iPhone 6 -> galaxy s6 edge: some thoughts

[mnewsham]

about a 50% fail rate on the s6

that's absurd, I've never even heard of a fail rate that high for the S6. Almost everyone rated it the same or even better than the iphone 6, not sure how it compares to the 6s, but it should never have been anywhere near 50% fail rate.

Hell I think on my note5 my fail rate has to be somewhere in the sub 5% range, it rarely if ever happens to me...

 

[slackerinabox]

that's absurd, I've never even heard of a fail rate that high for the S6. Almost everyone rated it the same or even better than the iphone 6, not sure how it compares to the 6s, but it should never have been anywhere near 50% fail rate.

Hell I think on my note5 my fail rate has to be somewhere in the sub 5% range, it rarely if ever happens to me...

Is your note brand new? How can you say that my experience is absurd - are you an engineer that knows, for sure, that the note 5 has the exact same hardware scanner? At first the scanner worked pretty spot on, it got progressively worse through time. By fail rate I mean the scan wouldn't register, I'd lift up and have to do it a second time. What's REALLY frustrating is that sometime's I'd scan and then the phone would go to sleep instead of unlocking.

Also, it's possible that some of my my problems are due to 1st run bugs, but this is what rubs me very wrong. With iPhones of the past I've been able to walk into a store, talk about my problem and, even If the problem couldn't be demonstrated they'd err on the side of caution and replace my phone so that I'd at least know it was a problem with that particular unit. Not so with samsung - 'your battery life is within our acceptable range and reception issues carrier related" = no rma authorized.. I felt like I had zero support, which is not what I expect for a $700+ phone

 

[Artdeco]

that's absurd, I've never even heard of a fail rate that high for the S6. Almost everyone rated it the same or even better than the iphone 6, not sure how it compares to the 6s, but it should never have been anywhere near 50% fail rate.

Hell I think on my note5 my fail rate has to be somewhere in the sub 5% range, it rarely if ever happens to me...

Note 4 fail rate is about 50%, I've owned 3 of them, fingerprint scanning is horrible.

Compared to the iP6s/+ being so fast and accurate, people aren't able to see their lock screen.

 

[mnewsham]

Is your note brand new? How can you say that my experience is absurd - are you an engineer that knows, for sure, that the note 5 has the exact same hardware scanner? At first the scanner worked pretty spot on, it got progressively worse through time. By fail rate I mean the scan wouldn't register, I'd lift up and have to do it a second time. What's REALLY frustrating is that sometime's I'd scan and then the phone would go to sleep instead of unlocking.

I didn't say your experience was absurd, I am saying a failure rate that high is absurd, as in it's probably a hardware issue that deserves to be taken seriously, because that isn't normal behaviour.

Im not attacking you, drink some coffee.

 

[mnewsham]

Note 4 fail rate is about 50%, I've owned 3 of them, fingerprint scanning is horrible.

Compared to the iP6s/+ being so fast and accurate, people aren't able to see their lock screen.

Note 4 fingerprint sensor is the old sensor, note 5 has the same sensor as the S6

 

[slackerinabox]

I didn't say your experience was absurd, I am saying a failure rate that high is absurd, as in it's probably a hardware issue that deserves to be taken seriously, because that isn't normal behaviour.

Im not attacking you, drink some coffee.

Apologies, samsung fans are sometimes in a state of denial that makes getting help for ANYTHING difficult, "YOU"RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG! MINE IS PERFECT!" I get annoyed because every time I try to get forum help I get defensive people calling me an idiot for not using it right... My punk nephew is one of them, he said my edge must have been broken or I was using it wrong, then I see him hit his scanner 3 or 4 times before it registers - they ignore problems and then assume they don't exist (and have lower standards). I've had to use my backup password on many occassions one handed on the subway because the scanner's so finicky, it's a small thing but a frustrating detail they didn't get right. Which is what's frustrating about my samsung experience - so close to perfection (perfect hardware, though a bigger battery would help ) with little niggling software bugs that pile up, unless you're a teen and think of your phone as a hobby and are very forgiving.. I'm older and have different expectations (and having owned mostly solid, well researched phones from the across OSes from windows phones to my beloved moto droid to the iphone 6, I now expect shit to just work)

 

[Artdeco]

Note 4 fingerprint sensor is the old sensor, note 5 has the same sensor as the S6

I'll take your word for it, done with Samsung stuff for now, even got my Korean wife to switch to the iPhone...

 

[slackerinabox]

I'll take your word for it, done with Samsung stuff for now, even got my Korean wife to switch to the iPhone...

Wise man. To be diplomatic, marshmallow looks pretty interesting and LG's korean too and seem like they have their act together. Samsung's on my shit list for a while (though I still love my samsung tv)