With a camcorder THAT good, I might go Samsung again. As a photographer I usually don't give a shit about smartphone cameras but since camera manufacturers have really been dragging their feet with 4k and seeing some mind blowing 4k video shot from the S6, I'm really tempted.
MobiusCoin The Galaxy S6 has the best camera and best display in the industry, period. Go check out Marques Brownlee's review, those are his exact words. Also you NEED to watch SuperSaf's video comparing the cameras on the Galaxy S6 vs iPhone 6.
MobiusCoin I can confirm that the Galaxy S6 has the best camera on the market right now. Here in Germany, technology reviewers are saying that the Galaxy S6 has the best camera and best video camera, period. Better than iPhone 6.
So happy for Samsung. This is the major come back they needed. I hope this phone sells like crazy. I don't know if it will reach as many as the iPhone 6 sales (maybe it will, it already has 54m preorders) but they sure nailed it with this device! I'm still using the Note lineup though and always will. Note 4 is too good to let go of ♡
Here the comparison: Screen : same you can't tell difference unless u really try Camara:s6 Software: HTC (Samsung still lags from time to time) Audio and media playback:HTC Battery: HTC last longer, s6 charge much faster so I'll say tie Extra stuff (finger print,etc..):s6 Price: same Hardware :depends on what you like So they both won 2 and tied the rest its all up to you the consumer and what fits ur need
Commandosoap777 um Youre kinda wrong about battery since Samsung S6 battery stays longer than HTC ... even tho battery in Galaxy S6 is 2550 mAh, stays better.
For the screen when I compared the 2 phones I could barely tell the difference. So tie. Battery life htc won that. Camera: i dont take a bunch of pictures anyways so idc lol. I absolutely hate touch wiz so htc has that. Finger print scanner and heart rate monitor i never used in my s5 so still htc lol it's not even that much different than the s5 with minor changes. Samsung has had shitty things with it since I've had my galaxy s3
Excellent, very clean and professional review! I have grown to hate my current 3 year old Droid Razr, which constantly jams and freezes, no matter how many times I clean it, delete large files, or shut down background apps. Expandable memory speaks to me for that reason especially. I refuse to give up my unlimited data, so I have to pay full price. Samsung's high resolution is also compelling, even though I like the look of the htc more. I'm not an apple person, so I do want the best android device I can get. Hmmm...
Elvin Lewis Objectively speaking, the S6 is the best android device to date, but if you favor design, sound or expandable storage, then HTC is the better suited device for you.
HS SH Here in Germany, everyone is buying the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge. I work for Deutsche Telekom and 60% of new mobile subscriptions are for the Galaxy S6, 15% are for the iPhone 6 and 25% for everything else (HTC, LG, Oneplus, etc). Germans only buy the best quality products. So this means the Galaxy S6 is very high quality.
This is the 1st comparison I have seen that actually does a good job at showing the differences in the cameras of these 2. Putting the images and video side by side is the way to do it! Great comparison.
The m9 plus was designed for the Chinese market only and the m9 seems very new to me since ive all ways wanted an htc and allways owned samsung phones the gs6 seems cool but it still looks like touchwiz and touchwiz was shit The m9 beats the s6 in some categories and the s6 beats the m9 in some categories you just cant have a perfect one for me ill take the m9 any day
***** Yes you are right the m9 is a big step for the HTC, something that i dont like about Samsung is that last year they made the S5 waterproof and this year they take that feature on the S6, and what i like in the HTC is the spekers, they are so loud and better than the S6
It all comes down to Slight things that one may have over the other but in all seriousness you cant go wrong with either There both Amazing devices that perform at high speeds
Goodness...that's all we have asked for from God damn htc. That stupid black bar all around the screen is the only thing keeping me away from this beauty
Thank you Pocket Now for always giving great, and fair reviews on phones. I can always count on you guys to give the facts, and great reviews that don't go for the hype.
m9's battery lasts 20% longer? really? i mean it's vastly different result from what i saw on phonearena, gsmarena, anandtec, etc. m9's battery life is even worse than m8 on battery benchmarks.
And for sure, the information given to this comparison is pretty accurate because it was really tested unlike gsmarena, they only estimate battery life
bother don Don't get fooled by benchmarks, pocketnow tests devices based on daily usage and it's been proven that the M9 lasts longer by other reviewers too
bother don Battery benchmarks produce very unrealistic results, for example Phonearena put the phone down to 200 nits and then get the phone to display some content. It therefore fails to account for the different screen technologies and for the standby life of the batteries.
I switched over from HTC to Samsung and i m glad I did. I have owned the one m7 and m8 and both phones had major overheating issues in my experience. I couldn't use the GPS on either phone since it would over heat in 20 minutes but I do miss having those awesome speakers.
I had the m7 for 2 years and I'm choosing a new phone tomorrow. Since the m9 released I've had my eye on it because I consider myself an htc one fangirl. (aluminum build/front speakers/no lag has been chained) But then... I watched freakin' 4 hours of video reviews on the Galaxy S6/Edge, G4, Nexus 6, etc and I finally decided to choose the S6. I'M TAKING A RISK I hope I won't regret it.
I ended up choosing the S6! It was a difficult decision, but I went with it. I've been using it for the past 4 days and so far it has been an awesome experience!! I love everything about it, especially the camera. I was afraid to lose the "premium" feel from the htc and the front speakers, but the S6 feels just as good in the hands and the sound is loud. Loving the beautiful display and snappiness too. No regrets :D
MirroTea Lol same here. I've been using HTC since 2012, and I consider myself an HTC Fanboy >_< Love everything about Sense. But honestly, the camera needed some work and battery was eh. But that's the 2012 phone. I'm thinking about the S6 as well, how's battery for you? :O
maregondrako I've been visiting Hong Kong these past few weeks so I've been taking lots of pictures/videos and playing games on bus & MTR rides, yet the battery still lasts be from morning to evening. I really like the fast charge!!
