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It means battery life can be very variable.
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But when the faster processor is fired up, it consumes battery very fast indeed. In standby it consumes almost nothing and when performing less demanding tasks, such as emailing, battery life is solid. The S6 Edge is more susceptible to usage battery drain than most other smartphones. Samsung ditched both a microSD card slot and a removable battery with the S6 line, which power users will cry over. That speed comes at the price of battery life.
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Even the recently used apps launcher, which is notoriously slow on almost every Android smartphone, is fast to pop up.
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A lower power 1.5GHz chip performs most undemanding tasks and a more powerful, but also more power hungry 2.1GHz chip takes over when needed.Īs a consequence the Edge is one of the fastest Android smartphones I’ve used to date, with no visible lag. The octo-core Exynos 7420 processor has two quad-core processors combined. Typically the Exynos chips have only been used in countries without 4G coverage, favouring Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips in the US, EU and UK. The Galaxy S6 line is the first to use Samsung’s own Exynos processor in US, EU and UK versions of its smartphones. The back is glass finally getting rid of the plastic and fake leather backs for which Samsung has been known. Overall, Galaxy S6 Edge is the best-looking smartphone Samsung has ever produced and finally matches HTC and Apple on craftsmanship. The 5.1in quad HD screen itself is pin sharp with one of the highest pixel densities to date, vibrant and has rich blacks and wide viewing angles, making it one of the best screens ever fitted to a smartphone and a marked step up from already good screen on the Galaxy S5. The metal band also has a hard edge to it, which makes it easy to hang on to, while the curved edges of the screen feel silky smooth when running a thumb over them. In the hand the metal edges make the S6 Edge feel thinner than it is, but have a reassuring solidity to them. The standout feature, however, has to be the curved edges of the screen, which roll over the left and right sides down to the metal bezel running around the side. The S6 Edge is both thin at 7mm thick and light at 132g, comparing favourably to competition from Apple’s 6.9mm thin and 132g iPhone 6 as well as HTC’s thicker and heavier One M9 and most other smartphones. It is solid with absolutely no give or flex anywhere in the body, but loses the waterproofing of last year’s Galaxy S5. Out with the plastic and in with a hard chamfered aluminium band running around the side of the device and a glass back. It is Samsung’s first all metal and glass smartphone. For Samsung, the Galaxy S6 Edge is a statement that design should lead technology rather than the other way around.