Was looking for a new phone and found this. Think it's the cheapest it's been from Amazon direct.
22 comments
misterleoni
22 Oct 151#22
because your rationale isn't typical. most normal folk don't care about their battery dying after two years, nor charging and carrying around a spare battery. Nor storing their whole life on a memory card. your use case is niche. Legit, I'm sure... but niche.
misterleoni
22 Oct 151#20
Funny how people assume that lack of replaceable battery and card slot is causing Samsung issues just because it annoys them. Their downturn in sales has virtually nothing to do with that - it's down to a sudden upsurge in cheaper Chinese phones. This will have affected LG and HTC and Sony in much the same way - I mean, look at the G4 - it has all that everyone wants apparently - the replaceable battery and SD slot that literally everyone wants, and one of the best cameras on the market. Despite this, and the fact that it came out AFTER the S6, it has dropped as low as £299 on Amazon.
So I don't think you can viably use the card slot/battery thing as some kind of 'proof' that Samsung have erred and done a U-turn.
Newbold to misterleoni
22 Oct 15#21
Nobody's suggesting that it's 'proof' - just that it's strong evidence. And it's every bit as likely to be correct as your own theory.
From my own point of view (and I'm a pretty typical Samsung customer) there is no way on God's earth that I will buy any phone that doesn't have a user-replaceable battery and a card slot. As for the card slot, the expansion point is obvious. And as for the battery, it's incredibly useful to be able to slip a tiny spare battery in your pocket, rather than a thumping great battery pack + cable. And batteries fail - that's life. Who wants to pay getting on for £100 to have it replaced when you can do it yourself for around £10 with a genuine Samsung battery?
soton26
21 Oct 15#18
The lack of card slot did bother me but 64GB at this price done me nicely. The battery thing was a non-issue once I realised I've never replaced a single battery in any phone I've ever owned (who owns the same phone for more than 2 years anyway - probably not someone who cares too much about battery life?)
soton26
21 Oct 15#17
Heated, bought one at this price on Sunday. Great phone and the battery isn't as terrible as reviews would have you believe.
striker33 to soton26
21 Oct 15#19
You should never read reviews for battery life opinions. It doesn't take a lot for someone to become a "tech blogger" these days. Most of them are hipsters who say every pone has bad battery life other than iPhones, when in reality it's because they have no idea how to set up an Android phone.
Plus there are so many idiots who still use the Facebook app on android. Thought people knew by now that it sucks the juice for fun. Either that or most people are too lazy to tap twice (chrome, then tap a bookmark).
The battery on the s6 is comparable to that of the iPhone 6, another phone people can't set up, as I get 2 days with medium usage, lots of music streaming and web browsing. Generally clock in around 20 hours of high bitrate tracks, so it's not just a case of playing the odd song here and there.
fishmaster
20 Oct 151#15
Yeah it's gone just less than yearly updating now.
havoc666
20 Oct 15#12
What a crap and lagy phone, bad multiasking and memory optimalisation, fat lag wizz use a 2gb of 3gb memory. Looks like big cow and has pure battery, amoled screen is overcoloured.
finnmaccool to havoc666
20 Oct 154#14
Could you repeat that and translate it back into English please.
Adidas Addict
20 Oct 15#10
Not sure what figures Samsung have released, but from real life experience. The s2,s3,s4 and s5 were everywhere, loads of people had them at work within weeks of release. The s6 & s6 edge on the other hand, I know only 2 people personally that have one.
Maybe people don't like the better build vs the lack of changeable battery. Maybe people are holding onto phones longer as no real improvements made since flagships of the last few years. Who knows.
finnmaccool to Adidas Addict
20 Oct 151#11
Agreed. I havent seen any s6 phones around. I think the problem for Samsung is that companies like Motorola and Vodafone are releasing good qualty phones for £100 and its made people think twice about Samsungs prices. I have changed my phone every year, sometimes twice, but will be keeping my Note 4 for quite some time now. I dont like Samsungs new fashion range.
Ross87 to Adidas Addict
20 Oct 151#13
It's the same here, I don't know anyone with an s6 or s6 edge. Personally I've used nothing but Samsung's since the s2 was released and that has been due to the replaceable battery and micro sd slot. Now that Samsung have taken that away, I think the s5 I currently have will be the last Samsung phone I own, unless they make a U turn with the s7 and note 6.
Mobile data speeds are not quick enough where I live (and quite a few towns in the UK) to make cloud storage a viable option, so the option to use a 128gb micro sd card is a must for me.
Also being able to just switch the battery out when I need to, rather than having to leave it on charge is much more convenient.
It seems like Samsung may have underestimated the actual impact that these changes would have on their users and may have damaged their market share with such a peculiar change in direction which made them stand out from the iPhone and such for some users.
Elevation
20 Oct 15#9
I read April next year - which judging from your above comment would be quite realistic.....if pitiful for a lifespan of the S6.
ben1979
20 Oct 15#8
And, if a rumour has falsely driven down the price for the punters, who cares if it is true or not! Heated!
Nah it's BS, they need Snapdragon 820 to be released, or they could use their own next gen Exynos chipset, usual release date is March, seems some one wanted to make a story out of rumour/supposition. I would think Samsung would use Snap 820 next, we'll see.
gungesh
19 Oct 151#2
Seems like these will sell around £300 by christmas... Worth waiting..
finnmaccool to gungesh
19 Oct 157#3
Yep Xmas 2016
mercslkman to gungesh
20 Oct 15#4
I would be carful with that , I did that when then the s4 came out they put the price up was well gutted had to wait until new year for the price to come down lol
Newbold to gungesh
20 Oct 152#16
Too right - they've caught a cold with this one, thanks to the non-replaceable battery and the lack of a card slot, and diehard Samsung types like me are sticking to 'old' phones like the Note 4 which are a damn sight more functional.
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So I don't think you can viably use the card slot/battery thing as some kind of 'proof' that Samsung have erred and done a U-turn.
From my own point of view (and I'm a pretty typical Samsung customer) there is no way on God's earth that I will buy any phone that doesn't have a user-replaceable battery and a card slot. As for the card slot, the expansion point is obvious. And as for the battery, it's incredibly useful to be able to slip a tiny spare battery in your pocket, rather than a thumping great battery pack + cable. And batteries fail - that's life. Who wants to pay getting on for £100 to have it replaced when you can do it yourself for around £10 with a genuine Samsung battery?
Plus there are so many idiots who still use the Facebook app on android. Thought people knew by now that it sucks the juice for fun. Either that or most people are too lazy to tap twice (chrome, then tap a bookmark).
The battery on the s6 is comparable to that of the iPhone 6, another phone people can't set up, as I get 2 days with medium usage, lots of music streaming and web browsing. Generally clock in around 20 hours of high bitrate tracks, so it's not just a case of playing the odd song here and there.
Maybe people don't like the better build vs the lack of changeable battery. Maybe people are holding onto phones longer as no real improvements made since flagships of the last few years. Who knows.
Mobile data speeds are not quick enough where I live (and quite a few towns in the UK) to make cloud storage a viable option, so the option to use a 128gb micro sd card is a must for me.
Also being able to just switch the battery out when I need to, rather than having to leave it on charge is much more convenient.
It seems like Samsung may have underestimated the actual impact that these changes would have on their users and may have damaged their market share with such a peculiar change in direction which made them stand out from the iPhone and such for some users.
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But, as I said in my original post, rumour!
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