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nt back to the drawing board for the Samsung

which they codenamed ‘Project Zero’. The South

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urn in sales and in particular, the failure of the

still sold millions worldwide, but didn’t have the

evious Galaxy models, and Samsung lost market

e and cheaper Android phones.

he S5’s plastic cover and too much bloatware. The

es these concerns head-on with a shiny aluminium

lass back and front, plus a streamlined TouchWiz

er cent less features. Similar to how it launched the

de the Note 4, Samsung have also announced an S

n that's curved on both the left and right. Where the

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complicated apps in favour of intuitive shortcuts.

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e S6 isn’t waterproof and doesn’t have expandable

able battery. Time will tell how Samsung fans will

and whether it can attract new users, but here we

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CAN IT

SAVE THE

GALAXY?

Don't get it wet!
Samsung users are going to have to be a lot
more careful when using their smartphone in the
bath or toilet now. Samsung has removed its
waterproof and dustproof feature, so a quick
dunk in the bath could now prove fatal to your S

Fingerprint scanner

The button on the bottom bezel also doubles

as a fi ngerprint scanner for general security

and activating Samsung Pay. The button is

wider than its predecessor to make the

fi ngerprint recognition easier, and it now needs

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Quality camera

The 16MP rear facing camera and 5MP

front-facing camera can use Samsung’s face

recognition software, Optical Image

Stabilisation and auto white balance to take

sharp, bright photos quickly and without using

too much effort