For years consumers and experts complained about Samsung's continued use of cheap plastic for their smartphones and unnecessary bloatware. With the Galaxy S6 Edge , Samsung has finally updated the design of their smartphones.

Incredibly sharp and vibrant display; Curved edges make areas of screen easier to reach; Improved Touchwiz has less bloatware; Smooth and slick performance

Glass back and edges make it difficult to grasp; No microSD slot

Flat phones are so passé, it seems, with the Galaxy S6 Edge showing us a future of curved smartphone goodness. Is this a taste of the future, or merely a gimmick demanding top dollar?

A design that looks totally different; because no one has curved screens like this; Curved screen is very cool; Built with premium materials; Great performance; Like the S6; an absolutely fantastic and bright screen; One of the best cameras in the business; Practically bloat-free version of Android,...

Battery could be better and isn't removable; No expandable memory; Water-resistance not part of the package; Curved screen doesn't really feel as useful as it did on the Note Edge; Expensive… very expensive

When it comes to smartphones, Apple's biggest advantage is its impeccable sense of design and usability. Love it or hate, Apple knows how to make a desirable device. With the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung might have just taken that advantage away.

Slick and sophisticated design; Fantastic camera; Beautiful screen

Curved display is mostly aesthetic; Charging over anything but Samsung's official charger is slow; TouchWiz still needs a bit more work

Now Samsung is peddling an elegant new smartphone that has been designed from the ground up, hence the name project Zero. Right now a lot is hanging on the fate of the new Galaxy S6 and S 6 Edge and if the stares I have been getting are anything to go by Samsung has a lot going for it especially...

The battery should be bigger but if it was the design of the device would go out the door; Much has been written about the lack of microSD card support and the now-fixed in place battery.

Samsung has lead the Android market with its Galaxy S line of mobile phones for a number of years now, producing one of – if not the – top-selling mobile handsets on the market. The company has achieved mass-market appeal by providing consistently leading-edge specifications, even if the components...

Cheap plastic is gone; replaced with classy glass and metal; Built-in Qi charging! Rejoice; Fantastic camera - better than previous models; and better than most of the competition; Fingerprint sensor is much; much easier to use and it's significantly more accurate; TouchWiz has been toned down even...

Battery life is okay, but not great; There are ways to deal with it, though, Significant slowdown and stutter over time until the phone becomes virtually useless until you reboot it, Data connectivity stalls quite frequently, No IP rating – unlike the S5, this isn't waterproof or dustproof

With the Galaxy S6, Samsung's created something very special. With the Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung's created something very pretty, but substantially less special. Over at the ABC's Technology+Games site, I've written up a rather exhaustive (and exhausting) review of both. So go and read it. Now?

Samsung needed to come up with something special this year with its hero smartphone – the Galaxy S6 – and not only has done that it also released a second device – the Galaxy S6 edge. The feature that sets the device apart is the curved left and right edges of the screen.

At the core, the Galaxy S series design hasn't changed much. However, it's the curved edge glass that makes this phone look futuristic. This unique aspect also makes the device feel thinner than it actually is.

Premium construction; Fancy Edge screen; AMOLED panel offers vibrant colours; Compact than most 5.1-inch phones; Excellent performance

Costs more than a bike; Edge screen isn't really useful; Battery life could have been better

If we count the most anticipated Samsung Galaxy S phones till date, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge would be the one, no doubt. But there's nothing hyped about it. The phone has been built from scratch, says Samsung, its one-of a kind design inspiring to keep everything new to the device.

One of a kind design; Ultra slim,light and ergonomic; Android L refreshed TouchWiz interface; Blazing fast camera; fingerprint unlock

Avaerage battery backup; No expandable storage; Heats up

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is just announced at MWC 2015. It is 5.1 inch Super AMOLED display device having 1440 x 2560 pixel resolution with 577 ppi pixel density. It is running on latest Lollipop OS. The 1.5 GHz and Quad-core 2.1 GHz processor along with 3GB RAM.

Excellent display; Great performance; Good camera configuration; Wireless charging

Costly