South African consumers aren’t going to have to wait long for the new Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, unveiled at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The new phones will go on sale in South Africa on 10 April, according to a posting on Vodacom’s website. However, the operator warns that limited stock will be available at launch.
The 10 April launch means South Africa is among the first 20 countries worldwide to get the new phones, which will be available in three colours: black, white and gold.
Vodacom has not yet advertised the retail price for the S6 and S6 edge.
Samsung made it clear at the launch of its two new flagship smartphones that it’s taking direct aim at Apple as it fights to make up ground it’s lost to its American rival in the past year.
Claiming the new phones “set the performance bar for the entire industry”, Samsung executives took to the stage in Barcelona to declare that the company has developed the “most advanced smartphones in the world”.
The company touted a new, cleaned-up user interface, which has removed a lot of the clutter and made it quicker and easier to access services.
But it was the hardware in the new phones that grabbed most attention.
The S6 edge, which looks set to be sold at a premium price, has two curved edges on the left and right (resembling a design ethos first introduced in the Galaxy Note Edge), while the regular S6 closely resembles the design of its predecessor, the Galaxy S5.
The phones are powered by a 64-bit octa-core chipset built using a 14nm manufacturing process. Samsung claimed that although the new processor is 20% faster than the unit in the Galaxy Note 4, it is 35% more energy efficient.
The Galaxy S6 phones use a metal frame for the first time and their screens are protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. — © 2015 NewsCentral Media