I think the Note 5 is going to be pretty epic, I'd switch to the S6 if I could deal with the smaller screen (I have the Note 4 now) but I watch a lot of Netflix so I don't think I could stand it. BTW what game was he playing there with the fighter plane?
Nathaniel Graham Galaxy Note 5 will be an excellent phone. The Galaxy S6 will appeal to most people though. Galaxy Note 5 will appeal to people who like larger smartphones.
HTC you didn't put your all in this year sucks because I'm pretty sure many people were looking forward to this year's flagship. Instead they're taking their business elsewhere. (Samsung)
I just ordered my M9.... honestly I don't care about the "bad things" about the new One, I still want 1080p, battery is a relative thing to the phone you already have, and I really like the One series, I don't use the camera for anything but Snapchat and stuff, so all the bad stuff they say about it really doesn't matter to me.... and come on.... glass back? reminds me of the cracked back iphone 4 I have laying in a drawer...
That's odd. Other reviews say that, despite the 200mah smaller battery, the S6 with its more efficient CPU and storage, seems to last longer. Even with the battery endurance tests.
So Samsung s6 just wins on rear Camera against the M9? Galaxy s6 dislike without storage, without water resistant and even my M8 has bigger battery than the s6...
hurts even more that they still couldnt manage to improve their camera after 2yrs right? Michael Fisher bluntly said it beat the pants outta the m9. would u get over it?
I feel like all these reviews give the s6 the run away, but the only thing it has on the M9 is the back camera (front facing camera on M9 is possibly better than the s6), and maybe the finger print / heartrate sensor (which a lot of people might not care about). For what it's worth, I think the S6 looks ugly. It's an iPhone rip off with a gross glossy back. Not having dual front speakers is a huge turn off for me, and also touchwiz is awful. That with a worse battery life, and no expandability means it's a no go for me. I don't take a lot of pictures, so it's really not the end of the world to have a worse low light camera, on top of that in good lighting I honestly couldn't see significant differences in each camera's image quality. The video does suck on the m9, but I feel like all the other things are worth the trade off, I'll hope for a software upgrade or maybe 3rd party camera apps that use the hardware better.
Aaron Navas I do think the S6 is a nice phone, specifically has a great camera. I just don't think we can base entire phone reviews on how good the camera is, which is what a lot of these come down to.
Fonts arent important, at least on the Galaxy side. I know from my own experiences that Samsungs touchwiz allows(stock) you to change the font to those that they provide and your own custom. An app that allows you to install the font myFont or instafont(and yeah Samsungs app store as well).
HTC got my money, and i absolutely LOVE this handset. HTC will fix the camera through software, what people don't realize is that camera quality is about 60% software 40% hardware.
+James Wheeler that's really the only big plus htc one has over competition, but since motorola, sony z5, huawei p6 and others started to implement same speakers, these major plus from htc starts fading away leaving htc with nothing special anymore
+Radu P. Lol. Get a Samsung/sony/ Lg/whateva, install 100 apps and test multitasking. Htc still has the most optimized UI. If i pay so much money I want the phone to dive into anything as fast as possible. Search for Samsung ram management problem on web.... HTC is still king.
+Vlad Spiridonescu I know about s6 ram management problem, if there's one king in optimized UI that's Nexus and Nexus only. HTC is dying, lately they only copy the competition and nothing more.. the next HTC One m10 won't even have stereo front speakers and it will look a lot like s6 and iphone.
***** the camera is really a deciding factor for most people, for me it is customization design and yes dam boomsoundspeaker. In my eyes the s6 still looks like s5 only the s6 edge is only making me sway
Same! I will have to try both and see which I like. I'm leaning more towards M9 but S6 beats it in everything but expandable storage, battery life, and sound. I thought I'd love the Droid Turbo till I went and checked it out and it had a horrible speaker and you had to have an XLTE signal to use voice and data at the same time.
Still running a M9 now with Android 10 custom ROM and fully rooted 😎 In my opinion the M9 still looks like a jewel even today. I get a bunch of compliments specially from iPhone users.
People are getting more and more spoiled every year. whaaa, only 22 megapixels? no octa core processor? only 1000 gigs of memory? that phone sucks. just a couple of years ago you all were rocking your PS 2 on shitscreen TV and having 10x more fun then today.
Both the M9 and the S6 have worse batteries than their predecessors :( If I had to pick one, I'd actually choose the M9. Sense 7 looks better and has better audio output from the speakers and headphone out, which more important to me than the Instagram pictures I take.
Amen to audio > camera. I realize it's personal preference and we're in the minority but does every review have to spend 10 minutes on camera and 2.5 seconds on sound?
"ZOMG Fanboy!". Totally apt response for an innocent "I know it's personal preference & I'm in the minority" comment. Especially considering I've never owned an HTC product. God bless the tard-fest circlejerk that is youtube comments.
MrPhilaCuse the reason they spend a little time is becaues audio is extreamly easy to compare. just play some music or movies and you can tell what sounds better. meanwhile camera has a huge amount of factors
Just bought my new HTC m8!! Sold my Samsung note 4. M8 is a smooth operator,no lag.!!!! Plus watching u tube with the boom sound speakers a real pleasure.s6 lag plus fingers print magnet.
I read somewhere that the m9 uses a Sony sensor and if it's true then HTC really botched the processing software and needs to release an update fixing this shit because I know Sony wouldn't fuck up a sensor to that degree.
Don't be obnoxious. I'm getting the S6 edge, but I use a One M8 at the minute, and I wouldn't blame anybody for wanting to go with the M9, it looks like a great phone. I personally think the S6/edge looks like a better product, but the M9 is the follow up to what was in many people's opinion the best phone of 2014. The real winners are anyone who uses android, because it's clear that the two devices most prominently flying it's flag are both excellent phones, and they need to be with the imminent arrival of the iPhone 6s. Your move, Apple.
I don't care that it's a small iteration, the design of the HTC will always be great... But that camera, jeeeez, that's really the only thing that butthurts me. Because you can't forget how bad Samsung is with upgrading Android.
