Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Pro Reviews

The S6 Edge is a fantastic looking handset with plenty of power and an impressive camera, but a high price, poor battery performance and sub-par edge screen features stop it from achieving perfection.

The Galaxy S6 edge+ can be considered simply an S6 edge with a bigger screen, right? Well, our thorough comparison showed that this statement is true only to an extent. The larger, 5.7” display makes a world of difference when it comes to browsing, watching videos, and even perusing the extra features of the interactive side edges of the two flexible display phones. Moreover, the S6 edge+ features longer battery life, and better connectivity options, like faster 4G LTE download speeds, or the latest Bluetooth 4.2. Compounding on its advantages over the S6 edge is the full suite of manual options in the camera app that includes shutter speed control. When we add these under-the-hood improvements, the Galaxy S6 edge+ becomes the better phone of the two. It is, however, about a hundred dollars or euros more expensive, but if you are going to splurge that much on a unique phone anyway, and size isn't an issue, you might want to go the whole nine yards, and get the bigger, better device.

In all fairness, the two phones get the job done – they’re great for many things, while also sporting an impressive specs sheet. When it comes to most bang for the buck, we’d give the edge to the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, despite its higher starting cost. In paying the extra $100 for Sammy’s offering, you get the better looking design, built-in wireless charging, rapid charging, finger print sensor, heart rate sensor, and a novel dual-curved display. Add to that, TouchWiz offers a little bit more depth. Conversely, we’ll applaud the LG G4 for being a worthy competitor too. If savings is your thing, the $200 on-contract cost is deserving for a high caliber phone like this one – though, you’ll be getting a less premium looking phone with its plastic casing. Regardless of that, LG really impresses us with the G4’s amazing low lighting performance with its camera – and its vibrant IPS Quantum Display. Like we said people, there’s no shame going with one of the phone over the other. It just mainly comes down to what design you find more attractive.

At first glance, it should be easy to make a flagship smartphone. Scoop off the cream at the top of the component chain, throw in some premium materials - you can take your pick, but metal and glass seem good places to start - and bingo. Problem is, not only can that piecemeal approach leave a phone feeling soulless, but the actual user-experience can prove perversely underwhelming compared to the bulging feature list. There have been earlier moves to step off the specification treadmill and generate appeal in a more fundamental way, with varying degrees of success. Apple is the giant in the room on that front, having carved an enviable marketshare by positioning the iPhone not only as a capable device, but a covetable and cohesive one.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is a gorgeous, powerful smartphone, but you're paying a pretty steep premium for curved glass.

Whichever phone you end up choosing, just know that it’s going to cost you quite a handful to buy – whether it’s outright or with a contract. Luckily, the pricing structure for the Nexus 6 is pretty uniform whichever outlet you end up going with. So if we’re to look at it from an outright level, you’ll need to fork over a beastly $699.99 to snag the Google Nexus 6. In contrast, depending on where you go, the Galaxy S6 edge will fetch you roughly between $699.99 and $814.99. Simply, there’s no denying the reality that the Galaxy S6 edge is just one expensive smartphone – though, its overall performance is indicative of its hefty cost. You’ll pay an exorbitant amount for the phone, but what you get in return is a premium looking, compact sized smartphone that runs highly in all key categories. In addition, the cool aesthetic achieved by its dual-curved display is undoubtedly a sight to behold in itself. It’s just, you know, so gorgeous and beautiful looking. Well, if you take fancy in phablet sized things, then it’s a no-brainer decision to go with the Google Nexus 6. Specs-wise, it’s able to pull its weight in comparison to Sammy’s new toy, but what makes the Nexus 6 so grand is the fact that it’s one of the showcase devices for the platform, meaning it’ll receive updates to Android a lot sooner than the Galaxy S6 edge, which will take Sammy some time to optimize to mesh well with its own custom experience. All told, it’s a win-win whatever phone you end up going with. One might have the upper hand in specific areas, but at the end of the day, they perform swimmingly enough is all the key areas to make them smartphones you won’t be disappointed in buying.

