Review: Updated: Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+

By Gareth Beavis

Introduction and design

I usually don’t like to use the tired old refrain that Samsung copies a certain manufacturer’s plans – but there’s something familiar here.

A brand releases a top-of-the-line phone, and then decides to make a phablet version by adding a ‘Plus’ to the end. That’s precisely what Samsung’s done here, and there’s very little difference between the S6 Edge+ and the original Galaxy S6 Edge that debuted a few months ago.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Apple’s seen some great success by bringing out a larger variant of it’s normal phone – it’s not sold in the same numbers, but it’s given Apple fans that were getting a bit tired of having to compromise on screen something to pick up.

Samsung clearly thought it could do the same thing – and even went as far as using the S6 Edge+ to replace the Note 5 in some territories, offering a phablet without the stylus.

One can only assume that places like the UK just weren’t bothered about having a stylus to add into the mix, and therefore Samsung just took its best phone and made it a bit bigger.

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Source:: techradar.com – Phones