Here in India i am using 5.0.2 on s4 since January 2015 and m7 is still to get Lolipop. Samsung is better in update and service. Only shitty camera is bothering me. I really want to get M9(just keep on searching for reviews about M9's better picture quality) loved the M7 design but went for s4 coz of shitty battery backup of m7 and camera.
mayank yadav mine m7 is already updated in the Netherlands, my uncle s4 though is still running 4.4 though so depending on your location And carrier the updates will be different. And on topic the camera is also a point where I am a bit concerned of HTC really needs to improve their image processing
I'm from Brazil. Since I got on a htc in 2012 , I realized it was different from all the phones that I had seen both the quality of its components such as the wonderful HTC Sense . Unfortunately or fortunately the company out of the Brazilian market and I have to import. This year finally Samsung has greatly improved the finish of their phones, even so when you put your hands on an HTC , you feel the difference ( for the better)...
Awesome video. Very thorough and unbiased, letting the few good points of the M9 be heard, rather than just declaring "the S6 is better". Unlike the sad state of HTC nowadays, you stay brilliant, PocketNow and Michael Fisher!
Isaac Cachia You pointed out the things that HTC have worse.. so I will point out the things that S series have worse.. Shit multitasking, worst speakers, bad design, laggy
+Kevin Kulberg first thing samsung multitasking got the most points at multitasking benchmarking and also you can open 2 things in the same time. My dad has a galaxy note and my sis an s6 edge and i like them both. Im not a fan of any of these brands so for me m9=s6 and after that you buy the thing you like and i like more s6 cos of the blue color and also glass on the back and higher res cos i play a lot of games and watch a lot of videos on my phone
How the hell did your M9 last LONGER than the S6? The M9 can hardly pull 5 hours of screen on time with webbrowsing at 250cd/m. The S6 pulls nearly 8 hours of screen on time with webbrowsing at 250cd/m The M9 has terrible batterylife, way worse than the well-known battery champ HTC One M8. THe S6 trumped the M8, so how on earth did your S6 not last as long as the HTC???
***** why are you showing me links that compare the M9 with the s6 though? Read and understand the comments once more brother. the M8 is known to actually have better batt life than the m9 which is why Kameel is saying if the s6 can trump the "well known battery champ" the m8 (yes M8) then how can it have worse battery than the m9 like was said in the video
You severely underrate the sound quality and expandable storage on the HTC. As someone who does not use their phone to take pictures the m9 is far superior . Just got mine today and it's amazing huge improvement on the m8.
For you photo review did you view then on three own screens or did you view then from alt screen truly showing the value of the photos? In other words if you send a photo to someone who has let's say a iphone...what photo looks better? In my eyes that's the real photo challenge how does it really look!? Maybe they it out?
+Abdull Mohommed It's REALLY overrated The s6 edge only has a better camera, a fingerprint reader and useless edges The one m9 looks better, has better software, out of his league speakers (fucking surround sound?!!) and audio, an sd-card slot and better battery life. It's a very esay pick if you ask me. And tbh if you compare it to the m9+ supreme camera, which has laser autofocus, optical image stabilization, with a different sensor, and a fingerprint scanner, you'd be damn sure I ain't getting a samsung. Just because samsung changed their game doesn't suddenly make them the best...
+Lukas Kuipers Agreed, I used the edge+ and the M9. The UI on the samsung looks like it's made for a kid's first tablet and I found myself staring at the M9's design more. The speakers had me going back and in the end I chose the HTC.
+Lukas Kuipers m9+ isn't available in us, the s6 camera is significantly better which is important to people who find camera quality important (me), s6 has better display, has wireless charging
For HTC One M9, theres not only camera problem (which currently is mostly fixed up), biggest problem is Snapp 810. HTC were saying that Snapp 810 is not the problem of big temperatuers of the phone, but the software. So why the heck they made update which lowers Snapp 810? After update its no more 8 core processor but 6 core and also its not fully clocked. Cores which should be 2 Ghz are 1,58 Ghz (correct me if im wrong). And thats why big plus for Samsung for the great S6. Also im not a fanboy of them ;)
Platinum gold looks really nice because it changes based on lighting. Sometimes it's pale, other times it's more pronounced in darker light. It also gives the phone a luxe appearance.
I have an LG G3 and even though im waiting on the G4 i can say i am proud of samsung this year. They really came to play and brought a mighty fighter with it. The camera almost spanks the M9 and the build quality is magnificent as the S6 can take so much abuse. If i wasn't a big LG fan and loving what LG does what it's devices i would get the S6. Im use to this 5.5 inch screen.
Idk what to get the Samsung has a finger print scanner which I rlly want and I've wanted an htc phone for 2 years so I'm not sure Samsung made a phone with amazing specs but in a couple months people say it will start lagging and the htc is very smooth but it tends to over heat so I don't know plz help
Clear, factual and informative as you always do Michael. I really do appreciate the effort invested in presenting the videos. I was wondering if you might be able to show "near" similar images concurrently. When presenting side-by-side the videos, there is perhaps a half to one second lag, which means that one cannot see both images at the same time which makes comparison not quite as easy as your "stills" photo comparison. I'm always returning to this channel to see whether you've come up with a new video, I think you give some of the best analysis around. Thanks!
This was a GREAT comprehensive video on these two phone...I was going for the M9, but after i bad the M9 kept on trying to refocus during video recording and low light pictures (which the M7 suffers as well in low light environment) and the button placement of the M9...I am definitely leaning towards S6 than M9...
I ran over my M7 with my car. It was fine and operated for over 2 years just fine. I upgraded to the M9 with the DOT view case and I honestly love it more than most people. It's sturdy and responsive and I feel like I could run this one over too If I happened to drop it again.
I might change my plans from switching to samsung to switching to htc, mainly cause i want something fast but the new samsung devices don't have micro sd card slots and all i want is somewhere to insert my 32gb class 10 samsung micro sd card into my phone.
