"so i took my time and put the tip in very gently until i was inside but it didn't really feel good because it was very loose and i didn't feel like it was all the way inside" 💀💀💀
10:20 This is because iPhones capture a binned 12MP photo from that 48MP sensor and "enhance" it to make 24MP, it's not capturing 24MP photos actually. Therefore, the S6 with 16MP actual resolution will have more details. This was clearly explained in a video about iPhone 15 on Tony and Chelsea Northrup channel last year but all I could see is that fanboys defending Apple in the comments.
@@Techsnowballno, it quite opposite even tho apple said 48mp on HEFI max or raw. wait r u on 15pro? nvm he probably right, on 16 is new different story
@@NandarAung-wl8ln 48MP mode captures full sensor photo without pixel binning. This discussion is about the 24MP mode, where it's just upscaling a binned 12MP image, exactly why a native 16MP photo from a 10 year old phone captured better details. There is no difference between iPhone 15 series and 16 series regarding this.
It's not SoC, but lack of RAM. It basically uses swap all the time, because there's not enough RAM even for basics. And to make it worse, it's most likely uses really old version of UFS storage if not eMMC.
5:01 "so i took my time and put the tip in very gently until i was inside but it didn't really feel good because it was very loose and i didn't really feel like it was all the way inside...i think it was just a mental block"
I still have my Galaxy S7, and recently it started glitching in the Files app. Also soon after that I received a notification that the storage was full - it also was 32 GB, most of which is taken by the system and Google apps. But I managed to clear some space and fix the glitch by clearing the Files app data. It still drains the battery like crazy though.
I would suggest rooting and using a magisk module to systemlessly uninstall the unnecessary apps after uninstalling updates, will save u many gbs of space Go find a teamwin recovery image and flash it, get the apk for magisk and flash it like a zip in teamwin recovery, and you'll be ready
I know a guy online who thinks like that because his A03e was moldy before bro got an iPhone X with non working cameras and a partially working touch and he says it's better
I own a 2015 Huawei. Runs android 4.4 and still works like a charm, I can still download apps on it, but the only problem is UA-cam just doesn't work. But UA-cam Kids works.
Damn that S6 is from the era when Samsung was still using their bloated TouchWiz. MicroUSB did not age well as they get loose with age or the plastic middle bit breaks. Its amazing though that the S6 has a 1440p screen while Samsung's current lowest S series the S24 FE only has 1080p. Modern web and apps really isn't kind to old devices. As for app support on Android in my experience once you get to being 4 Android versions behind the current version app support is not great on the popular apps unless you go for the older versions which may or may not work anymore. The camera comparison is pretty much covered by the other comments being a combination of pixel binning on newer phones while straight 16mp on the S6, not as much processing on the S6, along with not as sharp camera optics, etc. One of the oldest still working Android phones in my family is a Huawei P10 from 2017. Its stuck at Android 9 (can't unlock the bootloader for custom rom) and its Kirin 960 and 4gb did not age well as even older versions of UA-cam & Chrome randomly crashes when it runs out of ram. Would probably just wipe then debloat it and turn it into a 4G wifi hotspot instead of getting a dedicated portable hotspot.
I'm still using a Huawei Honor 9 (Honor version of the P10) as my main phone. I wish I had gone with the 6/128GB version instead of the 4/64GB but the better one wasn't available in my country until few months later. I kept mine on Android 8 (because I didn't want the new horrible volume control menu thing) and I haven't had any issues with apps crashing
From my experience of daily driving an galaxy j5 2015 I learned that to be able to use it in 2025 you need to use some older versions of some apps and use a big capacity SD card.
I've been using a j6 2016 up until recently. I got away by getting older version of apps, which mostly worked. Since I used it for almost 8 years, I got used to newer verison of apps loading slowly. I switched to an xperia 10 vi because of it having a headphone jack, no camera hole, having a "small" size (compared to most other phones nowdays) and being lightweight.
@markoroncevicZero, its original battery lasted almost 8 years. The health was around 80%, but it started having random shutdowns below 20%. The lock button also fell off.
@markoroncevicThe J5 lasted a day, so I charged it almost every day. The new phone blew me away in the battery department, it lasts 2 whole days. To be fair, after 8 years of improvement, everything blew me away, but the battery is the best for its price.
This phone's specs, especially RAM size, is pretty much like my current entry level phone. For that time it was consider Flagship. And in 2019 was the last "2 to 3 Gigs of RAM" specs as minimum I guess
I still use a Galaxy Note 4 released in 2014. It’s not too bad (atleast in my opinion) , it can run most of the apps I use. Although I want a S6 so badly!!
