

Using most flagship Android phones means also training your thumbs to stretch out across increasingly gargantuan screens. A few software additions, and better-than-normal audio speakers help the 5.5- and (slightly different) 4.7-inch versions exceed expectations. It continues to be one of the best value phones of the year, with a camera, design and operating speeds that swing well above its price point. You certainly don't need the Edge's curved screen or mostly-gimmicky software extras, but among the year's hypnotically same-same phones, this one felt truly different - in a way that actually worked.įrom the first moment we saw it, the Alcatel OneTouch Idol 3 intrigued us. The fact that nobody else has made anything like it proves that Samsung has something to offer besides routinely checking features off a list. It manages to be far more elegant-looking and more immersive than any other phone out there, a realization that comes when you hold the Edge in your hands. Ok, so it's the more expensive, curvy-sided version of Samsung's first all-metal-and-glass flagship phone, but what Samsung did with the Galaxy S6 Edge goes beyond taking an S6 and bending its sides.
