As no words are enough to praise the Super AMOLED screen and metal & glass design of the body, also no words are enough to pick on the various demoting features that S6 has introduced with itself. The super powerful and heroic smartphone is though receiving a warm welcome, considering the amount of pre-orders and anticipated units that are to be shipped, but can see a rigorous shift when gets to the hands of consumers.

The two main features card slot and removable battery is missing in flagship handset with a meek resistance to water as well. The display is however aggressively competing with major brands like Apple’s iPhone 6. S6 seems to be built from scratch saying goodbye to plastic and bid welcome to metal and glass body. Undoubtedly it has ignored two prime features but will keep something in store in exchange.

Initially the chipset was a huge issue. This is one of the rarest times when a brilliant flagship is built without snapdragon latest chipset. Either the overheating issues of Qualcomm’s latest increased or the self-reliance initiated which paved way for Exynos 7420 to the flagship. S6 runs on octa-core processor with four Cortex-A57 cores ticking at 2.1GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores at 1.5GHz. An octa-core Mali-T760 GPU for graphics  and 3GB of RAM. The Galaxy S6 is enriched with 16 MP rear camera with optical image stabilization and a wide f/1.9 aperture. The 5MP selfie camera also got a f/1.9 aperture for low-light conditions.

Key features

• Thin (6.8mm) profile, premium dual-glass design reinforced by a metal frame
• 5.1″ Super AMOLED of QHD (1440 x 2560) resolution, class-leading ~577ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
• Exynos 7420 64-bit chipset, octa core processor with four 2.1GHz Cortex-A57’s and four 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 cores, Mali-T760 MP8 GPU, 3GB of RAM
• Android 5.0.2 Lollipop with TouchWiz and Samsung Pay
• 16MP camera, f/1.9 aperture, 4K video recording, LED flash, optical image stabilization
• 5MP front-facing camera, f/1.9 aperture, 1080p video, HDR
• 32/64/128 GB of built-in storage
• Active noise cancellation via dedicated mic
• Fingerprint scanner
• LTE Cat.6, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, NFC, IR port, Bluetooth 4.1, ANT+
• Heart-rate sensor, barometer, SpO2
• Wireless charging (Qi/PMA)
• 2,550mAh battery

Main disadvantages

• No water or dust protection
• Rather pricey at launch, including really steep memory upgrade premiums
• No user-replaceable battery
• No microSD slot
• No FM radio
• No stereo speakers

What does it offer in exchange of  meek dust and water resistance and two  main disappointments is UFS 2.0 storage with the “Command Queue” tech used in SSDs. This makes memory response 2.7 times faster than flagships ever made. Plus it comes in two storage options.

There is a lot yet to uncovered regarding the performance of the handset which will remain unjudged till the device is used in real.