Samsung adds more to the Galaxy line with the S6 edge+

Moments ago, Samsung trotted the Galaxy S6 Edge+ onto the stage. Here’s a rundown of what they announced in case you didn’t catch the live video.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ comes in at 5.7 inches. Samsung quickly pointed out that this device offers a larger display but smaller form factor than the Apple iPhone 6+.

That display is, thankfully, AMOLED because we’re talking Quad HD here.  AMOLED is clear, crisp, and battery efficient, exactly the kind of technology you want with Quad HD.

As for the build itself, we again see metal and glass form the chassis of the device. This time around, however, we see green-emerald being dropped in favor of silver-titanium. Makes sense, we never really saw green-emerald hit the shelves anyway.

The Galaxy S6 Edge+ distinguishes itself from its smaller sibling with 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Additionally, the new device also supports LTE Category 9.

As far as the camera is concerned, you’re going to be able to shoot in 4K. Also, Samsung is rolling out some video stabilization (VDIS) that works in conjunction with OIS hardware.

And being able to share those nice videos instantly would be cool… How instantly? Live. Working with YouTube, you can now broadcast live video feeds from this device.

The Edge+ also features fast wireless charging. Samsung claims you can go from 0% to 100% in two hours wirelessly. Samsung claims that with companies like Starbucks and IKEA building furniture with wireless chargers embedded in them, wireless charging is the way of the future.

My favorite thing that got announced was that you can make more use of the curved display with Apps Edge. Previously, we have only been able to set Contacts to the Edge Drawer, giving us three quick actions for each contact: phone, text, and email. Now we can set our favorite apps to the edge of the screen, so we don’t have to use third party apps anymore. (Unless you want to, of course.)

Samsung also took a second to talk about Sidesync’s new feature of being able to work wirelessly and automatically for multi-screen use on your desktop computer. They, with some tongue-in-cheek, even said that Sidesync will now work with Mac.

Finally, Samsung says that you can pick the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and the Note 5 up off the shelves starting as early as next week (August 21st) in the US and Canada. Furthermore, you can pre-order these devices in the US starting today at 3pm EST.

I was not pleased with the Galaxy S6 Edge, but I think I would like the Edge+, a device they should’ve released to begin with.

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