I got one of these for Christmas and I just love the thing, everything from its look and feel to the sound.
People have said that the Samsung S6 looks strikingly similar to the Apple iPhone 6 or 6S but I disagree. The edges are slightly curved giving your fingers a better grip on the phone when you’re holding it in your hand though the phone is slightly thinner and even smoother than Apple’s crafted creation therefore its slippery and makes a very good case of the investment in a protective case. The layout of buttons is the same as can be found on the iPhone 6 and they all pretty much function in the same way except the fingerprinted reader in the home button which looks different itself, where the home button of the iPhone is round the home button on the S6 is rectangular allowing the user to “Swipe” their finger up, down and side to side on the button for fingerprint reading. As of now I’m not impressed with Samsung’s idea of a fingerprint reader, I’ve managed to get my prints recognised a couple of times but I don’t get the same reliable results as I would with my Apple 6S fingerprint reader. It is of course possible that I’m doing something wrong but I do believe I’ve obeyed instructions given to me regarding reading fingerprints to the latter. Unlike Samsung phones before it the S6 is made out of 2 materials, metal and glass. I especially like accessibility for the Vision Impaired that comes with this phone since the user has a choice of Screen Readers. The S6 comes with the Samsung “Voice Assistant” - formally known as Galaxy Talkback - and other Screen Readers can be downloaded such as Google Talkback. I personally like to switch between Voice Assistant and Google Talkback as each has slightly different ways of doing things, some might find the scrolling sounds in Voice Assistant more natural than in Google Talkback as Voice Assistant gives you a better idea where you are in a scrolling list and so on. AFB have written a very good article on Voice Assistant and there are other reviews available. I feel I’m in a pretty good position to evaluate an Android phone as this is my third phone over 3 years and the experience just keeps getting better and better. One of the standout features for me for the Note4 I had previously and the S6 is the flexibility offered for setup. For example a truly reliable way of answering and ending calls is available on the S6 where the home and power buttons can be set to answer and end calls respectively, no more mucking about double-tapping twice or swiping on a screen and hope that the call is answered or ended. This may sound terribly trivial to a lot of people but I figure that taking phone calls is the main reason anyone would want to buy a phone so a good reliable way of answering calls is a big first step for anyone who would consider an Android phone. If you don’t like the layout of things on the screen or the screens just look too complex then the layout and screen behaviour of an Android device can be changed radically with a “Launcher” App and there are plenty of these available. I’ve had the S6 for 48 hours now and I’m looking forward to another exploration session later on today. ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.
