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only a year ago a beautiful curvy glass light and Samsung built smartphone would have seemed like a fantasy on the same note so the one that didn't have removable battery expandable storage but as a beauty of the galaxy s6 edge+ more than skin-deep is defined by more what it has than what it doesn't and the question I try to answer in all my reviews would I buy it I'm John renter from TechnoBuffalo this is our review of the galaxy s6 edge+ as I do with all my reviews let me start with the disclaimer the unit we tested was provided by Samsung and it was international and unlocked I use it for four days and Brandon who did the written portion of this use it for seven I use AT&T he used t-mobile if you want to know more on anything I'm going to talk about or see camera sample hit the link down below and check out his full written review when the s6 edge launched earlier this year the reaction was generally Universal boom use meant there was no data against aesthetic appeal and beyond that the melted screen feature provided really next to no utility Samsung has thrown out a few neat ideas but his execution left a lot to be desired it basically meant consumers were buying the dual LED display for no other reason then it looked unlike anything we'd ever seen that's pretty much the same idea with the edge Plus which features one of the most beautiful designs of any phone on the market like the s6 edge the device sports of pronounce do ledges play which is great to look at even more enjoyable to use when swiping and scrolling through content the curse screen lends itself perfectly to a touch environment somehow creates a deeper immersion between the user and what's on screen perhaps just a serendipitous byproduct to the curved trend but no less appreciated particularly in Android lollipop where men using conduct can be interacted by swiping from left and right the cascading displays a fun and excellent way to journey through Google's operating system but and excuse my horrible pun here it's a double-edged sword like the s6 edge the edge Plus features slimmer edges make the phone a bit uncomfortable to hold you're constantly aware of the slim aluminum bezels and it always seemed like a phone that might just slip out of my hand I got pretty big mitts exacerbating the issue is devices larger footprint which requires a firm one-handed grip more often than not two hands for comfortable make sure you don't drop it operation content can also look little strange when it bleeds over to the devices curved edge while watch a YouTube video a landscape for example contact can appear a little bit distorted at the top and the bottom melting into the s6 edge+ is sloping screen on websites when text and picture span the entire screen left to right it's definitely noticeable sometimes be a little off-putting even worse when there's a little tiny button you gotta press this it's inside of the edge display all the times you got to punch at it a few times to get it to register so before you guys yell at me having said that you can't help but forgive the device because it's just so pretty to look at even if it isn't the most practical design out there the aluminum frame is a major improvement over anything else Samsung's put out in the past years and the glass back will not ideal as an extra touch of elegance I also really want to highlight a review units gold color option which turns the edge plots from ordinary phone into a spectacular piece of jewelry this is hands-down the most beautiful color option I have ever seen on a phone and I've seen a lot of phones for thinking about picking one up do yourself a favor and just just order the gold very beneath that attractive sheen are some of the best specs ever appear in a mobile device a 5.7 inch quad HD screen Exynos 7420 processor android 5.1.1 fingerprint sensor 32 or 64 gigs of storage four gigs of ram which still sounds crazy to say in a 3,000 million power battery it also supports qi & PMA wireless charging standards which samsung says is quicker this time around that fingerprint sensor that i just mentioned by the way is incredibly accurate and device itself is blazing fast with normal usage and by normal usage I mean some YouTube social media emails using cloud magic and web browsing and the few phone calls run in there here and there as you'd expect those specs things here are really fast for emphasis you guys always say say this a lot really really fast no stutter slowdown because I know you guys love benchmarks here we go 34972 on quadrant 60 3821 on n2 to 571 1479 on Geekbench 3 single core and 4811 on multi-core so on the topic of normal human usage I did find the s6 edge+ to be lacking in the battery department and lacking is the nice way I could describe it the 3000 milliamp hour unit is larger that was offered in the smaller s6 edge but have to say the two were about on par with each other which is to say did not great if you're an obsessive who checks their phone every 10 minutes only to mindlessly scroll through Twitter Instagram and the like like I am your battery will take a hit especially since the displays pushing so many pixels but if you temper your usage show some restraint you'll get to the end of the day with some battery life to spare but probably not much Samsung is touting faster wireless charging and quick charge which are all great they require you to always be thinking about your battery here's an example last week go into a baseball game dens of workday had about 60% battery life left and I was worried that if I want to take a lot of pictures and run out of juice so I plugged into my car on the way home when I got home I put on the quick charger I got back in the car again Ted to the game I plugged in yet again I had to be constantly thinking about my battery instead of just using the phone at first I thought my battery life was being affected by using international unit where I only had one bar of service maybe device was looking for a network causing premature battery drain that was squashed though and Brandon's tests he used Timo won't always had a strong signal and his battery life tests were almost identical to mine so none of this is deal-breaker but it does require you to adjust how often you use your phone and how do you think about your battery or how often you think about it so I'm happy to say the software doesn't slow performance down at all Samsung has been rapidly working towards a much more optimized version of TouchWiz over the past few months and it really shows what this means for users is significantly less bloat smoother experience and just overall better usage no more stuttering no unnecessary add-ons and no more software suffocation if you've had a chance to use the s6 edge or even the Galaxy s6 the software is pretty much the same you still get plenty of mostly useless edge features such as edge lighting edge people information screen and night clock along with the new additions known as apps edge with just a quick way to access your favorite apps what's kind of disappointing though you don't actually need an edge device for any these features to be useful at all Samsung just allowed it apps edge and people edge could be just easily utilized on a smartphone with this flat display but if I'm being honest the swiping motion definitely wouldn't be as satisfying but Samsung did need some ways to differentiate the edge design beyond really look so I can understand the decision one really cool software tweak that I use quite a bit being able to tap the flash take a selfie it seems silly but really helpful when you want to have a picture of a fast-moving toddler one less software touch the ability to started live broadcasts on YouTube which may or not get more people streaming in their everyday lives as it is smartphone owners already have options like periscope and meerkat which become crazy popular the past several months I know often you're going to use both contribute to YouTube but it's there so another great thing with device if you use the Google now launcher like I do you'll get six rows down including the dock instead of the normal five that I see on most let the Galaxy s6 and the s6 edge the s6 edge+ aside from being a mouthful features the same 60 megapixel sensor an optical metabolization a combo it offers arguably the best camera experience in mobile samsung smartphones have always been above average in the camera department and the s6 edge+ further cements the company's growing stature as a photography king while samsung's new weirdo phone is a sight to behold we're still left waiting for that killer use case it's like getting a Lambo but limiting it to top feet at 40 miles per hour there's plenty of unfulfilled potential its overall much like the s6 edge I really like this phone the edge screen really adds very little utility but it adds a ton of beauty and that means something to me the question I asked the beginning would I buy this phone the answer should probably be obvious here but yes absolutely I would but that a doubt I get in gold/black of expandable storage is an issue for me but if it is for you think about how you'll manage your own storage while battery life leaves a ton to be desired I know that I wouldn't carry an extra one so in the end some extra thickness and some more milliamp hours would have made this phone even better and probably closing you're perfect it gets an eight point five on the TechnoBuffalo scale so what'd you guys think - agree disagree with our review as we way off on points up - your thoughts on it did this sway you one way or another - maybe pick up a note 5 or an s6 edge up to your thoughts I don't leave in the comments right down below again if you want to see a full review or see our gallery hit the link down below and go to Brendan's full written review the next time John Renta from TechnoBuffalo see you next video