I wonder why htc did not try for a fusion ultra / mega pixel camera? But why has htc always fallen short on the camera? But like a always say, a product is only as good as the person using it.
I don't know what I care more about the camera or the speakers. D: Once you own and experienced those speakers it's hard to go back. D; Great comparison btw!
Actually Samsung and Apple have a bigger rivalry/competition towards each other than Samsung and hTC
so true lol. HTC hasnt even come nearly as close to Samsung in terms of sales.
i thought Samsung has won the competition over Apple since note4 came out..
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i thought Samsung already won the competition
Cole O'Driscoll True.
Cole O'Driscoll Correct.
Wow - video recording on the S6 is amazing
kashattack Yes!
kashattack Galaxy S6's camera is technologically superior to the cameras of the iPhone 6/HTC One M9.
kashattack I love my Galaxy S6!
kashattack Galaxy S6 has the best camera in the industry according to most reviews.
MercMotors Lumia 930 has the best camera :) Then SGS6
With a camcorder THAT good, I might go Samsung again. As a photographer I usually don't give a shit about smartphone cameras but since camera manufacturers have really been dragging their feet with 4k and seeing some mind blowing 4k video shot from the S6, I'm really tempted.
***** XD
MobiusCoin The Galaxy S6 has the best camera and best display in the industry, period. Go check out Marques Brownlee's review, those are his exact words. Also you NEED to watch SuperSaf's video comparing the cameras on the Galaxy S6 vs iPhone 6.
MobiusCoin Galaxy S6 is the best!
MobiusCoin I can confirm that the Galaxy S6 has the best camera on the market right now. Here in Germany, technology reviewers are saying that the Galaxy S6 has the best camera and best video camera, period. Better than iPhone 6.
MobiusCoin The camera on the Galaxy S6 is the best in the industry.
Too bad HTC didn't pack in a better camera
[ GreenApple ] I think Sony is already the Sony of Android.
***** What you mean? LCD3 is IPS
[ GreenApple ] well, Both samsung and apple phones take better photos than sony phones. Which is weird considering sony manufactures the sensors.
***** LCD3 _IS_ an IPS LCD Display..... "LCD3" is just a marketing term, just like retina display.
***** They updated the software look it up the camera is amazing now.
I just got the S6 & I'm in love. The camera is just WOAH.
So happy for Samsung. This is the major come back they needed. I hope this phone sells like crazy. I don't know if it will reach as many as the iPhone 6 sales (maybe it will, it already has 54m preorders) but they sure nailed it with this device! I'm still using the Note lineup though and always will. Note 4 is too good to let go of ♡
This is the best, most fair comparison/review I've seen to date. Absolutley spot on mate.
Here the comparison:
Screen : same you can't tell difference unless u really try
Camara:s6
Software: HTC (Samsung still lags from time to time)
Audio and media playback:HTC
Battery: HTC last longer, s6 charge much faster so I'll say tie
Extra stuff (finger print,etc..):s6
Price: same
Hardware :depends on what you like
So they both won 2 and tied the rest its all up to you the consumer and what fits ur need
Also HTC has micro SD but idk that's a huge factor
Commandosoap777 um Youre kinda wrong about battery since Samsung S6 battery stays longer than HTC ... even tho battery in Galaxy S6 is 2550 mAh, stays better.
Commandosoap777 Totally agree.
For the screen when I compared the 2 phones I could barely tell the difference. So tie. Battery life htc won that. Camera: i dont take a bunch of pictures anyways so idc lol. I absolutely hate touch wiz so htc has that. Finger print scanner and heart rate monitor i never used in my s5 so still htc lol it's not even that much different than the s5 with minor changes. Samsung has had shitty things with it since I've had my galaxy s3
The amoled screen will be far better on the Galaxy s6.
Excellent, very clean and professional review! I have grown to hate my current 3 year old Droid Razr, which constantly jams and freezes, no matter how many times I clean it, delete large files, or shut down background apps. Expandable memory speaks to me for that reason especially. I refuse to give up my unlimited data, so I have to pay full price. Samsung's high resolution is also compelling, even though I like the look of the htc more. I'm not an apple person, so I do want the best android device I can get. Hmmm...
Elvin Lewis Objectively speaking, the S6 is the best android device to date, but if you favor design, sound or expandable storage, then HTC is the better suited device for you.
Thank you for that. After much research, it appears the Samsung note edge, is the phone for me.
Elvin Lewis Galaxy S6 is superior.
Elvin Lewis I love my Galaxy S6! You will love yours too :)
Elvin Lewis Galaxy S6 Edge is very high tech and beautiful.
Sounds like the S6 just beat the M9's ass lol
Like a drum! xD
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Colin Brannon they ate it.
Makes me wonder what the Note 5 will be like.
ron bZoom Nothing will beat the Galaxy Note 5 in October just like nothing is beating the Galaxy S6 now. Samsung is Android that's for sure m
Excellent review and S6 edge is my next phone!
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HS SH I got the Galaxy S6 Edge and it's amazing !
HS SH I love my Galaxy S6 Edge!
HS SH Here in Germany, everyone is buying the Galaxy S6/S6 Edge. I work for Deutsche Telekom and 60% of new mobile subscriptions are for the Galaxy S6, 15% are for the iPhone 6 and 25% for everything else (HTC, LG, Oneplus, etc). Germans only buy the best quality products. So this means the Galaxy S6 is very high quality.
HS SH Galaxy S6 is the best! Best camera and best display in the industry.
This is the 1st comparison I have seen that actually does a good job at showing the differences in the cameras of these 2. Putting the images and video side by side is the way to do it! Great comparison.
