What’s New in Samsung’s Galaxy S6 – Mobile World

 

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge has curved edges.

Samsung Electronics launched its latest Galaxy S6 smartphone together with a curved-screen variant—the Galaxy S6 Edge—in Barcelona Sunday, its latest attempt at battling a pair of Apple’s large-screen iPhones.

Apart from the metal frames and curved displays, here are some notable changes to the new Galaxy S6 that may not be so apparent from the design.

More Exynos chips.  According to people familiar with the matter,  the new smartphone will  be powered by  Samsung’s own internally made application processors. This is a notable change and an aggressive push by Samsung to make more use of its Exynos chips that analysts say should help profits from its semiconductor division. In recent years, the company has relied mostly on Qualcomm chips to power its flagship smartphones.  The move was possible by Samsung’s migration to more advanced  14-nanometer chip processing technology—one of the industry’s most advanced  –which allows chip makers to cut down on production cost and enable faster data transmission.

Wireless recharging.  Having an extra battery has been a trademark of flagship Galaxy S smartphones for a long time. Samsung executives used to boast that its phones came with a removable battery unlike a number of competing smartphones that come with built-in batteries. But Samsung has given up on the luxury of having a removable battery, and instead, opted to enhance the phone’s wireless charging capabilities in the Galaxy S6. Samsung says the new Galaxy S6 phone supports two different types of wireless-charging technologies: Wireless Power Consortium (WPC)  and Power Matters Alliance (PMA).  But to the average consumer, this all just means you need a wireless charging pad like ones found in retail stores and coffee chains. Samsung is offering a portable charging pad to go with the S6 phones, for extra cash.

No more “pop-up” questions?  Samsung says it has made an effort to have a more simple user interface, which was not only about cutting down on bloatware but also removing layers of pop-up questions. “We took a lot of ours out and cut down questions like, do you need this?, those type of questions you face,” said Lee Young-hee, head of mobile marketing in a recent interview.

Source : The Wall Street Journal