 24, 2015, 2:21 PM:
It's okay...
This review comes from someone who owned the Galaxy S5, went to the iPhone 6 and now onto the Galaxy S6. Unfortunately, I feel Samsung (and likely Android) is taking a step backwards in terms of stability and overall improvements. Sure, the display is beautiful, the build quality has improved dramatically and the camera takes beautiful photos (even at night), but from a functionality standpoint, I've run into several issues - and mind you, this is before installing a bunch of apps, so I know no none of the problems I've encountered has anything to do with app incompatibilities. First of all, I experience frequent background "app crashes", for whatever reason. I can't tell you how many times per day (perhaps 5 or more?) I glance at the screen, only to be presented with "Smart Remote has stopped working", or this-and-that has stopped working. I also encounter quite a bit of unexpected stutter and frozen panels/screens from time to time, despite the killer specs of this processor. This is just unacceptable coming from a 2015 flagship device. What's strange, is I never experienced such unexpected behavior on my Galaxy S5. Additionally, battery life has taken a dramatic hit too. This is ultimately the reason why I am returning the Galaxy S6 and going back to the iPhone 6. Quite honestly, I'm shocked at how dismal it is. My phone is going dead by 5pm after a normal work day. The iPhone 6 would rock all through the afternoon, evening and well into the night and even have some charge left the next morning.
I wish I had better things to say about the Galaxy S6, I truly do! But until these bugs and quirks are worked out, I'll stick with iPhone.
edited Apr 24, 2015, 2:22 PM to the current version:
Unexpected unhappiness...
This review comes from someone who owned the Galaxy S5, went to the iPhone 6 and now onto the Galaxy S6. Unfortunately, I feel Samsung (and likely Android) is taking a step backwards in terms of stability and overall improvements. Sure, the display is beautiful, the build quality has improved dramatically and the camera takes beautiful photos (even at night), but from a functionality standpoint, I've run into several issues - and mind you, this is before installing a bunch of apps, so I know no none of the problems I've encountered has anything to do with app incompatibilities. First of all, I experience frequent background "app crashes", for whatever reason. I can't tell you how many times per day (perhaps 5 or more?) I glance at the screen, only to be presented with "Smart Remote has stopped working", or this-and-that has stopped working. I also encounter quite a bit of unexpected stutter and frozen panels/screens from time to time, despite the killer specs of this processor. This is just unacceptable coming from a 2015 flagship device. What's strange, is I never experienced such unexpected behavior on my Galaxy S5. Additionally, battery life has taken a dramatic hit too. This is ultimately the reason why I am returning the Galaxy S6 and going back to the iPhone 6. Quite honestly, I'm shocked at how dismal it is. My phone is going dead by 5pm after a normal work day. The iPhone 6 would rock all through the afternoon, evening and well into the night and even have some charge left the next morning.
I wish I had better things to say about the Galaxy S6, I truly do! But until these bugs and quirks are worked out, I'll stick with iPhone.