The Galaxy S6 edge launches a multipronged assault on any handset that dares to challenge it, and last year's S5 inevitably falls a victim to its uniqueness. It's not only the futuristic dual edge screen that the S6 edge wields, but also the premium glittering chassis that runs circles around the Galaxy S5's soft plastic, scoffing at the fact that the S6 edge doesn't have a waterproof rating like its predecessor. With its not-that-useful, yet rather extraordinary looking curved display, record-breaking silicon, a better camera, longer battery life, and Samsung Pay service, the S6 edge is very easy to pick compared to the Galaxy S5. Until you arrive at the pricing, that is. The S6 edge is more than twice as expensive as the S5, so you should really consider if you need the curved display premium. If you are into new and cool, though, the S6 edge is as futureproof as they get at the moment, and will probably hold its value for a long time, unlike the S5's assets that started depreciating rapidly the moment it launched.

If you've ever struggled picking between two great flagships in the past, you'll likely know what we ourselves understand all too well – when you're looking to make the most out of your hard-earned cash, choosing can be difficult. Fortunately, with the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and the HTC One M9, things are clear-cut enough for you to simply have to identify what's important to you personally – the answer will come to you by itself. So, do you value camera performance and battery life above all else? The Galaxy S6 edge, then, is the obvious choice – it steamrolls the One M9's unsatisfying, 20-megapixel shooter, and manages almost an hour longer on our battery life test. It also has the slightly larger display, which is notably superior to its competitor's solution when set to 'Basic' mode. Are you more intrigued by the design work that goes into your gadget? Is sound quality an overly important consideration for you? And are you annoyed by software gimmicks? If you mentally noted a 'yes' whilst going through those three questions, then your choice is fairly straightforward, and its name is HTC One M9. Indeed, while Samsung has spent considerably amount of effort trying to classy up the Galaxy S6 edge, and we sure dig the futuristic-looking display, the M9's full aluminum unibody is uncompromisingly beautiful, and comes with none of the oily mess that is the S6 edge's back. What's more, the One M9 is a far superior platform for listening to music – whether you go wired or not. Ultimately, point-for-point, the Galaxy S6 edge is the superior device of the two. But it's not the classier – a subtle, but important difference.

If you feel like the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge is the right phone for you, just get it. And if your inner voice is telling you to pick the Galaxy Note 4 instead, just get it. Both devices rank among the best Androids money can buy and likely won't disappoint you with what they bring to the table. Yet we must admit that the Galaxy S6 edge is better than the Note 4 in many ways, and we're not talking only about the outstanding design and build quality it draws so much attention with. Samsung's curvy flagship phone shines with its blazing hardware performance and with the responsiveness of its software, which is enough for us to recommend it over “older” Samsung handsets. Not that the Galaxy Note 4 is a slow phone – its Snapdragon 805 can handle anything thrown at it – but the Galaxy S6 edge is more refined of a smartphone with its superior hardware configuration, and that's a plus. On the other hand, we must admit that the large and beautiful display on the Galaxy Note 4 is a valuable asset, and we have a feeling that users who need a phone for heavy multimedia use would rather go with that over the gorgeous but smaller and curved screen on the Galaxy S6 edge. Also, the Galaxy Note 4 managed to outrun the S6 edge in our battery endurance test, which is why the phablet should be picked by those who prioritize battery life. And if that's not enough, the Galaxy Note 4 provides you with the convenience of expandable storage, while the Galaxy S6 edge relies solely on whatever it has built in. And higher-capacity S6 edge units cost a pretty penny.

Samsung’s futuristic Galaxy S6 edge looks plain cool, and with the choice of premium quality materials such as glass and metal, we can finally say that Samsung’s flagship has some serious aspirations in style. This puts it in a place where the iPhone 6 has long been. What’s better, though, is that the changes and improvements in the S6 edge are far from superficial: the phone is very fast, has an industry-leading camera and a cutting-edge display, and is packed with useful features (as well as some not so useful ones). The edge alone is a cool addition that adds some neat functionality, but it’s hard to see it as a huge advantage - it’s just a cool little innovation at the moment. If you want an Android phone that adds that cool factor with overall very solid performance, the S6 edge is the one to get. The iPhone 6 still has the advantage of more apps and games, as well as the perfected iOS 8 experience. For most other things, there is parity – you really can't go wrong with either of the two phones.