I have a Galaxy Note 5 that I got last year for just 22 dollars, pristine condition. It takes amazing pictures and even though they come out too saturated for my liking majority of the time, I would use it as my main camera if I didn't have my S24+.
0:01 YESS THE LEGENDARY S6 YOOHOOO 0:12 custom rom it. 0:22 if it was pretty bad... try an even older phone 0:34 ooo red stairs 0:37 rip socks.. 0:42 Romania sitting peacefully between -18 degrees C and 3 degrees C 1:11 kfc.. im hungy :( 1:20 bro. come on. 1:30 if u gimme $$$ i can fly to you and eat with you 1:46 aw man :( 2:09 only og's remember that cable (i have plenty of them laying around) 2:28 bro looks impressed my a 3.5mm hole. come on 2:44 thats a frigging brick not a phone 3:19 even today idk what that is soo.. ignore it 3:44 nice email adress you got 4:01 android 7 is useless today.. only 9 and 10 are kinda usable 4:05 android 6???????????? DAYUMMM 4:17 erm... tf 4:27 better than nothing 4:49 someone call 112 (or 999) 5:22 bro didn't think this through 5:40 IS THAT A KITTYO ON THE BED??????? 6:10 custom rom 6:15 wdym? aren't 3gb of ram enough??? 6:26 imagine playing roblox at max settings on it 6:50 custom rom. 7:04 bro.. didn't you check stuff before buying the phone? like many of the apps that you need dont work 7:13 custom rom. 7:30 ayo 7:54 custom rom exists. 7:56 YEAAAAAAA THE DADS NOT COMING BACK JOKEEEEES 9:07 how many phones does bro have 9:25 tbh the s6 photo looks more real 9:50 thats why i love Samsung's old flagshps.. 10:11 that picture from the s6 looks ass 10:21 same thing 10:36 dark 10:41 how tf did the iphone do that 10:57 it does. thats why i love old Samsung flagships 11:07 poor plushie 11:26 you can try the S6 edge... 500 mAh bigger battery 11:38 bye galaxy s6... i hope snowball gives you to me cuz im craving it rn 11:40 AGREED. Yo i liked the video, this was more into irl stuff, had the dad left you jokes and.. i want that s6. keep the good work
I'm currently reviving my old S6. Will hopefully recieve another unit by the end of the week to swap screens. Need my old data from my old phone. I loved it back in the day, but the battery life got quite bad at 2 years of use.
I have to say, this is the first video of yours I've ever watched, and I’m truly impressed by the nostalgic vibe. Your editing is fantastic, you as a person are super cool, and the entire video is brilliantly made. Oh, those were the good old days with the Samsung Galaxy S6. Back when I was in school, my parents couldn’t afford to get me that phone, and I would see it in the hands of other kids. Such fond memories of that time. 👍
This is one of those occasions where I actually have the phone a UA-camr is talking about. The battery life is terrible but given how old the phone is I think that is understandable, replacements are available though so perhaps one day I'll get around to it. The only app I can speak of is Audible and it does work, though it crashes every time a title has finished downloading you can just restart the app and start listening.
I still use my s8 from time to time and it runs really nicely and lasts all day. As long as you uninstall all system app updates so they are stock and built exactly for that system then you'll be fine. It's not the phone that slows down, it's the software that becomes stupidly bloated and power demanding because developers refuse to optimise and keep adding pointless features that suck out more power
i used it in 2022. was a very good phone ngl. sure the android support hindered it a bit but it turned out to be one of my most favorite samsung galaxies ever. best part about it is it's got various colors, one of them being the exclusive emerald green - only sold in china or specific parts of the world, i'll obviously try obtaining it one day but for a phone that it was it carried out real well. did everything it could and defo was an update over the samsung j3 2016 with the inflating battery 😭
Hey bro, I absolutely loved this, I am obsessed with technology and how older and newer technology has changed loads and to see people using old technology to their advantage for experimentation. It would be cool to see you do more samsung phones, iphones, or just more android phones/cellphones (or smartphones) in general :) Loved this ❤️
I've got a Galaxy S3 on Android 12 (you can get up to Android 14, LineageOS. Keep in mind it's way harder to use) and it works very good. I have a Tab S2 which I'm currently writing on which has Android 10 on it, I am also intending on upgrading it to Android 13 or 14 after a while and it runs really great! My mum's J3 2016 runs Android 7 LineageOS and I'm considering giving her another Samsung with a newer modded OS in a year or 2, her's runs great as well. I also own the A10 for the past 5+ years with the stock ROM and in a few years, I might continue to use it with LineageOS as well! If I got my hands on the S6, I'd place Android 14 on it. Please try it at least once as I want to see your review!