No wonder they came out with the M9+ so fast!
mayiandjay Samsung is way better than HTC... I will go with Samsung :)
The m9 plus was designed for the Chinese market only and the m9 seems very new to me since ive all ways wanted an htc and allways owned samsung phones the gs6 seems cool but it still looks like touchwiz and touchwiz was shit The m9 beats the s6 in some categories and the s6 beats the m9 in some categories you just cant have a perfect one for me ill take the m9 any day
***** Yes you are right the m9 is a big step for the HTC, something that i dont like about Samsung is that last year they made the S5 waterproof and this year they take that feature on the S6, and what i like in the HTC is the spekers, they are so loud and better than the S6
It all comes down to Slight things that one may have over the other but in all seriousness you cant go wrong with either There both Amazing devices that perform at high speeds
Yes :)
HTC get the camera right, remove the HTC bar and place the volume keys on the left and the power button on the right then you have a perfect phone *-*
I like it when companies put all the buttons on the right side.
So same shit since 2 years ago? ---- People, HTC wont fix their problems until they lose their 5 customers...
***** loooooool 5 costumers. I'm one of them 5. Still have the M7
***** They're squeezing the money for the desgin-from-scratch they did since M7
Goodness...that's all we have asked for from God damn htc. That stupid black bar all around the screen is the only thing keeping me away from this beauty
Thank you Pocket Now for always giving great, and fair reviews on phones. I can always count on you guys to give the facts, and great reviews that don't go for the hype.
A phone with the S6's specs, screen, and camera and with the HTC One M9's build quality and speakers would be perfection.
m9's battery lasts 20% longer? really? i mean it's vastly different result from what i saw on phonearena, gsmarena, anandtec, etc. m9's battery life is even worse than m8 on battery benchmarks.
20% longer THAN the S6.
And for sure, the information given to this comparison is pretty accurate because it was really tested unlike gsmarena, they only estimate battery life
bother don Don't get fooled by benchmarks, pocketnow tests devices based on daily usage and it's been proven that the M9 lasts longer by other reviewers too
You are right. In most of the other reviews I have seen that they preferred s6 battery life over m9
bother don Battery benchmarks produce very unrealistic results, for example Phonearena put the phone down to 200 nits and then get the phone to display some content. It therefore fails to account for the different screen technologies and for the standby life of the batteries.
I switched over from HTC to Samsung and i m glad I did. I have owned the one m7 and m8 and both phones had major overheating issues in my experience. I couldn't use the GPS on either phone since it would over heat in 20 minutes but I do miss having those awesome speakers.
I had the m7 for 2 years and I'm choosing a new phone tomorrow.
Since the m9 released I've had my eye on it because I consider myself an htc one fangirl. (aluminum build/front speakers/no lag has been chained) But then... I watched freakin' 4 hours of video reviews on the Galaxy S6/Edge, G4, Nexus 6, etc and I finally decided to choose the S6. I'M TAKING A RISK I hope I won't regret it.
I'm on the fence between the M9 and the S6. What did you end up choosing and how do you like it?
I ended up choosing the S6! It was a difficult decision, but I went with it. I've been using it for the past 4 days and so far it has been an awesome experience!! I love everything about it, especially the camera. I was afraid to lose the "premium" feel from the htc and the front speakers, but the S6 feels just as good in the hands and the sound is loud. Loving the beautiful display and snappiness too. No regrets :D
MirroTea How long does the battery typically last? Can you get through a day of usage?
MirroTea Lol same here. I've been using HTC since 2012, and I consider myself an HTC Fanboy >_<
Love everything about Sense. But honestly, the camera needed some work and battery was eh. But that's the 2012 phone. I'm thinking about the S6 as well, how's battery for you? :O
maregondrako I've been visiting Hong Kong these past few weeks so I've been taking lots of pictures/videos and playing games on bus & MTR rides, yet the battery still lasts be from morning to evening. I really like the fast charge!!
Well done, probably the first truly honest,educated and impartial comparison yet... As usual!
Brilliant picture comparisons really got a good idea of why people keep saying the Samsung is better. Nice balanced review too
I think the Note 5 is going to be pretty epic, I'd switch to the S6 if I could deal with the smaller screen (I have the Note 4 now) but I watch a lot of Netflix so I don't think I could stand it. BTW what game was he playing there with the fighter plane?
Sky Gamberlers
Jason Stroman air supremacy
Nathaniel Graham I have the Note 4 and when I tried out the s6 it felt like a little tiny dinky phone xDI could never go back to a smaller screen...
Nathaniel Graham I love my Galaxy S6! And yes Galaxy Note 5 will be excellent too!
Nathaniel Graham Galaxy Note 5 will be an excellent phone. The Galaxy S6 will appeal to most people though. Galaxy Note 5 will appeal to people who like larger smartphones.
HTC you didn't put your all in this year sucks because I'm pretty sure many people were looking forward to this year's flagship. Instead they're taking their business elsewhere. (Samsung)
My money going to Samsung. Disappointed in htc.
I'm one of those people.
Amen
me 2
SKY HIGH still getting the htc one m9
I'm just waiting for the Sony Xperia Z4 to be announced but these are nice phones by the way...
Hopefully they make a commercial for once. Maybe even a poster at dunkin donuts
Same here. I love my Z2 and I'm holding off to see what Sony does. I just hope they make 32gb the standard size.
Marcus _ Or better yet McDonalds.
Anything really
Marcus _ lol
I just ordered my M9.... honestly I don't care about the "bad things" about the new One, I still want 1080p, battery is a relative thing to the phone you already have, and I really like the One series, I don't use the camera for anything but Snapchat and stuff, so all the bad stuff they say about it really doesn't matter to me.... and come on.... glass back? reminds me of the cracked back iphone 4 I have laying in a drawer...
@ 2:36 which Samsung launcher was that? All the widgets had an outline look instead of logos...
There is still no contest when it comes to looks. The HTC looks incredible!
+Frank Larssen Couldn't disagree more. The ugly antenna lines and the bulge in the bag look fugly.
+RaitoYagami88 I actually like those things a lot. that looks awesome.
nah s6 design feels more premium
what about the edge it looks and feels better than htc m9
That's odd. Other reviews say that, despite the 200mah smaller battery, the S6 with its more efficient CPU and storage, seems to last longer. Even with the battery endurance tests.
