We know that Samsung is hosting an event at MWC 2015 entitled "Galaxy Unpacked" where it may show off the Galaxy S6, or Galaxy S Edge, or both, but it looks like the Galaxy S6 may even see a release in the same month. What's more exciting, it's expected to come with some special new software features.
Samsung's own TouchWiz UI interface is said to be getting a major overhaul. It had already been rumored that Samsung was cutting back on its preinstalled software (bloatware) featured in the Galaxy S6, and Sam Mobile suggests that it might not even feature any preinstalled apps at all - instead apps like S Health and S Voice would be available from Samsung's own store. Sam Mobiledoes point out that it may come packaged with some apps though, such as Microsoft Office Mobile, and Skype.
Additional features of the updated version of TouchWiz, straight from Sam Mobile, are:
• Samsung’s default keyboard app supposedly looks more like a mix between the keyboard on the Galaxy Tab S and the iOS keyboard.
• More theming options are available
• All Samsung’s apps are more colorful.
• You can select between 4×4, 4×5 and 5×5 icon layouts for the app drawer.
• The app drawer no longer supports endless cycling through the list of apps (meaning you can’t go back from the last page to the first without going back through the previous pages).
• The music app still runs in full-screen mode at all times.
• More theming options are available
• All Samsung’s apps are more colorful.
• You can select between 4×4, 4×5 and 5×5 icon layouts for the app drawer.
• The app drawer no longer supports endless cycling through the list of apps (meaning you can’t go back from the last page to the first without going back through the previous pages).
• The music app still runs in full-screen mode at all times.
The Galaxy S Edge, the rumored curved-display version of the Galaxy S6, will likely house the same features and lack of bloatware.
In other news, Phone Arena has leaked an image suggesting that the Galaxy S6 will be upon us sometime between March 22 and March 30. The image in question looks like a photo of an internal Samsung document, which lists the end of March as a "blackout" period, meaning no staff can take vacation days during this time. Phone Arena speculates that this could be the week of the S6 launch (at least in some regions).
Are you happy about the proposed changes to the Galaxy interface? Does the Galaxy S6 sound like the device you've been waiting for?
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