I still have my old OnePlus3 which is 9 yrs old. It was a flagship chipset and official Android 9. None of the problems mentioned by him exists for me. Phone feels just like other phones. The fingerprint sensor is still quick. Even the battery life is good for one day. The camera is also of usable quality....
It wasn't that bad unless if you play heavy games. It was a good phone if you install a custom ROM on it or at least installed the latest official Android 7 update from Samsung if you couldn't unlock the bootloader. FYI : I was daily driving a LG G5 which was released in 2016 which is 1 year after the Samsung S6 just except it has a Snapdragon 820 which is newer than the S6's processor but it still works fast with LG's latest Android 8 update, i have the Korean variant so i couldn't unlock the bootloader unless if exploits for unofficial bl unlocks was released. I have other phones there too which came out before and after the S6 : LG G3 which i rooted it and used stock Android 6 on it (i just wanted to keep it on stock until further notice) it runs better with optimizations and it was almost lag free. LG V20 which i have since last year and it runs LineageOS 20 except the screen was partially damaged and the front camera and microphone was failed. I could replace the front camera though but only if i got a replacement part. Replacing the microphone is impossible to do it homemade since it was soldered on the board. But the phone is pretty much lag free just like my daily driver.
Please go to settings and upgrade the OS. Then try the play store and galaxy store again. I had an old S7 edge just a year ago (as a backup for my Ultra) and it worked just fine, I didn't encounter these issues. But it was about one year ago and it was one year newer model, so who knows...
I used my galaxy j7 all the way from its release, 2015, up until 2023 i upgraded to the Google pixel 6 pro, and mind you this, i replaced the battery only once or twice, and it only had a small crack near the button.
I still have my old s6 edge, slow as hell in todays standards, but with nova launcher still is kinda usable, screen still looks top tier. Samsung SuperAmoled displays are just built different
This camera is exactly what I want. I hate the overprocessed photos of newer phones, I want the realness back. I don’t need AI, I want the good feeling back
The majority of the lag is likely from Google Play Services updating and doing things in the background. Disabling will result in a crippled, but fast phone. The S6 may be old enough that a root and bootloader unlock is possible with updated ROM options which would make it usable. No guaranties. I still use an S7 without issue, although not my primary.
Hey man, loved the video. You have a chill attitude and good humor. As for the phone, there are some decent custom roms.. some even android 10 whoch would make this phone a lot more usable.
This thing came out the same year as the iPhone 6s, which runs so much better today. I have one with a new battery i use as an iPod and social media scrolling device every day and it works perfectly fine.... Too bad cause the design is nice !
bruh what who said that all the modern overloaded heavy applications and bloatware would run fine on 10-yo phone, even though it was a flagship someday? on phones like this you should use custom clients and alternative apps, or at least understand the old versions of popular apps. If you abandon modern heavy software, you will see, that old flagships still perform good in tasks, it were made for, and even still have some unique technical features. Just look on 500+ dpi of this s7) I am still using galaxy s5 for some tasks for now, and also lumia 950xl. I don't like to do a lot of things on my phone, i just using the most needed social networks, music (mostly from offline collection), camera, basic internet search and stuff like this. That's why I still can enjoy old flagships to the fullest.
This is what happens If you are used to much better technology these days and are on an old but nostalgic Galaxy phones. Many say it's so laggy and say it's rubbish. I personally use a Galaxy S8 as my second phone. I personally have no problems at all. Of course, the S6 only has 3GB of RAM, which the iPhone X also had. Despite everything, good informative video.
Another reason for poor performance is the battery. When the battery is degraded too much it can't keep up with the power draw, and the voltage drops a lot. I had a S5 that was completely unusable, but changing the battery to a new one fixed it. Somewhat usable, but ofcourse the same issues as of S6. It can't keep up with the new versions of android apps, the chipset is not powerful to run new updates of youtube, facebook, Instagram. Now its at Android 6.0 and youtube app no longer works since 2024.
I was using the samsung j7 prime till last september..😂😂.. very light and looked just like this phone..I had 32g storage too.😂..till I bought the s24ultra and realized how heavy it was..love it though..very good battery and phone..
I see 7-8 year old phones do age so much better than the phones from 2016 and below. So I expect many people to rock their phones for so... so... SO MUCH longer, which is good I think.
Great Video.I love that USB CABLE part 😆. How about you try another phone like 7-8 years old phone with great specs and use that phone in daily life and compare the experience with newer phone.
Yeah good video you should have got a Galaxy S9... going back to the s6 maybe too far I have a Galaxy S9 I use as a second phone and all the apps work but I must confess I don't put my banking apps or any apps that have a credit card cuz it's not getting security updates and it's stuck on Android 10 but it works fine.
