TouchWiz of 2012 to 2014 was functionally vastly superior compared to stock Android (and especially iOS).
But in late 2014, the first cracks started to appear: The Galaxy Note 4 lost some functionality (although not much).
Then the Galaxy S6 was announced, where Hyun Yeul Lee (a leftist extremist and probably a disguised Apple shill) proudly showed off on the Unpacked keynote how reduced the functionality of the Galaxy S6 is, for the sake of mininalism .
And Justin Denison, the same guy who mocked Apple for removing the headphone plug (Note 7 keynote), trivialised .
You may have noticed a major change here! **The battery is now built in
Edit: Also see this video by TechAltar:
TouchWiz of 2012 to 2014 was functionally vastly superior compared to stock Android (and especially iOS).
But in late 2014, the first cracks started to appear: The Galaxy Note 4 lost some functionality (although not much).
Then the Galaxy S6 was announced, where Hyun Yeul Lee (a [phonelitical](https://en.everybodywiki.com/phonelitical) leftist extremist and probably a disguised Apple shill) proudly showed off on the *Unpacked* keynote how reduced the functionality of the Galaxy S6 is, for the sake of mininalism [fetishism](#spoiler).
And Justin Denison, the same guy who mocked Apple for removing the headphone plug (Note 7 keynote), trivialised [how horrible of an idea non-replaceable batteries are](https://en.everybodywiki.com/Benefits_of_user-replaceable_batteries).
> You may have noticed a major change here! **The battery is now built in [non-user-replaceable]!** We refused to do this for some time […]
Noone asked, except Apppe shills.
> […] until we were absolutely sure that people are confident charging their phones.
Confident knowing about that built-in planted obsolescence? Not really.
The S6 was not a bad phone. It had several improvements, especially regarding CPU/GPU performance and camera.
But it was no fitting successor to the S5. It should have been part of a new series. Or at least, they [should have left the **Note series** out of that shitty design trend.](https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/08/02/the-galaxy-note-is-no-longer-samsungs-enthusiast-smartphone-series-opinion/)
Edit: Also see this video by TechAltar:
* [Why enthusiast brands will betray you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJgTKx-rg18)
* [More discussions](https://old.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/5ssqqp/why_enthusiast_brands_will_betray_you/)
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