After months of rumors, Samsung has finally unveiled its new Galaxy phones. Here they are: The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge.
They look like great smartphones, the best Samsung has ever made, and possibly the best Android phones, too. The S6 and S6 Edge are complete redesigns. They use premium materials that make Samsung’s previous phones look cheap.
The company has even pared down its notoriously confusing TouchWiz user interface, making the phones easier for first-time users to get into.
The star of this release is the Galaxy S6 Edge’s curved display, which cascades off of both the phone’s left and right edges.
The design is similar to that of Sumsung Galay Note Edge, but that handset only had the waterfall screen off the right side. The Note Edge’s curved screen was also a separate display. The S6 Edge, on the other hand, uses a single panel.
What does the fall-away screen get you? Other than looking cool, there are some functional advantages. The curved parts of the screen let you can check notifications by quickly swiping on the curved part of the display without having to completely unlock the phone.
Samsung also lets you set up to 5 contacts as favorites and assign them each a specific color designation. If you receive a call from one of your favorites and your Edge is face down, the curved parts of the display will glow the color you assigned to them, so you’ll know who’s calling without having to look at your phone.
