Samsung Galaxy S6 edge: Edgy new boss

We got hold of the two S6 phones a while back. That too for a short, short week. On day one we could see why people hold it as if it is the world's most expensive blueberry cheesecake. They want to eat it but they are afraid to bite. 
So we took a bite. Is it the next big thing? Samsung should have been winning prizes the last couple of years for bringing out the most boring looking phones filled to the brim with excessive bloatware. They played it safe and they made big sellers based on their name but excitement wasn't part of the package. The S6 edge? It threw all that into the bin and created a flagship that won't get lost in the tea party where everybody shows off their latest devices. 

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  Our review of the Samsung S6

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The curved screen is the hot new thing. Soon everybody will be making a device with curved displays. And eventually those displays will keep curving adn twisitng till one looks fire breathing swan. But for now, this is it. For now, that curved edge is utterly pointless. It does nothing. But the tactile feel is new like the first time tasting a proper shwarma. And that QHD display is amazing in its 577ppi sharpness.  Sometimes, form does more than function. It looks like a million takas adjusted for inflation.

As for function, there's little difference from the S6 regular. You get the 64-bit Exynos 7420 octa-core CPU with the by-now-de-facto 3GB RAM. What that mouthful means is there is no app on the market now to make this beast hiccup. Unless Crysis becomes a mobile game. What we appreciate is that this time around, bloatware has been kept low. The camera is stellar; super fast, super stable. We've whipped it out like a Wild West gun and shot images dead still. This flagship beat all kinds of performance tasks we threw at it. But that's not why you'll want it only. You want it for the looks. And that presents the difference in the price with the S6 'regular'. It is about a whopping 10k extra for that pair of edges; the price of beauty. If there's any contender now in terms of looks that could take on the iPhone 6, this is it..



And there you have it. Should you buy one? Yes because few devices on the market are as powerful. But sometimes you buy it becuse it is just beautiful.


S6 edge Tk. 79,900/- As of March 2015

Specs:

Network	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE

Launch	Announced	2015, March
	Status	Available. Released 2015, April

Body	Dimensions	142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
	Weight	132 g (4.66 oz)
	Build	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
	SIM	Nano-SIM
		- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

Display	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.1 inches (~71.7% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
		- TouchWiz UI - Curved edge screen

Platform	OS	Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
	Chipset	Exynos 7420
	CPU	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57
	GPU	Mali-T760MP8

Memory	Card slot	No
	Internal	32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM

Camera	Primary	16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama
	Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
	Secondary	5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR

Sound	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Comms	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
	NFC	Yes
	Infrared port	Yes
	Radio	No
	USB	microUSB v2.0, USB Host

Features	Sensors	Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
	Browser	HTML5
	Java	No
		- Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) - market dependent - ANT+ support - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Smart stay - OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player - Photo/video editor - Document editor

Battery		Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery