On MWC2015, Samsung released the new flagship products Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, both of which have adopted a new appearance design, the top configuration and streamlined UI design. Today, please follow us to experience Galaxy S6.

This experience uses the engineering machine of the mobile version of the Galaxy S6 with the dual card of the Bank of China, the model is SM-9208, which may be slightly different from the official retail version, for reference only.

appearance

From the front panel, the Galaxy S6 still continues the traditional style of the Samsung Galaxy series, and is very close to the style of the Galaxy S5.

The front 5 megapixel camera is larger than before in terms of camera size. The left side of the earpiece is equipped with a light sensor and a distance sensor.

Since the entity Home is equipped with a press fingerprint identification sensor, it can be seen that the Home key has obvious protrusions and a larger area than the Galaxy S5.

The front panel is surrounded by a metal frame to improve the resistance to falling.

The Galaxy S6 rear cover is also a gorilla generation 4 glass, because the rear cover is not removable.

16 million pixel rear camera, with OIS optical anti shake, aperture F1.9. There is a led fill light on the side, and the heart rate sensor and ultraviolet sensor are below the fill light. Because the body is very thin, the lens has obvious protrusions.

There is an infrared sensor on the top of the body, which can turn the phone into a remote control, and there is a noise reducing microphone on the side.

The bottom is equipped with a microUSB interface in the middle. USB3.0 or even USB3.1 is not used. The 3.5mm headphone interface and speakers are on both sides. There is also a call microphone between the speaker and the microUSB interface. Many users complain that this bottom shape is similar to the iPhone 6. In fact, it is more like Galaxy Alpha.

It can be seen from this figure that the sides of the left and right borders of Galaxy S6 are not curved like the bottom, but are "flattened". This processing method is different from that of Galaxy Note 4.

The metal frame is very hard, and the surface is sandblasted.

Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 Plus size comparison.

It can be seen that the processing methods of the two sides are not quite the same.

The Galaxy S6 is 6.8 mm thick and the iPhone 6 Plus is 7.1 mm thick, both of which can be regarded as ultra-thin mobile phones. It can also be seen that the lens protrusion of the Galaxy S6 is more obvious than that of the iPhone 6 Plus. The main reason is that the lens set is too large and does not use the same "three-stage" structure as the iPhone. The lens and screen overlap.

System and UI

Galaxy S6 uses the TouchWiz system based on Android 5.0.2. The style of Galaxy Note 4 is basically continued under the launcher, but the color of the icon is softer.

A system management plug-in is added under the initiator to enable one click optimization (Ram cleaning).

Swipe to the right on the launcher homepage to view the latest subscription information.

The Galaxy S6 also has built-in wallpaper with softer color style.

Support switching of global themes.

The Galaxy S6 system still retains the design of the secondary menu. In the past, people felt that the TouchWiz system was relatively bloated. This time, the system was greatly simplified. You can see that the built-in applications still occupy less than one screen (20 icons), and even the applications in the tool folder can be uninstalled.

Display of folders.

The drop-down bar basically retains the design of Galaxy Note 4, but it is more colorful in color.

The system setting menu still retains the settings of the nine grid shortcut settings on the Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4. Users can place the commonly used settings on the top for easy selection, and the detailed setting menu is at the bottom. The overall style has not changed much, but the shape of the icon for quick setting has been changed to a color logo on a white background.

Below is still the detailed setting menu.

Galaxy S6 system is based on Android 5.0.2, and the kernel version is 3.10.61

We got the mobile dual card version of Galaxy S6, so there is a dual card option in the settings.

Galaxy S6 supports NFC and "Samsung Pay", but the latter is temporarily unavailable for domestic environments.

The Galaxy S6 still supports the "download booster", which allows 4G networks and WiFi networks to be used at the same time, further improving the network speed.

The option of "sound quality and sound effect" has been added to the sound settings. We still don't know about the audio chip of Galaxy S6. From the "first ear" listening sense, Galaxy S6 has a large thrust, and there is no obvious defect in the overall tuning. We will introduce the specific experience of sound quality in detail in the evaluation of the official retail version.

Add a new unlock special effect.

Screen lock can select sliding, pattern, password, fingerprint and other methods.

