New Samsung Galaxy S6 weighs less????

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#195685 29-Apr-2016 19:25

Long story short, got 2 Galaxy S6's this time last year 1 for me, 1 for wife, anyway recently the wife lost her phone, lucky insurance fully covered it, so picked up the new replacement yesterday.

So wife brings me her phone to "fix" a few apps that arn't working correctly, I grab my phone in the other hand to see what my setting are and first thing I notice is it seems lighter.

so right away I decided that I must weigh the phone to see why (app problem has now taken a back seat)

my 1 year old phone weighs 147 grams, brand new weighs 138 grams???????

So anyone got any idea why?

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#1544203 29-Apr-2016 19:33

change in parts could be a reason, smaller cpu/ram chips used etc

Most phones insides don't stay the same, they change them out depending on the pricing etc. Some ram chips can be samsung others from another supplier etc.

First thing I would say is that the screen might have been updated between release and now.

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#1544335 30-Apr-2016 01:21

This one's easily explained.

You have more apps on yours, so it's bound to weigh more. Keep on installing apps on your wife's new phone, then weigh them again. d:

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#1544344 30-Apr-2016 04:27

jmosen: This one's easily explained.

You have more apps on yours, so it's bound to weigh more. Keep on installing apps on your wife's new phone, then weigh them again. d:

Totally agree, and futhermore........don't we all get heavier as we get older.

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#1544348 30-Apr-2016 05:48

riahon:
jmosen: This one's easily explained.

You have more apps on yours, so it's bound to weigh more. Keep on installing apps on your wife's new phone, then weigh them again. d:

Totally agree, and futhermore........don't we all get heavier as we get older.

And don't forget shrinkage. It will probably get smaller as it ages too.