Android 6 actually support Instagram I not not showing on play store you have to update play store (it typically do it automatically but if not downloading you have to manually update it)
Brother that's why custom roms exist to support old phones . Once you get into it then you will understand that , custom roms are better then the stock rom 😊. I think for this device you have custom rom so you can enjoy a lot from this old device.
"so i took my time and put the tip in very gently until i was inside but it didn't really feel good because it was very loose and i didn't feel like it was all the way inside" 💀💀💀
Whoah
🤣
Bruh that sounded very SUS
I indeed noticed that
Sounds like my ex.
1:39 Eating at KFC and almost stoleing a watermelon...There is a pattern.
usual suspect
@@Techsnowball Jews?
Well 🏀, Well🍗, well🍉
Just realized 😭
@ J3ws?
10:20 This is because iPhones capture a binned 12MP photo from that 48MP sensor and "enhance" it to make 24MP, it's not capturing 24MP photos actually. Therefore, the S6 with 16MP actual resolution will have more details. This was clearly explained in a video about iPhone 15 on Tony and Chelsea Northrup channel last year but all I could see is that fanboys defending Apple in the comments.
wait really?? i thought iphone was actual 24mp
although androids do pixel dimming that reduces resolution 12mp
@@Techsnowballno, it quite opposite even tho apple said 48mp on HEFI max or raw. wait r u on 15pro? nvm he probably right, on 16 is new different story
@@NandarAung-wl8ln 48MP mode captures full sensor photo without pixel binning. This discussion is about the 24MP mode, where it's just upscaling a binned 12MP image, exactly why a native 16MP photo from a 10 year old phone captured better details. There is no difference between iPhone 15 series and 16 series regarding this.
the gap between the two phones in daylight photos is disturbingly small.
Right??
Yeah..
Install lineage is cmon
Imagine installing a gcam on the s6
Somehow, phones released in 2015 aged really bad or phones with Snapdragon 821 below. 835 phones however, still packs a punch today.
oneplus 5t with 835 ... one of my fave phones ever
@@Techsnowballthe funny thing is that I'm maybe going to switch to the OnePlus 5t from my Redmi note 5 soon..
It's not SoC, but lack of RAM. It basically uses swap all the time, because there's not enough RAM even for basics. And to make it worse, it's most likely uses really old version of UFS storage if not eMMC.
@@MJ-uk6lu the 5t have 8gb of ram..?
There ways to help it dev options and limit background process@@MJ-uk6lu
The leap from the S6 Series to S7/S7 Edge was amazing. Source: I worked at Samsung HQ for 13 years. :)
CPU wise ?
@@Techsnowball get a s7 edge next.
That's totally true! I have both and the S6 is basically unusable while the S7 Edge is super snappy and usable
I got a s7
Sounds like bullshit
7:55 this is why some dads never come back💀
I think that watermelon has better software support than the S6
Ahah
You can buy like 300 watermelons for the price of an iPhone
A beast in its day with a beautiful screen 🤗
5:01 "so i took my time and put the tip in very gently until i was inside but it didn't really feel good because it was very loose and i didn't really feel like it was all the way inside...i think it was just a mental block"
I hoped more people would understand what i said :D
@@Techsnowball I noticed that and was looking for this comment 😭
My dirty mind knew right away😭🤣
I have Galaxy S6 With a Custom Rom, and it runs fine with no issues
One ui port or lineage?
Lack of support for older android versions is ridiculous.
It's because of Android API version. It's the same on iOS btw, and for the same principle reason.
Its the same on IOS
I still have my Galaxy S7, and recently it started glitching in the Files app. Also soon after that I received a notification that the storage was full - it also was 32 GB, most of which is taken by the system and Google apps. But I managed to clear some space and fix the glitch by clearing the Files app data. It still drains the battery like crazy though.
Regarding Instagram, it came preinstalled, but I haven't try to run it for a long time (running on Android Oreo, 8)
I would suggest rooting and using a magisk module to systemlessly uninstall the unnecessary apps after uninstalling updates, will save u many gbs of space
Go find a teamwin recovery image and flash it, get the apk for magisk and flash it like a zip in teamwin recovery, and you'll be ready
the phone iPhone users had before they switched to 12/13th series and then said they'd never come back to android because "it sucks":
I know a guy online who thinks like that because his A03e was moldy before bro got an iPhone X with non working cameras and a partially working touch and he says it's better
Andoroid is now better
And it still sucks lol.