We can't deny that both the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge and the Apple iPhone 6 Plus are two of the better, if not the best smartphones in the world right now. Both are extremely polished and designed with a pretty intricate attention to detail. The Galaxy S6 edge is certainly the ultimate embodiment of Samsung's engineering and design prowess. Its notable adversary, the iPhone 6 Plus, is an equally impressive device that is by no means a sub-par smartphone. Yes, it's true that each device has its own strengths and weaknesses, but we can't deny that each is a masterpiece on its own. Hence, choosing one over the other will be mostly a matter of personal preference, especially since we're comparison two devices of considerably different proportions.

Right off the bat, there’s something to say about a smartphone that’s just beginning its life. From the specs standpoint, the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge clearly has a lot to offer over the Xperia Z3. Comparing the two on paper, it’s almost a knock out for the newer Galaxy S6 edge, not only for its cutting-edge specs, but also for the tremendous effort on Samsung’s part to deliver a premium looking smartphone. However, as we’ve experience several times, specs alone don’t dictate a phone’s true performance – and the Sony Xperia Z3 proves that in this particular comparison. True, its hardware is older and not quite as pushing the boundaries as its rival, but nevertheless, the end result is a smartphone that impresses on several fronts. Solidifying things even more, it’s one of the few remaining flagship smartphones to offer true water-resistant protection against submersion, which is something it has over Sammy’s new pride and joy. From a cost standpoint, all fingers point to the Sony Xperia Z3, which, at this point, can be grabbed at a fantastic discount if you search in the right places. To be fair, though, the lower cost attached to the Xperia Z3 now makes perfect sense, as the Xperia Z3 has been on the market for some time. Conversely, the Galaxy S6 edge has just recently become available, so it’s going to cost a pretty amount to pick up at the moment. Of course, the mounds of money you fork over to pick up the Galaxy S6 edge is worth it, as it’s an impressive thing that’s best experienced up close and personal – albeit, the Xperia Z3 is still worth a shot even now, more so if you’re all about savings.

With a much nicer design, a smaller but superior display, faster hardware, a better camera, and added goodies such as quick charging, the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge is a genuine superphone that's a worthy upgrade over the LG G3. However, the LG G3 remains more attractive from a price-oriented perspective. Being a year old and nicely discounted, it is one of the cheapest Quad-HD resolution smartphones you can buy new and unlocked. It's also a very nice smartphone overall, and while its looks and performance, admittedly, can't hold a candle to Samsung's latest and greatest, this doesn't make it anything less than a bargain!

So, do you have a better idea now of which smartphone is a better choice? Well, if you don't want to shed a hundred dollars over the GS6's price for the S6 edge, that's more than fine, but you will be missing out on a louder speaker, and an innovative design. Then again, you might end up not liking the way the curved sides feel in the hand, or you might not be able to get used to the subtly different way movies and websites look on the curved screen. But if money isn't an obstacle and you admire the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge's futuristic looks, they you might as well go for it! After all, it's every bit the class-leading performer its sibling is, but in an even more aesthetically pleasing way. However, the dual curved display of the S6 edge – its key point of interest for the majority of users - is mostly there to supplement the handset’s looks. Functionally, there’s not a lot to be found in it, as most of the features are just gimmicks, or ineffective.

Cost aside, if we’re to choose a phone in this latest series, we’d have to go with the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge mainly because it’s every bit the class-leading performer of its sibling, but in a more aesthetically pleasing design. Superficially, the two Galaxy smartphones share several qualities with one another – in the design language, specs, and performance, they’re no doubt quite similar. As we’ve seen, however, the dual curved display of the S6 edge is mostly there to supplement the handset’s already established attractive looks – one we view to be the most premium thing to come out of Sammy’s camp. Functionally, though, there’s not a lot going for it in terms of practical usage, since we find most of what it offers to be gimmicky, or simply ineffective. Regardless, when we look at the entire package, the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge is a formidable phone that ensures it’s going to be very relevant for a long time. Although exact pricing will be revealed through carrier announcement here in the US, there’s no denying that it’ll more than likely receive a cost that’s higher than its sibling. If you have the money, we would vouch heavily to go with this one. Being an attractive looking, solidly constructed smartphone gets it to a higher level, especially when it’s accompanied with the same impeccable performance that already graces its sibling in the Galaxy S6.