Five months after its release, the Samsung Galaxy S6 remains the best Android smartphone we've seen this year. The S6 has a revamped design that incorporates a premium glass-and-metal build, a gorgeous display, an improved camera, and a blazing-fast processor-making it one of the best-looking and...

Attractive glass-and-metal design; Gorgeous display; Fast processor

Lacks expandable memory and removable battery

It should surprise no one that a year can make a world of a difference in the mobile industry. In less than 12 months, Samsung went from riding high at the top of the smartphone heap to answering for dwindling profits and questions over whether it was running out of steam.

Click-click. Tap. The very best thing about the Samsung Galaxy S6 isn't the new design or the gorgeous high-res screen. (Those are nice, though.) It's the fact that no matter what you're doing, no matter where you are on the phone, all you have to do is click twice on the Home button and you're...

Gorgeous, sleek design; The screen is so high-res it's ridiculous; The best camera this side of the iPhone 6, and you can launch it in an instant; Fast, powerful hardware everywhere you look

Still too much TouchWiz; The phone can feel a little slick in your hands; A lot of bloatware---but at least you can remove it

Samsung has a lot riding on its 2015 flagship, and this time it's put its best foot forward. With its super-fast, homebrew processor, a pair of great cameras and a surprisingly clean version of TouchWiz, the S6 is the finest Galaxy Samsung has ever made. Now, if only it were waterproof.

Sturdy; stylish design; Impeccable camera experience; Great day-to-day performance; TouchWiz is finally worth using; Stunning design; The curved screen is gorgeous; Impeccable camera experience; Great day-to-day performance

Battery life could be better; Fingerprint sensor can be flaky; It's not waterproof; No microSD or removable battery; The curved screen doesn't do much; Battery life could be better; No microSD or removable battery; It's not waterproof

For years, we've harped on Samsung to stop building its smartphones with creaky plastic and bloated software. The Galaxy series is Android's flagship brand, but Samsung has rarely offered the best Android experience. Now, in the Galaxy S6, change has finally come.

There is no faster; more capable and feature-rich smartphone on the market today

It's great to see Samsung integrate metal-and-glass into its design; but the result lacks distinctiveness next to the similarly styled iPhone 6

Take a critical look at any Samsung flagship from the last six years, and you could apply the same complaint to all of them: "this 'premium' phone doesn't feel premium." While Samsung has aggressively pushed the envelope on screen sizes, SoCs, and extra hardware features, the exterior of their...

A spectacular camera; Better than the iPhone 6 Plus-yep, we said it, Big improvement in materials; Glass and aluminum make this Galaxy actually feel like it's worth the price tag, Qualcomm dropped the ball with the Snapdragon 810, and Samsung was one of the few companies with a viable alternative...

TouchWiz is still bad; The Flipboard home screen is a laggy hack; Apps hide the status bar for no reason; Things look different for no reason; Your OS looks like TouchWiz, but you'll be using an entire ecosystem of Material Design apps, The G6 supports always-on voice commands that can wake up the...

If you are not sure what to think and how to feel about the Samsung Galaxy S6, you came to the right place. We'll do it for you. Here's the deal. You're free to feel any way you like. Impressed. Upset. Confused? Sounds familiar.

Thin (6.8mm) profile; premium dual-glass design reinforced by a metal frame; 5.1" Super AMOLED of QHD (1440 x 2560) resolution; class-leading ~577ppi; Corning Gorilla Glass 4; Exynos 7420 64-bit chipset; octa core processor with four 2.1GHz Cortex-A57's and four 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 cores; Mali-T760...

No water or dust protection; Rather pricey at launch; including really steep memory upgrade premiums; No user-replaceable battery; No microSD slot; No FM radio; No stereo speakers

The Galaxy S6 leads the pack with its best-in-class camera and eye-popping display. Power users who want the flexibility of changing batteries and adding microSD cards may want to consider Samsung's Galaxy Note 4, which has a removable back but is larger and has lesser specs.

Attractive design; Best smartphone camera; Gorgeous screen; Helpful UI improvements

Sealed battery with average endurance; No microSD card

On paper, the Samsung Galaxy S6 might not appear as a great update to the Galaxy S5. It loses the water-proofing, doesn't have an expandable MicroSD card and has a smaller battery which is not removable. But all that becomes irrelevant as soon as you pick up the phone and start playing with it.

+ Brilliant Camera Experience; + Fastest Phone We've Tested; + Supports Wireless Charging

- OIS Not as Effective; - Lack of MicroSD Slot; - Unpredictable Battery

For years, I've called upon Samsung to create a premium-caliber flagship phone that demonstrates focus, taste and restraint . With the Galaxy S6, the company has at long last delivered.

Sleek and attractive design; premium materials; outstanding display; exceptional camera; easy-to-use fingerprint sensor; decent speaker; solid performance; useful software features like ability to view multiple apps on-screen simultaneously and Easy Mode for novices; includes both wireless charging...

Subpar battery life; glass construction can be slippery and fragile; lacks removable battery and SD card slot present on previous models; user interface less polished and attractive than Google's core Android Lollipop OS; awkward hybrid button configuration