Continuing the design of Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy S6 also adds a fingerprint identification sensor at the Home key, and uses a press fingerprint identification module, which greatly improves the convenience and speed of fingerprint identification. In the process of fingerprint input, we only need to gently place our finger on the home key to make the sensor sense.

Fingerprint information can be recorded after multiple entries.

We can use the recorded fingerprint information for website login and Samsung account verification.

Galaxy S6 also has a simple mode, which allows users to use the device more intuitively and conveniently. Large icons and fonts are also suitable for middle-aged and elderly users.

The Galaxy S6 adds a gesture wake-up function. When the screen is locked, you can turn on the screen by swiping your hand over the sensor in the upper right corner of the body.

The dial panel has integrated the material design style of Android 5.0, and the soft key logo has become more rounded.

The calling location can be configured in the call settings, which is also a feature that the Bank of China mobile phones are used to adding (MOTO X: What do you mean?).

In addition to the location of the incoming call, localized information such as the lunar calendar and festivals has also been added to the system calendar.

Many emoji expressions are added to the system information interface.

The camera interface of Galaxy S6 has not changed much.

"Professional" mode is added, and the function of taking photos can also be extended by downloading plug-ins.

However, this professional mode of Galaxy S6 does not have the shutter time adjustment expected by many users. It can adjust the exposure ISO、 White balance, focal length and color style.

The Galaxy S6 uses a 16 megapixel Sony IMX240 sensor, which is native 16:9.

It supports the 4K standard video recording of UHD (3840 * 2160) and the 2K standard video recording of QHD (2560 * 1440).

You can manually turn on the video anti shake function, and just quickly start the camera. Just press the Home key twice in a row to quickly start the camera.

The music playing application of Galaxy S6 adopts a full screen blue-green design.

For the screenshot being played, you can set random play, repeat play and other modes.

Selection of the surface list.

The SoundAlive sound effect can be adjusted in settings, and the playback speed can also be adjusted.

Galaxy S6 has added a new "intelligent manager", which includes four management items: power, storage, Ram and security. It is connected to the initiator plug-in above, and also includes one click optimization function.

Battery management is similar to what we have seen in system settings before, including power saving mode and super power saving mode (black and white screen). Turning on the power saving mode will greatly enhance the battery life of the phone, but the performance will be greatly reduced.

The storage management module is introduced mainly because the Galaxy S6 abandons the long held design of pluggable TF cards, and the introduction of automatic cleaning of residual files is also a good solution. The highlight is "Powered by Clean Master". Yes, we are familiar with cheetah cleaning masters. The Galaxy S6 has built-in cheetah cleaning function.

The Ram cleaning function should be well understood. In the past, many users have complained that Samsung TouchWiz occupies too much Ram. Pressing "End All" will release some memory.

The device safety is mainly provided by KNOX, which has been used by Samsung mobile phones for a long time. Here, KNOX's active protection switch is also provided.

The clock application color of Galaxy S6 is more lively than ever before. It uses white, gray and green colors.

World clock interface.

The timer also adds the design of the flip clock.

Provide users with some Samsung applications and third-party applications to install.

Peel Smart Remote is a pre installed remote control application for users. Users can use the infrared sensor on the top of the Galaxy S6 to remotely control the battery, set-top box DVD、 Blu ray player and other equipment.

Galaxy S6 uses Samsung's own Exynos 7420 processor, which is made by 14nm FinFET process. It is an eight core 64 bit processor, consisting of four core Cortex-A57 2.1GHz and four core Cortex-A53 1.5GHz, and is equipped with Mali-T760mp8 772MHz graphics processor.

Galaxy S6 uses 3G LPDDR4 memory, and the system is based on Android 5.0.2. It also supports aarch64 execution status, which means that both hardware and system are 64 bit. However, 64 bit Android applications have not yet been popularized. In addition, the Mali-T760mp8 graphics processor also supports OpenGL ES 3.1 with the support of the new system.

Anthura scored more than 65000 points, of which the 3D drawing score was particularly eye-catching, and it can still exceed 20000 points at the high resolution of 2560 * 1440, which is really tough.

For more tests of Galaxy S6, please pay attention to our detailed evaluation.