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Samsung Galaxy S6

It seems all these random websites (CNET, Engadget, etc.) say the Samsung Galaxy S6 is super awesome, but this has been far from my own experience. There seems to be something very very wrong with sites like CNET, Engadget, etc. I wonder how much Samsung pays these professional review fookers?

To give you some background, the non-profit organization that I work for (my other job) has standardized on Samsung Android phones, so I really didn't have a choice. My personal phone is still the Sony Z3, so my frame of reference will be from the Z3. (I also owned HTC Incredible, and the trusty G1 in the past, so I am used to Android and how it has evolved.)

In a nutshell, the Samsung Galaxy S6 is a piece of shit. The people who designed it are a bunch of faggots (using the South Park definition of "fag": super annoying dudes riding Harleys with loud exhausts). The Galaxy S6 is super annoying to use. In my typical style, I will succinctly explain why in bullet points:
  • In hindsight, I am glad the dude behind the counter at T-mobile told me to go for the Sony Z3. Even the girl who was helping me at the T-mobile store said the Samsung TouchJizz was super lame and ghey.
  • Samsung places the camera button in the lower right of lock screen. Guess what happens when I grab the phone from my pocket with my thumb and index finger? Yup, I end up accidentally activating the camera. Dammit. Now everyone thinks I'm a pervert wanting to take photos under ladies' dresses. Maybe having the fastest camera launch in the business isn't such a great idea.
  • The volume buttons are located on the left side up toward the top. Like way up. WTF? All other phones I've owned have had easy to reach volume buttons. I don't have hands the size of Le Bron. Changing the volume is a two handed affair. This is BS. I call BS on you Samsung.
  • The right most icon at the button on the home screen is fixed to bring up the Apps. On every other smartphone I've owned, I placed the phone icon in the right most bottom position. I don't know why Samsung is locking that prime position of real estate to the Apps. Isn't the point of Android customization? WTF Samsung? What kind of faggotry is this?
  • To add more insult to injury, Samsung has placed the back button on the right side and the task switcher button on the left side. This is totally opposite to other Android devices I own, including an older POS Samsung tablet. Now every time I think I am pressing the back button, I bring up the Task Switcher. WTF Samsung? What kind of faggotry is this?
  • It gets even worse, the back button and task manager touch "buttons" are way way way too close to the bottom or side edge of the phone. When I am gaming, the base of my index finger and thumb accidently brush these buttons and fuck me up. This horrible design has cost me millions of gold and elixir in Clash of Clans. FU Samsung. 
  • And finally, what's up with the tactile home button in the middle? Really, Android isn't Apple iOS and doesn't need to copy them. No idea what the people at Samsung were thinking.
  • The camera lens on the backside protrudes from the body of the camera. Minor complaint I guess, just that is seems weird to have such a nice planed surface, and then have a funky bump sticking out from it.
  • The speakers are on the bottom side and get blocked by fingers if holding the phone in landscape orientation to watch videos or play games. I believe Apple has the same problem. The Sony Z3 has speakers in the front of the phone.
  • The touch screen is not as responsive as the Sony Z3 or Apple phones. It doesn't recognize certain quick light swaps (from muscle memory) that I can execute on the other phones.
  • The screen contrast is poor and has a sickly yellow greenish tint. Sony's screen doesn't get as bright, but contrast is so much better an d color balance is neutral.
  • The Galaxy S6 simply feels cheap. Heck, even the original iPhone felt like a higher quality product. The metal trim and huge seams that surround the edges of the phone give it a cheap appearance far worse than what the fancy photos on the Internet would indicate.
CONCLUSION:

The Samsung S6 is a lewser phone designed by lewsers for lewsers. Unfortunately, I have been forced to be a lewser because of this piece of shit.

P.S. And Apple has to sue these guys? Really?
« Last Edit: July 09, 2015, 01:49:38 AM by marvey »
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2015, 10:35:25 PM »

Always felt this way about most Samsung gear including TVs. Media hype and overrated. Unfortunately their latest TOTL TV's (as of 2015/16 models) are the real deal so I can't crap on those anymore. They have that BMW marketing hype down pat.

Can you jailbreak it and put a custom ROM on it?
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2015, 10:39:52 PM »

After being forced to use a Samsung product, I now understand your views on Samsung gear better. The Galaxy S6 is a $99 phone. It shouldn't be priced anywhere near like the iPhone or Z3.

Samsung does make good refrigerators though.
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2015, 10:46:08 PM »

Used to make good HDDs and SSDs too. I can give credit where credit is due. Will I pick a Samsung over LG, Kitchen Aid or some other uber fridge later? Remains to be seen. Don't like how you ice keeps dropping out of the dispenser even after you stop and have to kick the cubes under the fridge though. Just sayin', lol.

I can tell you I've been done buying anything from GE for a long time now. The GM of appliances...
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2015, 11:55:06 PM »

Most of your complaints are centered around TouchWiz. If you're on T-mobile, the bootloader is most likely unlocked, and you can flash CM, or ParanoidAndroid or any other distro that you wish. If you're on one of the other big four, the loader will likely be locked and you're stuck with what you've got.

You can still largely deal with the software issues though with a simple launcher. The hardware is what it is of course, but Android allows a multitude of ways to change things in software that you don't like, you don't have to accept what Samsung gives you. This isn't an Apple phone. Things like the locked placement of the app drawer can be dealt with in about two seconds. I could easily flash my Note 1 with anything, its an unlocked international variant, but I'm content with Nova Launcher running over the default Samsung ROM.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher

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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2015, 12:04:47 AM »

Most of your complaints are centered around TouchWiz.

I read two (lower left camera icon at lock and Apps icon fixrf in lower right). 2 / 12 <> most. No, I'm not spending the next six to eighteen hours of my life possibly borking the phone so it works OK.
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2015, 12:19:12 AM »

Back button on the right side? Just be lucky they don't make cars. Accelerator and brake pedal might get swapped too.
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2015, 12:25:29 AM »

P.S. And Apple has to sue these guys? Really?

LOL
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #8 on: July 09, 2015, 12:52:14 AM »

Back button on the right side? Just be lucky they don't make cars. Accelerator and brake pedal might get swapped too.

It didn't occur to me like that. But now that I think about it, someone at Samsung went full retard. If I were CEO of Samsung or VP of that division, I'd totally go "nut rage" over that oversight; and I would be in the right too.

P.S. I miss Steve Jobs going Vader on people in the corridors of Apple HQ for going full retard (e.g. Mark Papermaster and Antennagate). Their ideas and products were better executed back then when he was alive and kicking. Apple is getting kinda ghey with the watch stuff and all.

P.S.S. The guy on the left is what would have happened to the guy responsible for Apple Maps if Jobs were alive today (it's not the cosmetic or map error issues, it's the poor usability and shit directions)
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Re: Samsung Galaxy S6 Review (by someone who was forced to use it)
« Reply #9 on: July 09, 2015, 01:21:17 AM »

Speaking of the apple watch, it seems they are not even breaking 10,000 per month. It's clear Apple also has failed to captivate market. Only company which actually makes a usable smartwatch is Pebble.

The reason why Samsung put the buttons in such weird way, among with physical middle button, is because it's pretty much iconic physical aspects at this point for Samsung android. It's been same buttons since first Galaxy S.

That said, I would had bought Galaxy S6 if Samsung had not gone to crappy metal/glass build + removal of replaceable batteries and SD-card slot. I will see how they are going to change their Note lines, and I might getting LG or Sony if they remove these features as well.
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