TRUEEE (I use an iPhone 15 Pro Max and my main phone before that was a mid af Galaxy S10 Lite)
@@ChrisPTY507
Can't even run Winlator on iPhone
Just found your channel and subscribed. Greetings from Reynosa, Mexico.
hi :)
Same just subscribed:)@@Techsnowball
I own a 2015 Huawei. Runs android 4.4 and still works like a charm, I can still download apps on it, but the only problem is UA-cam just doesn't work. But UA-cam Kids works.
Ur content is so good and interesting, ure healing my attention span
so glad to hear that
Galaxy S6 looks so good. The blue (black) Model is jsut so beautiful.
Damn that S6 is from the era when Samsung was still using their bloated TouchWiz. MicroUSB did not age well as they get loose with age or the plastic middle bit breaks.
Its amazing though that the S6 has a 1440p screen while Samsung's current lowest S series the S24 FE only has 1080p.
Modern web and apps really isn't kind to old devices. As for app support on Android in my experience once you get to being 4 Android versions behind the current version app support is not great on the popular apps unless you go for the older versions which may or may not work anymore.
The camera comparison is pretty much covered by the other comments being a combination of pixel binning on newer phones while straight 16mp on the S6, not as much processing on the S6, along with not as sharp camera optics, etc.
One of the oldest still working Android phones in my family is a Huawei P10 from 2017. Its stuck at Android 9 (can't unlock the bootloader for custom rom) and its Kirin 960 and 4gb did not age well as even older versions of UA-cam & Chrome randomly crashes when it runs out of ram. Would probably just wipe then debloat it and turn it into a 4G wifi hotspot instead of getting a dedicated portable hotspot.
I'm still using a Huawei Honor 9 (Honor version of the P10) as my main phone. I wish I had gone with the 6/128GB version instead of the 4/64GB but the better one wasn't available in my country until few months later. I kept mine on Android 8 (because I didn't want the new horrible volume control menu thing) and I haven't had any issues with apps crashing
From my experience of daily driving an galaxy j5 2015 I learned that to be able to use it in 2025 you need to use some older versions of some apps and use a big capacity SD card.
too abd s6 doesnt have micro sd
This just made me realize how huge the leap from S6 to S7 was. I can still use my S7 Edge like a modern phone to this day.
I've been using a j6 2016 up until recently. I got away by getting older version of apps, which mostly worked. Since I used it for almost 8 years, I got used to newer verison of apps loading slowly.
I switched to an xperia 10 vi because of it having a headphone jack, no camera hole, having a "small" size (compared to most other phones nowdays) and being lightweight.
How many batteries have you changed
@markoroncevicZero, its original battery lasted almost 8 years. The health was around 80%, but it started having random shutdowns below 20%. The lock button also fell off.
@@icrafterchips it is amazing that you had amd original battery for 8 years, may i ask how often do you charge your phone?
@markoroncevicThe J5 lasted a day, so I charged it almost every day.
The new phone blew me away in the battery department, it lasts 2 whole days. To be fair, after 8 years of improvement, everything blew me away, but the battery is the best for its price.
micro usb is def giving me ptsd
This phone's specs, especially RAM size, is pretty much like my current entry level phone. For that time it was consider Flagship. And in 2019 was the last "2 to 3 Gigs of RAM" specs as minimum I guess
I still use a Galaxy Note 4 released in 2014. It’s not too bad (atleast in my opinion) , it can run most of the apps I use. Although I want a S6 so badly!!
Don't. There's no microSD card slot. Galaxy Note4 does. Also, non removable back glass, non removable battery, no S Pen, list goes on
I love my note 4
@Trzaz It's not for my personal use, it's for my collection
Buy an S8. SD835 and Android 9 are still very usable these days.
@@mandalaurent5870 I already have an S8 Exynos variant on Android 7.0, I don’t know when I will switch to that.
Do a video with the S9+ my first flagship Samsung. I bet it still holds up okay.
I have a Galaxy Note 5 that I got last year for just 22 dollars, pristine condition. It takes amazing pictures and even though they come out too saturated for my liking majority of the time, I would use it as my main camera if I didn't have my S24+.
0:01 YESS THE LEGENDARY S6 YOOHOOO
0:12 custom rom it.
0:22 if it was pretty bad... try an even older phone
0:34 ooo red stairs
0:37 rip socks..
0:42 Romania sitting peacefully between -18 degrees C and 3 degrees C
1:11 kfc.. im hungy :(
1:20 bro. come on.
