

Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge during the first Samsung Unpacked 2015 event at Mobile World Congress on 1 March 2015, for a release on 10 April 2015 in 20 countries. The S6's design was officially teased in a promotional webpage released by T-Mobile US on 22 February 2015, which showed a curved body and carried the tagline "Six Appeal". In early-February 2015, Bloomberg News reported that the S6 was to have a metal body, and was to be produced in a normal version, and a version with a screen curved along the left and right sides of the device, similarly to the Galaxy Note Edge. Fellow competitor LG Electronics disputed the allegations surrounding the 810 although demo units of the 810-equipped LG G Flex 2 at Consumer Electronics Show experienced signs of possible overheating, the company emphasized that they were pre-release models. Later that month, Qualcomm affirmed in an earnings report that its products would not be included in " large customer's flagship device". Rumors surrounding the Galaxy S5's successor began to surface in January 2015, it was reported that Samsung would be using an in-house Exynos system-on-chip rather than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 on the S6 due to concerns surrounding overheating. It was succeeded by the Samsung Galaxy S7 in March 2016.


However, Samsung's decision to remove the ability for users to expand their storage using microSD cards or remove the battery, and the lack of water resistance were panned as being potentially alienating to power users, and the S6 Edge was also panned for not making enough use of its curved display to justify its increased cost over the standard model on-launch. The Galaxy S6 received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised the devices' upgraded build quality over prior models, along with improvements to their displays, performance, camera, and other changes. Samsung also promoted an improved camera, streamlined user interface, support for major wireless charging standards, and support for a mobile payments platform that allows the device to emulate the magnetic strip from a credit card. During the subsequent Samsung Unpacked event on Aug(alongside the Galaxy Note 5), Samsung unveiled a third model, the Galaxy S6 Edge+, which features a larger phablet-sized display (5.7 inches instead of 5.1) and more memory (4 GB instead of 3), but lacks an infrared transmitter used for remote controlling.Īlthough the overall design of the Galaxy S6 still features characteristics from prior models, its construction was revamped to use a metal unibody frame and glass backing instead of plastic. The S6 and S6 Edge were unveiled on March 1, 2015, during the Samsung Unpacked press event at MWC Barcelona, and released April 10, 2015, marking a counter-utilitarian and fashion-oriented course in the Galaxy S series. Succeeding the Samsung Galaxy S5, the S6 was not released as a singular model, but instead in two variations unveiled and marketed together-the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge-with the latter differentiated primarily by having a display that is wrapped along the sides of the device. The Samsung Galaxy S6 is a line of Android-based smartphones manufactured, released and marketed by Samsung Electronics. S6 Edge+: /global /galaxy /galaxy-s6-edge-plus / S6 Edge: /global /galaxy /galaxys6 /galaxy-s6-edge / S6: /global /galaxy /galaxys6 /galaxy-s6 / S6 and S6 Edge: 5.1 inches 1440p Super AMOLED display Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 + Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
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Second major update: Android 7.0 with Samsung Experience 8.0 Original: Android 5.0.2 with TouchWiz 5.0įirst major update: Android 6.0.1 with Touchwiz 6.0 From left to right: Galaxy S6 in White, S6 Edge in Gold, and S6 Edge+ in Gold
