The Samsung Galaxy S6 Has As Much Bloatware As Ever

[froggyboy604]

You know the rumors about how the Galaxy S6 would have dramatically less bloatware? How a bunch of the Samsung apps would be deletable if not completely optional? Yeah, not true. It's a bummer, but the Galaxy S6 has as much bloatware as ever.
 
At first glance, the new S6 and S6 Edge appear to be less cluttered, but you'll actually find some 56 applications pre-installed. That's 6 more than the 50 you'll find on the Galaxy Note 4! Between the Google Apps you'll find on every phone (Play Newstand? Come on), Samsung's apps like S Voice and S Health, the new Microsoft apps like OneDrive (intended to soften the blow of no microSD slot), assorted social apps like Whatsapp and Instagram, and carrier apps (6 on T-Mobile), there's a ton of cruft. 
 
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At least, some of these bundled bloatware apps like OneDrive, WhatsApp, and Instagram could be useful if users need it.
 
I think the large amount of Bloatware on mainstream smartphone brands like Samsung, Sony, and HTC would be one of the reasons that people are buying from other smartphone brands like Motorola, Oppo OnePlus, Xiaomi, and Blu which generally has less bloatware apps like Samsung. 

 

[lb]

Good thing I would never get a Samsung Android phone... I guess this is sad news for the Android fans...

At first glance, the new S6 and S6 Edge appear to be less cluttered

How do they "appear" to be less cluttered?

 

[froggyboy604]

Good thing I would never get a Samsung Android phone... I guess this is sad news for the Android fans...
 
How do they "appear" to be less cluttered?

 
I think the homescreen launcher in Samsung new S6 does a better job at organizing the shortcut icons into folders by categories like social, Samsung, Google,Microsoft, T-mobile, etc, so the homescreen looks less cluttered until you open all the folders, and view the All Apps section of the launcher.

 
This is also bad news for Android fans who want care a lot about their privacy since a lot of these bundled bloatware Apps like WhatsApp, S Voice, S Health, One Drive, and social apps like Instagram have permissions to read their text, access the camera and microphone, and file storage on Google Android.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Just rom your device and all the bloatware will be gone in a instant. Its what I did for my N4.

 

[froggyboy604]

I agree installing a custom ROM would get rid of all the bloatware. I think getting an alternative smartphone like the Oppo OnePlus One would be a better deal since it already comes with a Custom ROM which is the Cyanogenmod ROM, and The OnePlus One is a lot cheaper than similar phones made by Samsung, and Sony.

 

[Black Angel]

All that bullshit and no sd card..

Pass.

And if the next note is the same way, then the Note 4 will be my last Android device..