1:30 if u gimme $$$ i can fly to you and eat with you
1:46 aw man :(
2:09 only og's remember that cable (i have plenty of them laying around)
2:28 bro looks impressed my a 3.5mm hole. come on
2:44 thats a frigging brick not a phone
3:19 even today idk what that is soo.. ignore it
3:44 nice email adress you got
4:01 android 7 is useless today.. only 9 and 10 are kinda usable
4:05 android 6???????????? DAYUMMM
4:17 erm... tf
4:27 better than nothing
4:49 someone call 112 (or 999)
5:22 bro didn't think this through
5:40 IS THAT A KITTYO ON THE BED???????
6:10 custom rom
6:15 wdym? aren't 3gb of ram enough???
6:26 imagine playing roblox at max settings on it
6:50 custom rom.
7:04 bro.. didn't you check stuff before buying the phone? like many of the apps that you need dont work
7:13 custom rom.
7:30 ayo
7:54 custom rom exists.
7:56 YEAAAAAAA THE DADS NOT COMING BACK JOKEEEEES
9:07 how many phones does bro have
9:25 tbh the s6 photo looks more real
9:50 thats why i love Samsung's old flagshps..
10:11 that picture from the s6 looks ass
10:21 same thing
10:36 dark
10:41 how tf did the iphone do that
10:57 it does. thats why i love old Samsung flagships
11:07 poor plushie
11:26 you can try the S6 edge... 500 mAh bigger battery
11:38 bye galaxy s6... i hope snowball gives you to me cuz im craving it rn
11:40 AGREED.
Yo i liked the video, this was more into irl stuff, had the dad left you jokes and.. i want that s6.
keep the good work
thanks bro, i legit go through every timestamp that you leave
@@Techsnowball yey :D (u sarcastic or smth)
@@notmihnea1 nah, i really do go through
@@Techsnowball yipeee :)
About 0:42 it's similar to here in serbia except we have random days at like 15 degrees
I had it and the experience without water going inside, it was very good better than iPhone 5s
snowball the best youtuber
NO CAP
My bro you really should flash a custom rom you'll notice a massive difference in performance and battery life will improve drastically
I'm currently reviving my old S6. Will hopefully recieve another unit by the end of the week to swap screens. Need my old data from my old phone. I loved it back in the day, but the battery life got quite bad at 2 years of use.
Bro.This phone is so old. Why is that practically available on the market?
used phones dont go away so soon
I have to say, this is the first video of yours I've ever watched, and I’m truly impressed by the nostalgic vibe. Your editing is fantastic, you as a person are super cool, and the entire video is brilliantly made. Oh, those were the good old days with the Samsung Galaxy S6. Back when I was in school, my parents couldn’t afford to get me that phone, and I would see it in the hands of other kids. Such fond memories of that time. 👍
Thanks bro 🙏🙏🙏
This is one of those occasions where I actually have the phone a UA-camr is talking about. The battery life is terrible but given how old the phone is I think that is understandable, replacements are available though so perhaps one day I'll get around to it. The only app I can speak of is Audible and it does work, though it crashes every time a title has finished downloading you can just restart the app and start listening.
I really like your sense of humor and overall your filming and editing style! Vibe of the channel is so wholesome
thank you :33
I still use my s8 from time to time and it runs really nicely and lasts all day. As long as you uninstall all system app updates so they are stock and built exactly for that system then you'll be fine. It's not the phone that slows down, it's the software that becomes stupidly bloated and power demanding because developers refuse to optimise and keep adding pointless features that suck out more power
9:54 thats what i like about the old phones, the photos are more natural compared to the new phones of today
The s6 battery life was horrible even brand new back then i regreted selling my note 4. You live and you learn
It needs some lineage os , adb , root , debloat , sdcard
S6 has no SD card slot my man. But yeah there's a exceptional LineageOS 21 soon 22 ROM that makes this phone very usable in 2024.
@@croxyplayz yes and rooting and adb can make it work like a charm
@Lithiogod1 depends using lineage ggaps and lineage recovery and bot.img makes this phone usable
8:57 snow also listens to more linkin park if you saw the gym playlist
linking park is sickkk
What is your expecting? Like an flagship phone? Like Rog or Redmagic?
i used it in 2022. was a very good phone ngl. sure the android support hindered it a bit but it turned out to be one of my most favorite samsung galaxies ever. best part about it is it's got various colors, one of them being the exclusive emerald green - only sold in china or specific parts of the world, i'll obviously try obtaining it one day but for a phone that it was it carried out real well. did everything it could and defo was an update over the samsung j3 2016 with the inflating battery 😭
He missed the IR remote. Thar is essential and sadly missing in today's phones.
