I have been looking at the latest release from Samsung, the Galaxy S6 and the 6 Edge.

On looking through the comments to various sites (this one included) I see people slamming the new phone for various reasons.

1. No SD card slot

Why do you need one when you have three storage capacities? 32/64/128
Thats plenty in my book. I have 64GB storage and I seldom need to delete items from the phone.
You have USB3 to transfer, that's pretty fast to move data about.
An SD card will always be slower than built in storage, so speed isn't a concern.

2. Non replaceable battery

The people that complain about this issue tend only to be the heaviest of users. Your average consumer can probably get 2 days out of a single charge where the heavy user gets less than 8 hours.
Its all about perspective. My wife's phone is often in the low 90% at the end of a days use....
If you need more power, get a battery pack. They are cheap and readily available.

3. Not waterproof

Good lord, you need your phone to be submersible?
If you're in the position where you need to take measures that you have a waterproof phone, then get a case that is waterproof, or leave it at home!
One day in the future they will make phones that are water tight, but while they have holes in them for charging, microphones buttons etc they're not all going to be waterproof.

4. Metal and glass case

Samsung have tried to move to a premium look and feel and people are still saying that the plastic cases were premium...
One thread I read was reading summed it up rather well.

If you have a premium car that had plastic panels on it and creaked when you drove it, would you still call it premium?
You don't see a Bentley with plastic paneling on the dash and the interior door trims do you?
(in case you don't know, a Bentley is a premium car, a Holden Commodore is not)


I personally think Samsung have done well to get to the S6.
I don't think the glass back was a good idea, Apple moved away from that with the 5. I have seen many 4 and 4S's with damaged backs.
I would imagine the S6 will possibly have the same issue.

I do like the way Samsung are finally getting the message that consumers want less garbage on the phone and more useability, ie crapware loaded onto the phone.
My Samsung Phone got the custom ROM loaded onto it as soon as I could to get rid of the junk. If I'm going to use Android, I want to have just Android on the phone.

The one thing I thought was interesting, the camera on the back of the S6, it's huge! People went nuts when Apple put out the 6 and 6 Plus with the lens jutting out, but the camera on the S6 is a monster! But I guess when you put a case on it, you won't notice it, much like the iPhone 6.

That's my thoughts, and I'll bet most of you will disagree with me, but that's your right.