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it's the smartphone everyone is talking about the cinco-fone v2 is now available in an all-new stunning sun-faded beige-ish white that wait apparently this video is the Samsung Galaxy s6 edge I prep the wrong don't just stand there roll the intro I need a minute Intel's new 750 series SSDs utilize the nvme standard providing speeds never seen before on consumer storage drives click this spot on the table now to learn more so for my Galaxy s6 review I had the option to go with the regular s6 or the premium edge model with a curved display and I went with the edge and the short sort of spoiler alert' version of this video is this the edge is objectively worse to use than a normal flat display but I really really liked it anyway and not just because of the curved display there is a lot to love about this device it features bad aspects for great performance and thanks in part to the cutting edge 14 nanometer manufacturing process Samsung is using to make their CPU for it it manages better battery life than its predecessor in spite of the brighter higher resolution screen and lower capacity battery and it does so in style the Galaxy s6 edge is the first Android phone since the HTC One m7 that has really stood out from the crowd and made me sit up and pay attention to it and while I have to acknowledge that many of Samsung's Galaxy S series fans are going to be super upset that they for went a removable battery and microSD expansion to make a fashion statement other than the unfortunately fashionable these days camera bump I do really love the look on the back is the aforementioned camera bump a single LED flash at a heart rate sensor on the top is the IR emitter nano SIM slot and a noise cancellation microphone on the bottom is a grill for the unfortunately positioned speaker a three-and-a-half millimeter jack and a micro USB charging port on the sides are the thankfully like really everyone else how hard is this raised for easy operation without looking non opposing and satisfyingly tactile volume and lock buttons that thanks to the not fundamentally broken design only get pressed when I and to press them then around at the front are the 5 megapixel selfie camera touch sensitive back and multitasking buttons fingerprint reading home button which friggin rocks by the way works about as well as the one on the iPhone six Bravo Samsung and the screen and let's talk about that screen it is crazy bananas bright like stupidly bright I used the adaptive auto brightness and found about 30% was good and while it's not super amazing as far as motion blur is concerned it's crazy sharp thanks to its high contrast note that I didn't say thanks to its 1440p resolution even though it has that too because that's basically irrelevant at 5.1 inches and gone are the days of the super saturated colors on Samsung's phones it's beautiful with nothing overdone and nothing to complain about unless a little bit of color shift and less than the droid turbo I loved so much by the way really bothers you and unless you don't like the curved sides yeah let's talk about the edge part of the Galaxy s6 edge shall we personally I love it it's a super stupid gimmick with some significant drawbacks like unavoidable reflections when watching videos or doing anything at all really lower than normal glass yields in manufacturing and they've got to compensate at the edges for brightness so that they look uniform from the front and brighter from the sides for some reason that go completely unanswered by any kind of usability improvement but for some reason I love it anyway I touched so many fancy high-end gadgets that it takes something really special to capture my attention but from the moment I first held it the galaxy s6 edge just made me want to admire it like a stupid magpie it's a stunningly beautiful device one that is undeniably different from previous Samsung phones and from their competition and with the curved edges Samsung has finally sold me on that natural materials human touch or whatever nonsense it was they were pitching back with the s3 it's moved to swipe on - it's smooth to swipe away from and some things I was concerned about like typing on letter that sit at the edges were total non-issue since only about half of the curve has actual display area behind it anyway but enough about that let's talk about the camera the software is pretty darn solid the dedicated buttons for photo and video from one screen are a nice thing to see and quick launching with a DoubleTap of the home button is great auto mode works perfectly 98% of the time for me with lightning fast shutter response auto focus auto white balance and I mean well the mode is called auto so I think you get the picture and while the pro mode lacks any kind of shutter control manual white balance and the full range of ISO options available in hardware it did manage to be useful every once in a while when I wanted manual control of focus it's on the hardware side though that the galaxy s6 really shines the 120 FPS 720p slo-mo is pretty unexceptional but the seamless and not overdone HDR implementation optical image stabilization ability to use volume buttons as shutter buttons tracking autofocus and surprisingly good 4k recording I don't know what it is but some of the other phones I've used with 4k video recording including the Droid turbo and Xperia z2 it just doesn't look very good make it an absolute joy to use is it as good as the iPhone 6 and 6 pluses camera well the in depth analysis over at a non tech would seem to indicate that in most situations no no it is not but is that difference noticeable to my eyes no can it finally be said that for the first time ever an Android phone is as good or like really close almost as good pretty much across the board yes it's a total pleasure to use and in spite of some complaints I've seen online and from other reviewers I didn't mind the selfie camera with the wide-angle lens and leg for real-time effects making it pretty fun to play with although I'm not really sure about this beauty mode I mean if I add just a little bit of beauty to myself it smooths my skin and if I turn myself all the way up to 8 out of 8 it removes my pathetic patchy facial hair so that's just insulting Samsung which leads us to what is usually the out part of any Samsung mobile device review the heel 2 galaxy's Achilles or whatever the only thing more awkward than that sentence Samsung's TouchWiz skin which shockingly is actually totally fine on the s6 it's still not perfect it makes pretty much zero use of the edge with some clock or something being pretty much it and it doesn't have the same visual appeal as the device running it but I mean that was all I could really complain about preloaded apps are very minimal split-screen can be handy performance is wicked lightning-fast obnoxious stock sounds have been replaced by Pleasant if a little generic sounding once the old-people optimization of icon sizes and high contrast colors all over the place is now gone from the non easy mode and there's even some good stuff I mean why doesn't everyone have a cog next to the volume adjustments for easy access to all the rest of the volume sliders and I love the easy configuration of quick toggles and the ability to schedule an SMS for someone within the stock messaging app like I said it's not perfect but man is it a big improvement over the last time I use TouchWiz although that was admittedly in the s4 days and I guess that's my general conclusion for the phone itself it's not perfect front-facing speakers might be an ugly design decision but they really improved the content consumption experience and while I'm bitching about things why on earth can't I reconfigure the multitask and back buttons without routing but in spite of those flaws the galaxy s6 edge is beautiful and wicked fast so much that I almost gave up my 3900 milliamp hour droid turbo battery for it but not quite speaking of things I can't give up on thanks for that Segway Nick D brand skins you folks have actually been looking at a D brand skin for well however long this video was I'm guessing about nine minutes nine and a half they're awesome skins they've got them available for all types of devices whether their phones or game consoles or game controllers or whatever else the case may be they're designed to be a perfect fit for your device and you guys have been staring at an awful lot of macro footage of this one so that should tell you pretty much all you need to know they come in many different looks textures and colors for any style you want to show like carbon fiber which is my personal favorite and why all of the devices that I have with debrand skins tend to have that on them they've got like matte finishes metal looking stuff leather true color they've even got a wood one that actually looks pretty darn cool so I think that's pretty much all there is to say about bad guys check out the link in the video description to check out D brand if you want to get a cool sort of vinyl wrap for your device here's the one that's been on my iPhone 6 that was kicked around on the floor at CES and is still holding up just fine and thanks to D brand for providing this device for the review and supporting the channel because we wouldn't have had a Galaxy s6 without them alright guys I think that's pretty much it thanks for watching like if you like dislike if you disliked leave a comment and preferably in the forum linked in the video description if you have want to discuss the video also linked in the video description we have our merch store where you can buy a cool t-shirt or sometimes hoodies like this which are pretty sweet you can give us a contribution you can change your amazon bookmark to one for affiliate code that helps us out a lot and as always don't forget to subscribe and follow and all that good noise thanks again for watching you