Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S6 got a lot of hate, but it also got many things right

Flashback: Samsung Galaxy S6 got a lot of hate, but it also got many things right The Samsung Galaxy S6 had a slender metal body, more beautiful and more premium than the utilitarian, plasticy Galaxy S5 that came before it. The internal code name for the phone was Project Zero, because Samsung threw the Galaxy S playbook out of the window and started from scratch.

The company must have been surprised by the loud negative outcry when it finished working on the Project Zero and unveiled it to the world. While the premium look was nice, Samsung made several unpopular choices.

Samsung Galaxy S6 flanked by the iPhone 6 Plus and the Galaxy S5

First, the glass…