Your Voice is so Iconic and also your ideas 💡 are just different 😂🤯🫡⭐️🌟🏅
♥️♥️
Hey bro, I absolutely loved this, I am obsessed with technology and how older and newer technology has changed loads and to see people using old technology to their advantage for experimentation. It would be cool to see you do more samsung phones, iphones, or just more android phones/cellphones (or smartphones) in general :)
Loved this ❤️
@@MUFCTom thanks bro
I still use a S6 as a secondary phone, I love the little brick, It even runs PUBG mobile and complex things like that
I've got a Galaxy S3 on Android 12 (you can get up to Android 14, LineageOS. Keep in mind it's way harder to use) and it works very good. I have a Tab S2 which I'm currently writing on which has Android 10 on it, I am also intending on upgrading it to Android 13 or 14 after a while and it runs really great! My mum's J3 2016 runs Android 7 LineageOS and I'm considering giving her another Samsung with a newer modded OS in a year or 2, her's runs great as well. I also own the A10 for the past 5+ years with the stock ROM and in a few years, I might continue to use it with LineageOS as well! If I got my hands on the S6, I'd place Android 14 on it. Please try it at least once as I want to see your review!
3:32 Yooo I have the same Rajasthani puppet dolls which I got from Jaipur and Udaipur!
Just install custom rom and it can support all apps greatly
I still have my old OnePlus3 which is 9 yrs old. It was a flagship chipset and official Android 9. None of the problems mentioned by him exists for me. Phone feels just like other phones. The fingerprint sensor is still quick. Even the battery life is good for one day. The camera is also of usable quality....
It wasn't that bad unless if you play heavy games. It was a good phone if you install a custom ROM on it or at least installed the latest official Android 7 update from Samsung if you couldn't unlock the bootloader.
FYI : I was daily driving a LG G5 which was released in 2016 which is 1 year after the Samsung S6 just except it has a Snapdragon 820 which is newer than the S6's processor but it still works fast with LG's latest Android 8 update, i have the Korean variant so i couldn't unlock the bootloader unless if exploits for unofficial bl unlocks was released.
I have other phones there too which came out before and after the S6 :
LG G3 which i rooted it and used stock Android 6 on it (i just wanted to keep it on stock until further notice) it runs better with optimizations and it was almost lag free.
LG V20 which i have since last year and it runs LineageOS 20 except the screen was partially damaged and the front camera and microphone was failed. I could replace the front camera though but only if i got a replacement part. Replacing the microphone is impossible to do it homemade since it was soldered on the board. But the phone is pretty much lag free just like my daily driver.
This is the experience with my iphone se rn opening up TikTok takes forever
my Sony Xperia Z Ultra phone, which was Released in 2013. Only comes to use for pdf book reading ( nothing more, nothing less😂 )
Please go to settings and upgrade the OS. Then try the play store and galaxy store again. I had an old S7 edge just a year ago (as a backup for my Ultra) and it worked just fine, I didn't encounter these issues. But it was about one year ago and it was one year newer model, so who knows...
Damn man those s6 photos look so natural
I remind my Moto G5 Plus everytime I remind Galaxy S6/S7, and vice versa. Nostalgic!
dude, this was a really good vlog type video, i would love to watch these type of videos.💌
i loved making it too
I used my galaxy j7 all the way from its release, 2015, up until 2023 i upgraded to the Google pixel 6 pro, and mind you this, i replaced the battery only once or twice, and it only had a small crack near the button.
My first phone was an LG, but my mother had a Note 3 and my cousin had an S3. Both were great devices.
You should run a android 9 custom rom
would be a good video idea to try to revive the s6
Reviving it with android 13, video tomorrow
The fact you can install costum rom on that thing instead of using the default OS
I still have my old s6 edge, slow as hell in todays standards, but with nova launcher still is kinda usable, screen still looks top tier. Samsung SuperAmoled displays are just built different
What are your video equipment?
camera : ZVE 10
mic : rode nt1 5th gen
and some cheap light i found on amazon
This camera is exactly what I want. I hate the overprocessed photos of newer phones, I want the realness back. I don’t need AI, I want the good feeling back
The majority of the lag is likely from Google Play Services updating and doing things in the background. Disabling will result in a crippled, but fast phone. The S6 may be old enough that a root and bootloader unlock is possible with updated ROM options which would make it usable. No guaranties. I still use an S7 without issue, although not my primary.
7:50 is there a WiFi coverage in the street?
Ofc
Wait, if it was connected to WiFi it probably means I was hot spotting or something
honestly the s6 holds up surprisingly well for a 10 year old device and the camera surprised me compared to a 2023 flagship phone
Hey man, loved the video. You have a chill attitude and good humor. As for the phone, there are some decent custom roms.. some even android 10 whoch would make this phone a lot more usable.
Thanks man! I'm sure the roms would have made the experience much better. But I wanted to get the raw experience without changing anything.
