T-Mobile skipping pre-orders for Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+, sales open Tuesday

Looking to get yourself a brand new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 or Galaxy S6 Edge+? You know these phones will be hot, and with the release coming up this Friday, August 21st, everyone is looking to sign up for those pre-orders before stocks run out.

But what if your carrier is not holding any pre-orders yet? Such was the case with T-Mobile, but the carrier decided to surprise us with an even better treat. Magenta is skipping pre-orders altogether and will go straight to direct sales.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere took it to Twitter to give us the good news. You can put your name to a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and/or a Galaxy S6 Edge+ starting tomorrow, August 18th. Sales start at 6 AM Pacific, so make sure you have your credit card ready!

We’re opening up #Note5 and #GalaxyS6Plus ordering starting Tuesday 6am PT – no pre-order needed. AND we’re going to start shipping ASAP!

— John Legere (@JohnLegere) August 17, 2015

As we had already heard, T-Mobile will be selling the Note 5 at $699.99 for the 32 GB version or $779.99 for the 64 GB one. Of course, you can get these on their respective installment plans. On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ will cost $779.99 for the 32 GB version, or $859.99 for the 64 GB handset. And don’t forget you can also score a year of Netflix service if you get one of these smartphones from T-Mobile (read the details here)!

Legere goes on to mention that the devices will be “shipped ASAP”. We are not quite sure what that means, but it can be assumed you will at least have your phone by Friday… hopefully. Who is signing up?! If you still aren’t sure, you can learn more about these handsets by checking out our Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ hands-on posts.

Despite a smaller battery, the Note 5 has longer battery life than the Note 4

Many of you rightly voiced concern when it was officially announced that the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 was going to have a 3,000mAh battery, down 220mAh from its predecessor, the Note 4. With battery life in smartphones generally at a premium, this didn’t seem like a smart move, even if optimization improvements got Note 5 battery life on par with the Note 4’s, however, the story is actually much better than this. According to Phone Arena’s battery tests, the Note 5 has longer battery life than the Note 4, eclipsing its predecessor by over 30 mins.

Graph courtesy of Phone Arena

All things considered, that’s great news for those prospective buyers who were worried about the battery life. Of course, the Note 5 still doesn’t hold a torch to battery beasts like the Galaxy S6 Active or the DROID Turbo, but they have an unfair advantage with much larger batteries (3,500mAh and 3,900mAh respectively). There’s also a second part to the good news: the battery tests also revealed that the charging time of the Note 5 is also superior to the Note 4’s able to charge up in 81 minutes as compared to 95 minutes for the Note 4.

All-in-all, it seems unlikely that Note 5 buyers will have to worry about battery life on their new device, and even if it’s not as great as they expected, it will charge back up in no time. What do you think about the fact the Note 5 has longer battery life than the Note 4? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: Phone Arena

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Samsung tells us what to expect from Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Google has unveiled the latest dessert label for its mobile operating system, Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The final preview of the software has been posted and now all we have to do is wait for the official release, which should come along with the new Nexus device(s).

All manufacturers out there are getting ready to make their respective updates when the time comes. Those who want a little teaser can now turn to Samsung, which has gone through the efforts of making a neat infographic with all the main changes Android 6.0 Marshmallow will bring. Let’s check it out!

Of course, these are all features we have heard about before. Google didn’t fail to mention these additions during their Google IO announcement. But what Samsung mentions here are only the most exciting of the new changes in Android 6.0. There is much more to come and we have made sure to tell you all about it in out ‘Diving into Android M‘ article series. Give those posts a look if you would want to learn more.

You can be sure the update will come to the biggest smartphones Samsung has to offer, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+. We will also likely see Marshmallow more affordable Samsung smartphones which have been released recently. It’s only a matter of time before we find out all the details. We expect the new Nexus handsets to launch pretty soon, and an onslaught of Marshmallow update will follow.

Download 6 Samsung Galaxy Note 5 wallpapers here

Earlier today we got a look at the newly minted Android Marshmellow wallpapers thanks to the new Developer Preview, but that’s not the only new wallpapers we’ve got on hand. Thanks to XDA senior member, Gabri™, who ripped the stock wallpapers from a device in Korea, we’ve also got six Samsung Galaxy Note 5 wallpapers to add to our collections today, all of which show off Samsung‘s penchant for the abstract. Check them out below:

Note that our gallery scales images down, so if you want the full-sized 2560×2560 wallpapers that are perfect for Quad HD displays, you’ll want to download the wallpapers from here.

What do you think about the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 wallpapers? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Source: XDA via Phone Arena

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