The htc one m9 would be my choice if it had optical image stabilization.
So Samsung s6 just wins on rear Camera against the M9?
Galaxy s6 dislike without storage, without water resistant and even my M8 has bigger battery than the s6...
no, it wins everywhere except storage, battery and speaker. and you are talking as if m9 has water resistance it self. Lmao.
Ray Got Skill it actually does. If I remember correctly, it is rated at IP X3, so it can't ve completely submerged, but it is water resistant.
Oh yes, i actually remember it had X3 now. ua-cam.com/video/LGBKmIlk52Q/v-deo.html S6 still surprisingly lasted longer in a submerging test.
It hurts the truth right?
How stupid was Samsung upgrading a QHD with just 2540 mah battery. And all the features that they rid of
hurts even more that they still couldnt manage to improve their camera after 2yrs right? Michael Fisher bluntly said it beat the pants outta the m9. would u get over it?
Hey Michael...why didn't you just do a speaker comparison while your at it...m9 ftw
I have got an s6 now I had a note 4 last week but was unable to unlock from ee.
I feel like all these reviews give the s6 the run away, but the only thing it has on the M9 is the back camera (front facing camera on M9 is possibly better than the s6), and maybe the finger print / heartrate sensor (which a lot of people might not care about).
For what it's worth, I think the S6 looks ugly. It's an iPhone rip off with a gross glossy back. Not having dual front speakers is a huge turn off for me, and also touchwiz is awful. That with a worse battery life, and no expandability means it's a no go for me.
I don't take a lot of pictures, so it's really not the end of the world to have a worse low light camera, on top of that in good lighting I honestly couldn't see significant differences in each camera's image quality. The video does suck on the m9, but I feel like all the other things are worth the trade off, I'll hope for a software upgrade or maybe 3rd party camera apps that use the hardware better.
***** it has loads of stuff over the m9
the junkie reviewer like?
Thank you I agree
Aaron Navas but the s6 is a nice phone
Aaron Navas I do think the S6 is a nice phone, specifically has a great camera.
I just don't think we can base entire phone reviews on how good the camera is, which is what a lot of these come down to.
Fonts arent important, at least on the Galaxy side. I know from my own experiences that Samsungs touchwiz allows(stock) you to change the font to those that they provide and your own custom. An app that allows you to install the font myFont or instafont(and yeah Samsungs app store as well).
HTC got my money, and i absolutely LOVE this handset. HTC will fix the camera through software, what people don't realize is that camera quality is about 60% software 40% hardware.
Did they?
@@sunnybunny1209 yes.
@@dumbcow1 nicee
@9:16 can anyone tell me where I can find that wallpaper at?
Having a One m8 I don't think I could give up those awesome front-facing speakers
+James Wheeler that's really the only big plus htc one has over competition, but since motorola, sony z5, huawei p6 and others started to implement same speakers, these major plus from htc starts fading away leaving htc with nothing special anymore
+Radu P. Lol. Get a Samsung/sony/ Lg/whateva, install 100 apps and test multitasking. Htc still has the most optimized UI. If i pay so much money I want the phone to dive into anything as fast as possible. Search for Samsung ram management problem on web.... HTC is still king.
+Vlad Spiridonescu I know about s6 ram management problem, if there's one king in optimized UI that's Nexus and Nexus only. HTC is dying, lately they only copy the competition and nothing more.. the next HTC One m10 won't even have stereo front speakers and it will look a lot like s6 and iphone.
+Vlad Spiridonescu Yes, you are right.
Does anybody have a link to that wallpaper on the m9?
idk what to get!!!!!!!!
Either are excellent
S6 with a case
Do you use the camera more or do you play more video/games/music more?
***** the camera is really a deciding factor for most people, for me it is customization design and yes dam boomsoundspeaker. In my eyes the s6 still looks like s5 only the s6 edge is only making me sway
Same! I will have to try both and see which I like. I'm leaning more towards M9 but S6 beats it in everything but expandable storage, battery life, and sound. I thought I'd love the Droid Turbo till I went and checked it out and it had a horrible speaker and you had to have an XLTE signal to use voice and data at the same time.
4:15 i do think that the water droplet sounds (Ripple) are far bether than whats on the S6
this is the beginning of htc downfall, they underestimate their competitors
Still running a M9 now with Android 10 custom ROM and fully rooted 😎
In my opinion the M9 still looks like a jewel even today. I get a bunch of compliments specially from iPhone users.
People are getting more and more spoiled every year. whaaa, only 22 megapixels? no octa core processor? only 1000 gigs of memory? that phone sucks. just a couple of years ago you all were rocking your PS 2 on shitscreen TV and having 10x more fun then today.
true.....
PREACH. People can't respect the simple things and life and only want the greatest specs without looking at day-to-day reliable performance.
The Fantom Convoy👑🏆 when all they do with it is play candy crush or sit on Facebook 24/7, haha.
Always the best comparisons for Mr. Fisher. Well done again good sir.
Both the M9 and the S6 have worse batteries than their predecessors :(
If I had to pick one, I'd actually choose the M9. Sense 7 looks better and has better audio output from the speakers and headphone out, which more important to me than the Instagram pictures I take.
***** u are butthurt cuz samsung wins
Amen to audio > camera. I realize it's personal preference and we're in the minority but does every review have to spend 10 minutes on camera and 2.5 seconds on sound?
"ZOMG Fanboy!". Totally apt response for an innocent "I know it's personal preference & I'm in the minority" comment. Especially considering I've never owned an HTC product.
God bless the tard-fest circlejerk that is youtube comments.
MrPhilaCuse the reason they spend a little time is becaues audio is extreamly easy to compare. just play some music or movies and you can tell what sounds better. meanwhile camera has a huge amount of factors
Just bought my new HTC m8!! Sold my Samsung note 4. M8 is a smooth operator,no lag.!!!! Plus watching u tube with the boom sound speakers a real pleasure.s6 lag plus fingers print magnet.