@@Techsnowball agreed. The stock experience matters for a lot of people. Custom roms are cool but they're not for every user or usecase.
@@itson230 i might have to try some roms
Glad I found this channel
glad i found this comment
I still have my old S6 edge. My battery is kinda dead, but I still don't have that much lag as you do. Maybe that phone wasn't maintained properly.
3:39 great conversation starter
It’s so crazy seeing a galaxy s6 I remember wanting one so bad in high school and to think that phone is 10 yrs old makes me feel so old😂😂
This thing came out the same year as the iPhone 6s, which runs so much better today. I have one with a new battery i use as an iPod and social media scrolling device every day and it works perfectly fine.... Too bad cause the design is nice !
You should revisit it with a custom rom
I daily an S4 (Android 5) and S4 mini (Android 4.4.2)for years now and have no issues, apps are a bit unstable but thats about it
bruh what
who said that all the modern overloaded heavy applications and bloatware would run fine on 10-yo phone, even though it was a flagship someday? on phones like this you should use custom clients and alternative apps, or at least understand the old versions of popular apps. If you abandon modern heavy software, you will see, that old flagships still perform good in tasks, it were made for, and even still have some unique technical features. Just look on 500+ dpi of this s7)
I am still using galaxy s5 for some tasks for now, and also lumia 950xl. I don't like to do a lot of things on my phone, i just using the most needed social networks, music (mostly from offline collection), camera, basic internet search and stuff like this. That's why I still can enjoy old flagships to the fullest.
This is what happens If you are used to much better technology these days and are on an old but nostalgic Galaxy phones. Many say it's so laggy and say it's rubbish. I personally use a Galaxy S8 as my second phone. I personally have no problems at all. Of course, the S6 only has 3GB of RAM, which the iPhone X also had. Despite everything, good informative video.
Brother, I have visited the Specific store when I lived in London for 6 months 😊
To think that a Motorola Razr v3i would have been a 10 year old phone in 2015 and would've felt 100x as old in 2015 than the s6 in 2025
Another reason for poor performance is the battery. When the battery is degraded too much it can't keep up with the power draw, and the voltage drops a lot. I had a S5 that was completely unusable, but changing the battery to a new one fixed it. Somewhat usable, but ofcourse the same issues as of S6. It can't keep up with the new versions of android apps, the chipset is not powerful to run new updates of youtube, facebook, Instagram. Now its at Android 6.0 and youtube app no longer works since 2024.
you tried a 10 year old phone but now im trying a 16 year old phone
don't forget that the samsung galaxy s6 does have wireless charging whitch is awesome :)
I was using the samsung j7 prime till last september..😂😂.. very light and looked just like this phone..I had 32g storage too.😂..till I bought the s24ultra and realized how heavy it was..love it though..very good battery and phone..
I daily drive an S8 I don't really see a problem with it although other people usually say it feels slow when I let them use it
Oh something else it's also an exynos model so it gets really hot
I see 7-8 year old phones do age so much better than the phones from 2016 and below. So I expect many people to rock their phones for so... so... SO MUCH longer, which is good I think.
Great Video.I love that USB CABLE part 😆.
How about you try another phone like 7-8 years old phone with great specs and use that phone in daily life and compare the experience with newer phone.
thanks bro, i could definitely try that
Would you try Samsung S9 next.
possibly a note 9
Yeah good video you should have got a Galaxy S9... going back to the s6 maybe too far I have a Galaxy S9 I use as a second phone and all the apps work but I must confess I don't put my banking apps or any apps that have a credit card cuz it's not getting security updates and it's stuck on Android 10 but it works fine.
i would love to test the s9, but i have a feeling it would be completely usable and i would encounter like no problems lol
I used Note 9 until last year, it worked very well
Android 6 actually support Instagram I not not showing on play store you have to update play store (it typically do it automatically but if not downloading you have to manually update it)
This was my first samsung phone, I played lots of games on it and I remeber it wasn't this bad
Just like my iPhone 6, i can't download or update anything. As it's stuck on iOS 12
Brother that's why custom roms exist to support old phones . Once you get into it then you will understand that , custom roms are better then the stock rom 😊.
I think for this device you have custom rom so you can enjoy a lot from this old device.
Flipboard is such a throwback app lol
Watching this from a blackberry q5... 🥲😔(from 2013)
I still use mine, all you have to do is install a custom rom. Mine is running Android 13.
maybe a new battery for it might make it abit faster
I did that but with Android 13 Lineage OS. Worked pretty well
6:05 snow ball likes linkin park songs even in the end
I came to the vid, then stuck to the boy.
Watching it on my s7 edge 😂