Apparently people are going crazy about the new Samsung Galaxy S6

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 03/01/2015 at 13:53 • Filed to: None

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Sure, the Edge version looks pretty slick, but If they had any balls, they would've made the Galaxy S6 Edge, the only Galaxy S6.

I don't see why they wouldn't just have the one that's curved, they brag about being innovative and pushing the envelope, but they are afraid of such a little change.

I guess I will stay with Team Xperia, until someone has the guts to do take a few small risks.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 13:58

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So what's the point of the curve?

duurtlang > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 03/01/2015 at 13:59

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Here 's a review.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:02

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I heard they also did away with the removable storage. That could be a deal breaker

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:03

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I like that curve, even though I don't like Samsungs. Looks like holding it will feel quite nice.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:04

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It's bad enough clicking the right side of the screen on a normal phone, I don't think I'd be able to use this.

Anon > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:07

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Well samsung just lost me when I upgrade. The reasons I picked the S5 were because of the removable battery, micro sd slot, and waterproof capabilities! Samsung just went, "Humm what makes people want to buy our phones? Whatever it is we should get rid of it!" I guess the xperia z3 is in my future.

Anon > jvirgs drives a Subaru 03/01/2015 at 14:08

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removable storage, waterproofing, AND removable battery. Whoever came up with that idea is an idiot.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 03/01/2015 at 14:10

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I remember when phone design changed almost every year, just for the sake of it, and there were big differences from manufacturer to manufacturer. They were actually trying out new stuff.
I liked that time.

TheHondaBro > Anon 03/01/2015 at 14:10

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I guess I'm glad I got an S5.

Argent > jvirgs drives a Subaru 03/01/2015 at 14:10

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Ewww. That's one thing I love about my SIII: 128GB of removable storage, on top of the 16gigs of internal. I really hope this doesn't become a trend.

jvirgs drives a Subaru > Anon 03/01/2015 at 14:14

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And deserves to be shot

SonorousSpeedJoe > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:18

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The lack of waterproofing & a microSD slot, the smaller non-removable battery, and the S6 Edge's rumored ~$1,000 starting price strike me as big risks already. I figure that Samsung will sell the S6 Edge as a niche product while they sell curved-display variants of cheaper models ("Another day, another Galaxy", right?) so as to get the drop on Xiaomi.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > duurtlang 03/01/2015 at 14:19

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Huh. Kinda neat. Thanks for the link.

duurtlang > Anon 03/01/2015 at 14:19

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I guess they fell for the silliness about 'cheap' plastic/'expensive' aluminium and form over function. When it comes time to replace my '11 Galaxy Nexus this S6 won't exactly be on top of my wish list.

lonestranger > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:23

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I recently joined "Team Xperia" with a Z3. My #1 criteria when I was shopping for my first touchscreen smartphone? Expandable storage. That eliminated the iPhone, Nexus, HTC and more. And now Samsung?

Oddly, this is the same day SanDisk announced a 200GB microSD .

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > jvirgs drives a Subaru 03/01/2015 at 14:23

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Don't worry, you can always get a Z3, that has both a micro SD slot(up to 128GB) and waterproofing.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Anon 03/01/2015 at 14:25

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Galaxy S5 is not waterproof, unless you get it in the Active trim. And I suggest you wait a little, as they will most certainly release a Z4 this year.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > lonestranger 03/01/2015 at 14:32

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I usually try to use memory cards from the same manufacturer as the device, That way I'm sure that compatibility and connectivity issues are minimal.

Übel > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:36

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When you say that , what I hear is: I'm a xenophobe with a neo-colonialist mindset, who won't accept designs that come from a fundamentally different, non-Western culture, as valid, original attempts, to design a phone that expresses that respective culture. I like when Asian brands copy Western brands or do boring and beige vanilla designs, because then I can point my finger at them, laugh and feel good about being born in 'murica(even if I had no actual contribution to it) .

You can deny it all you want, but that's the way it is.

And btw, I'm not Korean(or even Asian), but the attitude of some of my fellow 'muricans is just unsupportable.

I like that phone, very clean and metallic.

E. Julius > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 14:43

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True, but most of the design changes were pointless gimmicks that either did nothing or barely worked, at least if you're talking about the pre smartphone era. As far as hardware changes are concerned, the only ones that really mattered were the invention of the flip phone (undone by smart phones), the addition of the camera, and the QWERTY keyboard, which was of course superseded by software. Slider phones sort of stuck too, but proved to be as equally pointless at the flip phone.

Pre iPhone it was basically Blackberry (maybe Palm treo) or go home. If you didn't need the proto–smartphone features then it was Motorola Razr. Before that it was Nokia 6340 or go home. Sure people were experimenting with stuff, but even then everyone knew that it was mostly bullshit or a matter of taste.

To go to the other side of the argument though, I'm wondering in what directions current phone manufacturers could branch out in terms of design. I actually really liked the concept they had in the film Her , where the smartphones were sort of like a clamshell design. This opens up the possibility of protecting the screen(s), and creating a flexible user interface where you can fold it back and use one screen like a traditional smartphone, or open it up and have two screens for greater real estate/multitasking.

Textured Soy Protein > Übel 03/01/2015 at 14:49

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Dafuq are you talking about? He's comparing one Asian brand (Samsung) to another (Sony).