I read somewhere that the m9 uses a Sony sensor and if it's true then HTC really botched the processing software and needs to release an update fixing this shit because I know Sony wouldn't fuck up a sensor to that degree.
Popat Panchat No, the M9 uses a Toshiba sensor, which is mind-boggling as the rest of the industry (even Apple and Samsung) uses Sony sensors.
Yigi Liu Toshiba one must have been cheaper.
How do i Restore my HTC M8 to an earlier date ? (about 1 year ago )..with out losing everything ?
only a fool would pick the m9 over the s6...
beratalbania I beg to differ.
GNR221 fool spotted
beratalbania Only a fool would pick a wanna be iPhone 6 over the M9 ...
Don't be obnoxious. I'm getting the S6 edge, but I use a One M8 at the minute, and I wouldn't blame anybody for wanting to go with the M9, it looks like a great phone. I personally think the S6/edge looks like a better product, but the M9 is the follow up to what was in many people's opinion the best phone of 2014. The real winners are anyone who uses android, because it's clear that the two devices most prominently flying it's flag are both excellent phones, and they need to be with the imminent arrival of the iPhone 6s. Your move, Apple.
***** i had the iphone 6 and sold it to get the gs6 and so far im a lot happier with the s6
I always forget that you live in Mass until I saw someone that I know in one of these pictures. Jarring!
I don't care that it's a small iteration, the design of the HTC will always be great... But that camera, jeeeez, that's really the only thing that butthurts me. Because you can't forget how bad Samsung is with upgrading Android.
Samsung and HTC are about equal with updating.
Here in India i am using 5.0.2 on s4 since January 2015 and m7 is still to get Lolipop.
Samsung is better in update and service.
Only shitty camera is bothering me.
I really want to get M9(just keep on searching for reviews about M9's better picture quality) loved the M7 design but went for s4 coz of shitty battery backup of m7 and camera.
mayank yadav mine m7 is already updated in the Netherlands, my uncle s4 though is still running 4.4 though so depending on your location And carrier the updates will be different. And on topic the camera is also a point where I am a bit concerned of HTC really needs to improve their image processing
I'm from Brazil. Since I got on a htc in 2012 , I realized it was different from all the phones that I had seen both the quality of its components such as the wonderful HTC Sense . Unfortunately or fortunately the company out of the Brazilian market and I have to import. This year finally Samsung has greatly improved the finish of their phones, even so when you put your hands on an HTC , you feel the difference ( for the better)...
i hate onscreen buttons! and i like fingerprint scanner
so iphone6>s6>whatever for me
+bobby4500 you can buy htc one m9+ it is the best smartphone of the year and it has a fingersacnner
batuhan bilgen
still on screen buttons and its too big for me
+bobby4500 I hate physical buttons, they suck and make the phone ugly...
+FedoraMaster101 you are stupid, then.
Joni Johnson nope, it's just my preference kid...
Awesome video. Very thorough and unbiased, letting the few good points of the M9 be heard, rather than just declaring "the S6 is better".
Unlike the sad state of HTC nowadays, you stay brilliant, PocketNow and Michael Fisher!
HTC One M9 for sure, the best phone on the market 2015 at the moment. :) 99% of comments below this video MADE by SAMSHIT fans..
I havent used a samsung s series and i liked htc more but now i think ill go for samsung cos it is much better
Dracopol Alex You think its better.. Its not.. Might look like better. I've tried samsung s series and they suck pretty much next to HTC One series.
Isaac Cachia M10 will beat S7 for sure.
Isaac Cachia You pointed out the things that HTC have worse.. so I will point out the things that S series have worse.. Shit multitasking, worst speakers, bad design, laggy
+Kevin Kulberg first thing samsung multitasking got the most points at multitasking benchmarking and also you can open 2 things in the same time. My dad has a galaxy note and my sis an s6 edge and i like them both. Im not a fan of any of these brands so for me m9=s6 and after that you buy the thing you like and i like more s6 cos of the blue color and also glass on the back and higher res cos i play a lot of games and watch a lot of videos on my phone
The difference in the video recording quality in that side by side comparison shot was extreme, wow!
How the hell did your M9 last LONGER than the S6?
The M9 can hardly pull 5 hours of screen on time with webbrowsing at 250cd/m.
The S6 pulls nearly 8 hours of screen on time with webbrowsing at 250cd/m
The M9 has terrible batterylife, way worse than the well-known battery champ HTC One M8. THe S6 trumped the M8, so how on earth did your S6 not last as long as the HTC???
s6 trumped the m8 in batterylife?? u mad bro?
***** any links to where it shows the s6 trumping the m8??
***** why are you showing me links that compare the M9 with the s6 though? Read and understand the comments once more brother. the M8 is known to actually have better batt life than the m9 which is why Kameel is saying if the s6 can trump the "well known battery champ" the m8 (yes M8) then how can it have worse battery than the m9 like was said in the video
dude my s6 lasts about 3 hours not 8.
You severely underrate the sound quality and expandable storage on the HTC. As someone who does not use their phone to take pictures the m9 is far superior . Just got mine today and it's amazing huge improvement on the m8.
so basically samsung won htc for once,finally next year i bet htc is going to comback on samsung
Mr Barbarian We ( Europe, Asia, Africa ) dont need to wait for next year, HTC is going to announce the M9+ for us.
***** they announced it?
Matthew Matveev ... " htc is going to " ...
***** oh...
@@CoisasDoFabio nope they arent making any phone now
guys, where is the S6 full review? i cant find it anywhere in pocketnow youtube channel and web pages
I'm more of a HTC guy but S6 destroyed M9.
I wanna know does the back camera on the m9 turn pink like my HTC one I gotta upgrade cuz the messed up pink tint camera!!
HTC still making dog shit cameras 3 years in the running, maybe next year
Is the stabilization something HTC can fix with an update?
M9 looks so damn sexy.
