T-Mobile has maintained Samsung’s promise and is now sending out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop to its variant of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones. Samsung promised that the build would be arriving on its new flagship during June and it appears that T-Mobile is the first U.S. based carrier to confirm the upgrade.
You can expect to see the update over the air, but as is normal it is in stages so you may have to wait a few days to see it on your particular GS6. There are other ways of grabbing the Android 5.1 update, such as hooking your Galaxy S6 or Galaxy S6 Edge to a computer and use Samsung’s Kies app to download the update from Samsung.
In terms of looks, the S6 follows a new design ethos that started with the Galaxy Alpha back in September last year. It feels and looks premium, and oozes a quality Samsung's of the past simply never did, even the flagships ones. Yes, it looks dangerously like the iPhone 6, and I am sure that copying accusations may be levelled at Samsung on message boards and maybe in the courtrooms. However, there are only so many ways that a candy bar design can be made, so I for one am willing to give Samsung the benefit of the doubt.
The machined aluminum chassis sits sandwiched between two Gorilla Glass 4 panes, and the device feels solid and the build quality is excellent. The Galaxy S6 gets a 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED screen, the newest Samsung built octa-core Exynos chipset, 3GB of RAM, LTE cat.6, a 16 megapixel rear camera, and 32GB of storage. Sadly, Samsung opted not to have a microSD card, which is the only real gripe on first impressions.
As promised, the TouchWiz experience has also been pared down and a UI that has often been accused of being laggy is apparently zippy and smooth now. We will be getting a play with the Galaxy S6 tomorrow, so we will give you a much more comprehensive look at this lighter software, and indeed the phone in general then.
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