E. Julius > duurtlang 03/01/2015 at 14:50

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When your phone is laying flat on a table and someone calls, the idea is that you'll be able to see the color, know exactly who's calling

Uhh, when my non–curved phone is laying flat on a table I can also see exactly who is calling. The reviewer pointed to literally two marginally useful features of the curved edge. I guess I agree with him in that it's sort of proven it has a right to exist, but at this moment in time it still seems a little pointless.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Textured Soy Protein 03/01/2015 at 14:53

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Übel > Textured Soy Protein 03/01/2015 at 14:55

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I never said the word racist, I said xenophobe, and that's a different thing.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Übel 03/01/2015 at 14:57

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Doesn't work that way, I have a phone made by an Asian manufacturer, without being Asian myself. And I was pointing out the lack of a progressive attitude towards implementing new designs, I didn't went all "t his looks shit in a blender, kill it with fire before I vomit on my screen".
You're trying to tell me that I have double standards, but that simply isn't true.

Übel > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 15:00

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I never said the word double standards, I said xenophobe, and that's a different thing.

Anon > duurtlang 03/01/2015 at 15:00

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That's why I liked samsung phones! Plastic isn't cheap! It's durable as hell! I've droped my s5 active from on top of a two story and it was still intact! (That being said it did land in dirt and not concrete) But still very impressive!

Textured Soy Protein > Übel 03/01/2015 at 15:03

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I know what xenophobic meant, but hey, I didn't see the post you were paraphrasing.

Still doesn't make sense for you to paraphrase it here, unless he's Japanese and xenophobic about Korea.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Übel 03/01/2015 at 15:07

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Actually, it isn't, you can define xenophobia as having double standards towards things that come from your culture and things that don't come from your culture.

If you try to act like a little, trolling brat and hope you can use my words against me, you're wasting your time.

Übel > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 15:08

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You can deny it all you want, but that's the way it is.

Tohru > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 15:09

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I have enough issues accidentally hitting the edge of the screen with my Galaxy Axiom. Once the 6 hits I might get a s5. Though the note 4 still tempts me.

E. Julius > Übel 03/01/2015 at 15:16

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El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > SonorousSpeedJoe 03/01/2015 at 15:16

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That's silly. Why not offer the S6 only with a curved display, and use the money you saved from not having to build two S6 models, to accelerate the implementation of curved displays on cheaper models.

The Chinese companies are gaining ground fast, and established Android OEM's need to be more bullish on design innovations, if they want to keep their edge.

Coty > Übel 03/01/2015 at 15:19

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*giggle*

Coty > Textured Soy Protein 03/01/2015 at 15:22

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Ever say something so stupid it follows you around for a while? OP is experiencing that right now.

Coty > Übel 03/01/2015 at 15:23

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I lol'd.

Coty > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 15:25

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Wait, are we entitled to our opinions again?

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Coty 03/01/2015 at 15:39

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We always were, but this isn't the same thing as yesterday, and you know it.

Coty > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 15:43

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Yeah, you're lucky Sony is based in Tokyo, not Toronto.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > E. Julius 03/01/2015 at 15:45

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A phone that could bend into a wristband, would be my ideal phone of the near future.

E. Julius > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 15:50

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Definitely a cool idea. I have no idea if we're even close to that point from the material sciences side, but neat nonetheless.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Übel 03/01/2015 at 15:56

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Baeromez > Übel 03/01/2015 at 16:00

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That's fucking retarded. He's praising the S6 Edge you dummy. Reading comprehension: you have none.

Übel > Baeromez 03/01/2015 at 16:06

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What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

Baeromez > Übel 03/01/2015 at 16:07

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Hey, I've been on /b/, look at me!

Edit: okay read the other thread, joke's on me har-dee-har.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 03/01/2015 at 16:18

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They should do something with that interface, they alter the Android OS way too much, or just move to Tizen if they want to modify the OS they use.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > Tohru 03/01/2015 at 16:20

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Note appeared to be so big a couple of years ago, but with all the other phones getting big too, the stylus is the only thing that really differentiates the Note nowadays.

Tohru > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/01/2015 at 16:26

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Yeah, you're right. I don't need something that big.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/02/2015 at 01:14

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Perhaps. I've always found Android to have too many features I will never use. Apparently, software isn't the problem with Samsungs - it's the hardware. My dad spoke with people at my local service provider and it turns out that Samsungs are often returned and changed by two years, by then which they've become terribly slow.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > lonestranger 03/02/2015 at 15:02

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I take it you were looking at the HTC M7? the M8 has expandable memory.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/02/2015 at 17:53

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This is why I'm happy with my LG G3. Decent camera (13MP, and 4K video) with laser focus, 5.5" screen, qHD LCD (unfortunately not LED) display, very small side bezels, which creates a smaller footprint. Even with my Otterbox Defender case, it's not overly unwieldy. Plus, 3GB RAM, 32GB onboard storage, expandable up to 128GB microSD card, and a removable battery. Yeah, it's not perfect, and it messes up every so often, but it's definitely a solid phone, and it runs Android 5 without any major issues. I love it. Something you should look into.

I like Samsung, but I feel like this is a step backwards for them.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe 03/02/2015 at 18:35

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I got Sony phones for my last three contact renewals(S,Z and Z3), LG design and lack of waterproofing keeps me away from the brand.

I have to say that the G Flex 2 is quite sexy and tempting, but the Z3 is still fresh for now.

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 03/02/2015 at 18:52

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The G Flex 2 does look pretty nice. And yeah, I understand the waterproof and design complaint. It's not the most attractive phone in the world, and the plastic faux-metal back on the G3 leaves something to be desired, but as I said, I have the Otterbox on it, which basically covers everything but the screen.

Though I will admit, the headphone jack sucks on it. It's on the bottom and quality is terrible.

lonestranger > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 03/02/2015 at 21:50

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Yeah, I forgot about that.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > lonestranger 03/02/2015 at 23:26

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The Z3 is A good choice too.