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project zero that's the codename Samsung used for the galaxy s6 and after spending a couple hours with it last week I've got to say this is the biggest upgrade to the galaxy line yet the biggest changes with the design gone are the days of plastic and fake chrome and in is an all-glass of metal build it definitely shares some DNA with the iPhone with a band of aluminum sandwich in two sheets of Gorilla Glass 4 on front and back but it's the best kind of inspiration the glass feels grippy in the hand and allows for some awesome looking color shifting depending on the light while you do lose the removable back and waterproofing instead would you get as a foam that finally looks and feels premium another big addition is a second model the Galaxy s6 edge this is completely identical to the normal foam but it curves both edges of the display unlike the half-baked note 4 edge this gives you easy access to swiping in from both sides with a slight but noticeable wraparound effect it's hard to get across on video but after years of staring at flat screens even a minor curve goes a long way in giving the illusion of the screen flowing around the phone couple that with thinner and more comfortable bezels and I'm surprised Samsung bother with a normal galaxy s6 at all as far as phones go the GS 6 is a spec monster inside it's using an 8 core samsung exynos system-on-a-chip one of the first SOC is based on the new 40 nanometer process paired with three gigabytes of RAM this is as powerful as it gets right now and while benchmarks will have to come a bit later I couldn't get the phone to lag or stutter at all in my time with the device it's also got a 5.1 quad HD display with a whopping resolution of 2560 by 1440 putting it at a slightly ridiculous 577 pixels per inch at this point I think we're hitting the point of diminishing returns but there's no doubting that this is a very very nice looking screen wireless charging is also now built in which is nice with the added benefit of supporting both Qi and Powermat meaning this should work with basically any wireless charging system out there Samsung pay not the most creative of names but this is Samsung's take on mobile payments this works alongside the fingerprint reader in the home button to authenticate which thankfully now works by tapping instead of swiping bringing it right in line with touch ID on the iPhone just like you would imagine this works with NFC but there's one major advantage the ability to use it with normal magnetic stripe readers Samsung pay won't be up and running for launch but according to Samsung it will work similarly to normal and Etsy payments by holding the phone against the credit card reader which should work on roughly 90% of systems where project zero was needed the most is on the software side and here TouchWiz has finally been tamed Samsung has slashed the amount of preloaded apps they include to a minimum and replace them with some actually useful options like Microsoft onedrive and Skype the skin has been brought closer to stock Android and thankfully is running the latest 5.0 lollipop update it might not be quite as clean as the Nexus but compared to earlier Galaxy models it's like night and day so what do you guys think about the galaxy s6 let me know in the comments below and if you want the other side of this video check out my buddy Jon from TLD where he goes over what you need to know before getting the GS 6