For you photo review did you view then on three own screens or did you view then from alt screen truly showing the value of the photos? In other words if you send a photo to someone who has let's say a iphone...what photo looks better? In my eyes that's the real photo challenge how does it really look!? Maybe they it out?
Htc phones are absolute shit
The m8?
It's shit
Still shit.
Since M7.... YES
Lavishlyfat 100% agree. The M9 really is a downgrade from the M8 in nearly all aspects.
got the htc m9 for a couple of weeks now and love it!
s6 edge shits on htc
agreed
even though htc is a great phone lol
+Abdull Mohommed It's REALLY overrated
The s6 edge only has a better camera, a fingerprint reader and useless edges
The one m9 looks better, has better software, out of his league speakers (fucking surround sound?!!) and audio, an sd-card slot and better battery life. It's a very esay pick if you ask me. And tbh if you compare it to the m9+ supreme camera, which has laser autofocus, optical image stabilization, with a different sensor, and a fingerprint scanner, you'd be damn sure I ain't getting a samsung. Just because samsung changed their game doesn't suddenly make them the best...
+Lukas Kuipers Agreed, I used the edge+ and the M9. The UI on the samsung looks like it's made for a kid's first tablet and I found myself staring at the M9's design more. The speakers had me going back and in the end I chose the HTC.
+Lukas Kuipers m9+ isn't available in us, the s6 camera is significantly better which is important to people who find camera quality important (me), s6 has better display, has wireless charging
For HTC One M9, theres not only camera problem (which currently is mostly fixed up), biggest problem is Snapp 810. HTC were saying that Snapp 810 is not the problem of big temperatuers of the phone, but the software. So why the heck they made update which lowers Snapp 810? After update its no more 8 core processor but 6 core and also its not fully clocked. Cores which should be 2 Ghz are 1,58 Ghz (correct me if im wrong). And thats why big plus for Samsung for the great S6. Also im not a fanboy of them ;)
Who else agrees that other than the black and white s6 colors, they're are all disgusting?..
I have to agree. All the other colors are cheap looking imo.
Platinum gold looks really nice because it changes based on lighting. Sometimes it's pale, other times it's more pronounced in darker light.
It also gives the phone a luxe appearance.
Innate Nobility samething with the black,it can look different color(like blue) according to the light its in..
I have an LG G3 and even though im waiting on the G4 i can say i am proud of samsung this year. They really came to play and brought a mighty fighter with it. The camera almost spanks the M9 and the build quality is magnificent as the S6 can take so much abuse. If i wasn't a big LG fan and loving what LG does what it's devices i would get the S6. Im use to this 5.5 inch screen.
I have the s6, coming from a Nexus 5 and a Note 2 before that. This is easily the best phone I have ever had.
If I have an HTC M8 will it be possible to transfer my music to the Galaxy S6?
when are you going to post s6 review ?
What is the s6 skin at 2:35?
Michael Fisher, although the speaker on the One M9 is better then the speakers one the Galaxy S6, is the speakers of the galaxy S6 GOOD?
Idk what to get the Samsung has a finger print scanner which I rlly want and I've wanted an htc phone for 2 years so I'm not sure Samsung made a phone with amazing specs but in a couple months people say it will start lagging and the htc is very smooth but it tends to over heat so I don't know plz help
Will Samsung Galaxy s6 64gb model sold in Europe work with US T-mobile LTE bands?
samsung vs apple or samsung vs htc? Which comprison attracts your interests more?
Clear, factual and informative as you always do Michael. I really do appreciate the effort invested in presenting the videos. I was wondering if you might be able to show "near" similar images concurrently.
When presenting side-by-side the videos, there is perhaps a half to one second lag, which means that one cannot see both images at the same time which makes comparison not quite as easy as your "stills" photo comparison.
I'm always returning to this channel to see whether you've come up with a new video, I think you give some of the best analysis around. Thanks!
This was a GREAT comprehensive video on these two phone...I was going for the M9, but after i bad the M9 kept on trying to refocus during video recording and low light pictures (which the M7 suffers as well in low light environment) and the button placement of the M9...I am definitely leaning towards S6 than M9...
I remember the comparison of last year's flagships like it was yesterday.
I ran over my M7 with my car. It was fine and operated for over 2 years just fine. I upgraded to the M9 with the DOT view case and I honestly love it more than most people. It's sturdy and responsive and I feel like I could run this one over too If I happened to drop it again.
Can someone tell me which font does the Galaxy S6 use as default?
You can just change it in the settings.
marmeladetau thats not what he asked though
I don't think it's too dis-similar from Roboto (the default for AOSP and Nexus)
Yeah but what's the point of knowing the font of a phone when you can easily change it in the settings.
marmeladetau yeah I'm not disagreeing but he still asked the questions
SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME WHAT THEME HE HAS AT 10:44
Got my m9 today. It's amazing.
I might change my plans from switching to samsung to switching to htc, mainly cause i want something fast but the new samsung devices don't have micro sd card slots and all i want is somewhere to insert my 32gb class 10 samsung micro sd card into my phone.
I got the HTC m9 and I gotta say it's the best phone I've ever owned I waited 8 months for release and worth every day I waited
Heyyy plz help. I should choose phone tommrow which is the best samsung s6, htc m9,htc 10. Htc u11 (life). I need fast phone with good cam.
What are the range of prices for each device?
Where did he get that transparent grey wallpaper from ???
That purple hue brings me the shivers. No way I'm getting HTC again to ruin my photos!
Um kinda confused which to get between the Note 4 and S6 or should i just wait for G4 or z4. Open to opinions
I wonder why htc did not try for a fusion ultra / mega pixel camera? But why has htc always fallen short on the camera?
But like a always say, a product is only as good as the person using it.
What's the wallpaper on the M9?
I don't know what I care more about the camera or the speakers. D: Once you own and experienced those speakers it's hard to go back. D;
Great comparison btw!
How can I get the material design wallpaper the htc have?
Where can I buy a Samsung S6, unlocked, without a plan?
Where did he get that transparent grey & black eye wallpaper from I want it !!!