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this is Dan Seifert with the verge and we're taking a look at the new Samsung Galaxy s6 edge it's an all new device that utilizes a lot of brand-new things that Samsung has really never done before with its mobile devices it's a complete redesign of Samsung smartphones it really looks significantly different than the prior Galaxy s5 or the galaxy s4 the galaxy s3 which all kind of looked the same this one's got a really unique distinctive design primarily that's because it's a front and rear glass panels so it's a Gorilla Glass 4 on the front and the back and then it's got this metal border around it this metal frame it's a continuation of the design elements that we've seen on the note 4 and the Galaxy alpha from last year but it's taken to a new level it really does look quite premium and much better than Samsung's earlier efforts as you can see here the galaxy s6 edge has a curvature to it it's on both sides of the glass for the front here which is different than the note edge which only curved on one side it doesn't really have a different display on the sides like the note edge it's still using the same display and it's mostly designed to make it easier to swipe in from the side as opposed to run specific apps like the note edge used for the display itself it's a 5.1 inch quad HD Super AMOLED panel it's really bright really vibrant and Samsung says it works really well outdoors as well it's a really really great looking screen I've got the brightness turned significantly down here and it's plenty bright and often it can go all the way up and it will get very very bright very quickly for outdoor use below the display is the HOME key and Samsung still has a fingerprint scanner in there but unlike the older models where you had to swipe the scanner you only have to press down on it to unlock the phone which is similar to Apple's touch ID system inside this particular one is using a Samsung Exynos processor which will be used globally Samsung is not confirmed which processor will be in the US models but it's an octa-core processor with 64-bit processing it's really fast and snappy Samsung phones have always used top-of-the-line processors in the s6 edge is really no different around back is a new 16 megapixel camera it kind of has a a little cutout for the camera module there it's not flush with the back and then of course a heart rate sensor LED flash and IR sensor the new camera is a lot faster than before a samsung says it's done a lot of effort to bring up the speed and the image quality of the camera compared to its prior models including the image processing and the ease of use the s6 edge will come in 32 64 and 128 gigabyte versions there's no microSD card slot it's got a 2600 milliamp and our internal battery but the battery is not removable which is a significant difference from earlier Samsung models Samsung's incorporating quick charging features its built-in wireless charging into the back panel that's compatible with both PMA and Qi wireless pads so you can pretty much charge on almost any wireless charging pad available and they've also moved the speaker down to the bottom edge from the the back samsung says that the speaker is one and a half times louder than the speaker on the galaxy s5 now the galaxy s6 edge will be coming out samsung says in q2 of this year it's gonna be launched globally you can expect it to see on pretty much every carrier around the world but so far first impressions it's a pretty nice advancement from Samsung in terms of design significantly better than their earlier efforts