Samsung held their Unpacked Event yesterday at MWC and it was one of their best presented live streams for some time.

The Galaxy S6 specs which are near identical to the S6 Edge are –

– Dimensions – 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
– Weight – 138 g
– Glass – Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back and front
-SIM Nano-SIM
– Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
– Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-DISPLAY – Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors,5.1 inches (70.7% screen-to-body ratio)
– Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels 577 ppi pixel density
– 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-T760
– MEMORY Card slot No
– Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
– CAMERA Primary 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash
– Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama
– Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
– Secondary 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR
– 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 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
– FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
– Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
– Browser HTML5
– Wireless charging (Qi/PMA/WPC) – market dependent
– ANT+ support
– S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
– Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
– Air gestures
– 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 2550 mAh battery
– Colours – White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz, Green
– S6 Edge features larger battery and extra Edge Panel options (People, Information, Clock)

The new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge look gorgeous and in particular the Edge. The new colours are superb too. Personally the Gold and Green colours look great. Some might be surprised by the lack of micro SD card support and a removable battery, but the new S6 has Samsung’s new fast access memory available in 32/64 or 128gb options. With its new 14nm 64 bit Exynos Chip this is meant to be 30% more frugal on the battery. Wireless charging is now implemented as standard and includes all major wireless standards. The cameras both have a f/1.9 for better low light photography. The software has been overhauled to be easier to understand and less apps have been installed by Samsung. 40% less. The fingerprint scanner now is like Apple’s Touch ID and will work with Samsung Pay when it launches later in the year. I really like the double tap to launch the camera which works in 0.7 seconds!

My overall verdict is these new phones are spec monsters but not at the loss of beautiful design. I am looking at my Note 4 and wondering how long it will last now but I do like my stylus. What about you? Tempted? The is one aspect that might impact sales of the S6 Edge and that is its price. The 128gb S6 Edge is likely to be around £799.