Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus are yet to receive the final and stable update to Android 8.0 Oreo. The wait has been painful but does not mean that the older Samsung flagships will not get the latest version of the operating system. According to Manufacturer Development pages found on the website of the U.S. carrier T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus and Galaxy Note 5 will update to Android 8.0 Oreo just like their successor. The page shows that “T-Mobile and the device manufacturer have agreed to support a new software update”, that is Android Oreo.

This is not the first time we hear that Samsung Galaxy S6 and its variants will be updated to Oreo. Last year, Samsung reps confirmed in support conversations that the phones will be updated, but you know, the info released in support chats is not always reliable, so we could not take it as a concrete proof. But this further confirmation by T-Mobile leaves almost no doubts: the devices will get the update. According to Samsung reps, the handsets will be updated in February 2018, so it is likely that they will be released this month together with the Samsung Galaxy S8 and its Plus version.

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The update to Android Oreo on Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+ and Note 5 should come together with the Samsung Experience 9.0, the latest version of Samsung’s custom user interface. According to a leaked infographic, Samsung Experience 9.0 will bring improvements to keyboard and a better toolbar to search for emoji, stickers and animated GIFs. There will also be improvements to Bixby and a new feature called Color Lens which will allow customizing the display color and its intensity. And these are only some of the many improvements of the new user interface.

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Usually, the best smartphone manufacturers roll out the major Android update on their most important devices for two generations, but it seems that Samsung Galaxy S6 will get more support from the Korean giant. According to a Samsung customer care rep, the Samsung Galaxy S6 will get updated to Android 8.0 Oreo, even though this former flagship is three years old. It is not the first time that we are hearing this: the customer care reps of the company have already confirmed the update a few months ago.

But now it is different because in the leaked conversation there is a new important detail: the time frame of the release. According to the conversation with the Samsung employee, Samsung Galaxy S6 will get Android Oreo “no later than February. Not only the phone will get updated to the latest version of the operating system released by Google, but it will also get it before many other flagships from the last generation, even though it is three years old. It is a totally unexpected move by the company, especially considering that usually, Samsung flagships are never the first phone to get updated to the latest major Android versions.

Samsung Galaxy S6 was officially announced in March 2015, and it had Android 5.0.2 Lollipop installed out of the box. A very outdated version that we cannot find anymore, even on the most affordable phones. There was no mention of Galaxy S6 Edge and S6 Edge Plus in the conversation. Even though this is a chat with a Samsung customer care rep and this is not the first time that the update was confirmed, keep taking everything with a pinch of salt as there is no official confirmation from the company at this moment.

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Landvo S6 is a Samsung Galaxy S6 clone phone, I almost can’t recognize which is the fake when put it beside the original S6 phone. I’m surprised the Landvo factory crafted so beautiful smartphone.

Here is the hands on video:

Landvo S6 is a entry-class Android phone, it has a 5.2-inch HD screen, 1280x720pixel display, powered 1.3GHz MTK MT6582 quad-core processor, 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM, 16MP rear camera and 5MP front camera. This phone support dual nano SIM cards and face-unlock feature. The software also has S-health app, through pedometer, heart rate and exercise sensor to check your calories and surroundings every day.

If you got interested in the device and can’t wait for the full review, just pre-order this phone from some online stores, they will provide some free gifts at first sale.

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China Clone Phones

With samples of both No.1 S6i and the Landvo S6 now doing the rounds, attention has once again turned to the China Clone phone industry.

Both handsets from the outside have near identical looks and build to the Samsung Galaxy S6 and therefore benefit from Samsung’s many hours of R&D and design testing.

Unfortunately the specifications of the phones is somewhat sub-par compared to many of the somewhat more original phones now coming out of Xiaomi and Elephone who’s phones whilst showing some influence and design cues from other handsets are not copies.

There must be a market for clones or they would not exist, who are the buying demographic? is it teenagers that want the look but can’t afford the originals? or just people that want the look but don’t need the power or price the original phones command? with iPhones some would argue that the style is great but they really do not want to use Apples IOS and would rather have a clone that offers the style but allows the customisation of android.

I would say that it is easier to justify Apple clones from that standpoint than Samsung clones that already feature Android.

I would be happy to have a galaxy s6 clone and would pay a decent price for it, but only if it had specs to match the looks, give me a full HD screen, dual sim, Mediatek MT6752 soc with 3gb of ram and 16gb+ rom and decent camera and I would happily pay $200

But with current S6 clones sporting non LTE 32bit SOC’s for me it does not matter how cheap they are the design is not enough to grab my money.

What do you think? why do people buy these clones and would you have one over a more original higher powered and sometimes cheaper phone such as the Elephone P7000?

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We are just a few days away from the official launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6. This is probably the most popular device expected at MWC this year and we are already hearing a lot of good things about the Samsung flagship.

Now, even before the launch of the S6, Oppomart has listed a number of Galaxy S6 cases on its website. Not one, but a total of 10 cases have been spotted. There are  cases made of silicone for basic protection, flip covers and even ultra-durable shockproof TPU cases for the device.

This is not the first time we are hearing about cases for the upcoming Samsung flagship. There were several other listings in the past two weeks, showing off the possible size of the device.

Samsung is yet to officially announce any details of the phone, but  the company recently said that the camera on the S6 is going to be amazing. A recent benchmark result, showed of the true power of the Samsung Exynos 7420 octa-core SoC which now takes the lead in the multi-core test on GFXbench. S6 will come with this powerful processor, which will clearly make it one of the best devices in the market.

Another important thing highlighted by recent rumors is the shift from the boring traditional plastic design to the Galaxy Alpha like metal design. One of the most criticized areas of the company flagship is now expected to be its biggest plus point.

There are a lot of other features rumored like Samsung’s own payment service but we can’t be sure of those features until we hear an official word from the company.

For those who are wondering about the phone’s release day, a recent report said that the Galaxy S6 will release on March 22 this year.

Expect more details in the coming days.

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Samsung is all set to announce its Galaxy S6 flagship phone at MWC 2015. We have seen numerous reports, leaks and rumors about the upcoming device till date and today, we have one more leak which shows off the true power of the Exynos 7420 that comes inside Samsung’s next flagship.

Galaxy S6 with the model number SM-G925W8 was spotted on the AnTuTu benchmark app recently and the device with the Exynos 7420 managed to score an amazing 60978 points. That’s greater than Snapdragon 810, overclocked MT6595 and any other eight-core processor from other companies.

We have been hearing rumors about Samsung shifting completely to its own Exynos chips for its flagship S6 and this could be the reason. The processor will come with Mali-T760 GPU which is quite fast. To be specific, it is said that the GPU will be Mali-T760MP8 instead of the T760MP6 found on the Exynos 5433 SoC.

Also, since with such tremendous power, a lot of heat could be generated, it is said that the Exynos 7420 will use the advanced 14nm process, which if true, will be the first such mobile SoC in the market.

Coming to the Galaxy S6 specs, the phone will come with a 5.1-inch 2K 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution display. This goes against the previous rumors which hinted at a 5.5-inch display. Moving on, inside, the device will have the new Exynos 7420 eight-core processor clocked at 2.1GHz along with 3GB RAM and 32GB inbuilt storage. The rear camera will be of 20.7MP while the front shooter will be of 5MP. The device unsurprisingly will run on the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop version.

Latest reports indicate that Samsung will move away from the traditional plastic design to a metal body in the latest flagship. The phone is expected to come with other features too like fingerprint sensor, Samsung’s own payment system etc.

We are just a few days away from the official launch, so stay tuned for more updates.

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