Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Gold SIM Free

Usually, this website mostly talks about cheap, basic, and sometimes even retro phones. However, one of the most-anticipated Smartphones of the last few years has sparked a lot of attention lately and buyers are wondering if it is a purchase worthy of all the high praised reviews and significant money outlay. For Smartphone lovers it could very well be. However, with the S9 Note having already been released and on sale for a few months now, most people will roll with the times and opt for the newer model. But unless, you get one on Contract, they are expensive to buy SIM Free.

From innovative design to exclusive features, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge G925F Smartphone promises to meet the ever-growing high expectations of buyers. This phone is not only pleasing on the eye with its classy, cutting "edge" design, pardon the pun, but also delivers high-performance, thanks to its super high specification. Some might consider this model as old school now, but for someone like me, who doesn't even own a Smartphone, it is still very advanced.

A lot has been said and written about this phone, but what are the exact reasons that make the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge G925F stand out from the rest of the newer phone releases. Well, there are many. But does it really rule the roost? When you look at phones like the Huawei Mate 8, the Edge, and even the newer S7, have got some serious competition on their hands. I mean, Kirin 950 Processor (With some A72 Cores), 4GB RAM, and Mali-T880, that thing is seriously powerful. Or how about the Apple iPhone 7 Plus.. That’s not to say the specification of the Edge G925F isn’t superb, but there are other choices to be had.

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge G925F (UK Model) Smartphone Specification

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge G925F has the Android Lollipop Operating System installed, which by this stage almost everyone, especially Galaxy fans and Android Tablet owners, will be very familiar with. If you’re not, it doesn’t take much to master the extremely easy to use menu and navigation system. This is also upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). The Quad HD, Super AMOLED screen is next level. It’s so clear and vivid, the clarity is amazing.

Internally Integrated is 64 GB of storage capacity (32GB and 128GB are also available) and a generous 3GB of RAM, therefore giving you the option to save a lot of data, like music, photos, video etc, without quickly hitting the space limit. Of course, the S6 Edge is 3G and 4G compatible.

The Octa-core Processor in this phone (Exynos 7420 Octa) consists different Cores. 4 of them @ 2.1 GHz and the other four @ 1.5 GHz. Two different Cortex’s are also used. A57 and A53. The Exynos 7420, coupled with 3GB RAM and the Mali-T760MP8 Graphics Processor, it makes this a lean, mean, multi-tasking machine! This is no golden oldie, it’s blazingly responsive.

The phone offers exceptional quality in both front and rear cameras. The dual cameras feature high-resolution and impressive sharpness, allowing you to capture clear and gorgeous pictures no matter where you are or which setting you are using. It also offers geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection and panorama like any other android phone. The 16 mega pixel rear camera and 5MP front camera (for selfies + group shots) allow LED flash and dual video call, respectively.

Among its additional key features, the phone includes TouchWiz user interface, fingerprint sensor and also active noise cancelling with the help of a dedicated microphone. And, this is not all. The best thing about the device’s dual edge screen is that it allows you to swipe the edge to check for notifications, etc.

You can keep email, messaging and social media applications even more handy by using this feature. I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing.. Missed calls from special contacts you assign (by colour coding), and if that wasn’t enough, the “Edge” of the phone can even show the time and amount of battery life remaining from a side view.

The S6 G925F has got you covered. You want GPS, you got it. In this device you have A-GPS (Uses Satellite and Phone Tower technology), GLONASS (Russian version) and BeiDou (Owned by China). As well as Bluetooth, we also see NFC in this device. Similar to Bluetooth but much quicker to pair / connect and more secure over a shorter distance.

A slightly larger capacity battery (2600mAh) has been put into the Edge, beating the normal S6 (VI) by 50mAh. Regardless of the newer models, the S6 Edge is still widely considered as one of the best Smartphones. It’s refined, powerful, and ticks so many boxes in a world that now demands a constant virtual connection. Available in White, Gold, Black and even Green if you can find one for sale. The Plus model has been out for a good for years now, and going on the reviews appears to be a good successor to the normal Edge.

Zanco Beetle Miniature Smartphone

There are many miniature phones hitting the shelves these days. The demand for tiny, basic mobile phones is at an all time high. The new Zanco Beetle is just one in a long line. Some people want to buy one because they think it looks really cool, others want one to use as a second phone, and a few people even want them for sinister reasons. To hide things like having an affair, or trying to sneak it into somewhere that does not allow the use of mobile phones. Many of those locations, such as a Prison, use a metal detector to scan for these devices.

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Whatever the reason, the one thing that gets quite old after a while is that every time a new mini phone comes out it’s automatically given the title as the “Worlds Smallest Phone“. It’s a good marketing trick, but it’s not really the truth. Most of them have different dimensions and are different shapes. Some, like the Zanco Fly and the J8 Long CZ, are longer and thinner. While the Beetle is wider but shorter. Does it really need to be the smallest phone in the World? As long as it’s small enough, right.. Saying that, for the people smuggling them into places like Prisons, I guess they really do need to make sure they have the smallest nano phone possible.

Anyway, they are all tiny, so what does the Zanco Beetle have to offer. Well, it has a screen that’s a little over 1.5 Inches in size, and takes a micro SIM card. The big difference between this phone and its many competitors is that this is a touch screen phone. Some are calling it a fully fledged Smartphone. And at this moment, maybe it does hold the title for being the smallest touch screen phone.

Not sure how people with sausage fingers will fare using it though. I’d say they would probably find it quite annoying to be honest. Maybe using something like a matchstick would be a good idea. It’s capable of playing music in MP3 or MP4 format and even has a camera! With flash. There are not many details regarding the pixel count quality of the camera.

However, the numbers 3 and 7 seem to be paired together on a few websites giving the specification. So that either translates to 3 mega pixels, 7mp, or 3.7mp. I’d tend to go with the latter. This phone also has a flash light. A really fun feature that the Beetle has, and one that other similar phones also have, is the voice changer. You can choose some really funny voices. A few include, rude man, rude woman, Asian man, Black man and bad child. Messing around with those would be a laugh.

The new Zanco Beetle also has Bluetooth. Can it be used to browse the Internet? No, I wouldn’t have thought so. It’s just a basic, miniature mobile phone with some cool little features. And if it could, it won’t provide the best user experience. It won’t work on 3G (Three) but should be just fine on most other UK Networks. Battery life is also reported as being pretty good.

Will it pass the detector test? The real question is how sensitive is the detector. A good way to find out is to get your hands on a metal detector, put it on high sensitivity (In all metal mode) and scan the phone at close range. Does the detector make any noise? Then do it again with the micro SIM inside. That’s the best test you can do.

However, nothing is guaranteed, so the risk is in the carriers hands, or ***. Personally, I believe the Beetle will not pass through undetected. But, all in all, a good novelty phone for the cheap price tag. Excellent to take with you for exercises like running while simultaneously using it to listen to music, rather than carrying that spaceship we call a (full sized) Smartphone.