10 Amazing Features of the XCover 6 Pro
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ส.ค. 2024
- The Samsung Galaxy XCover 6 Pro is perhaps one of the most underrated and surprising phones to be released this year. The XCover 6 Pro has resurrected a bunch of old-school features that consumers have been demanding for years while throwing in some modern flagship specs. Is this just a weird phone for a niche market or is it secretly the best phone of the year? Let’s find out.
0:32 Price
1:17 Headphone Jack
2:31 Removeable Battery
3:06 Expandale Memory
3:57 Ruggedness
4:41 Performance
5:39 Cameras
6:29 Display
7:27 Size
7:56 Unique Features - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
The LCD panel may actually be a positive for those who suffer from PWM. This is an issue on AMOLED displays including Samsung’s flagship phones. I have heard that the PWM on the S22 series is pretty bad.
I actually didn't know about the PWM issue with AMOLEDs. And considering how most phones with an LCD have crap chips in them, I can see how this would be a huge plus.
For others reading, this PWM stands for Pulse Wave Modulation, which is a high-frequency flicker that causes headaches in some people.
This is a common issue with all OLED panels. It is not just Samsung, Apple and other manufacturers have this as well. From I know so far, Apple has been trying to mitigate the issue since the iPhone 13 Pro by using DC dimming. Speaking of LCD phones with poor specs, you make a good point. There are not many phones with LCD displays that have good specs. The only good ones I can think of is the XCover6 Pro and iPhone SE.
Pwm?
@@TenziesTech ahhh I didn't know what PWM stood for 9-/) but i don't think i'll suffer that from looking at that screen if i never had it before 'right'... (however because i am legally blind/tunnel vision in both eyes ..(sunlight makes screens unreadable a lot of the time because of the reflection='lack of contrast'... ( I am tough on phones being blind and generally drop them ... even in a garrilla case (they only last so long..) hard to find a good phone that'll last).. (shrug_ i'm sure the camera will be fine for me right'-=)) (the fact the speakers suck i care more about!! lol...
if you can't HEAR who's calling well.. what's the point of th ecall? (but other ppl said it was clear' just not made for entertainment'.. which.. (is why god made blue tooth speakers, right).. ( i see best midrange rugged phone of 2023...chuckles Fez
@@smartphonefan5226Xiaomi Mi 10T and Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro are flagship phones with IPS LCD panels.
They came out in 2020.
Proving they can make a phone right but choose not to.
But they do make this phone
@TwinTurbo Ray Long time ago when your battery starting to swelling you can just buy a new original battery and replace it immediately without unscrew any screw of your phone. A long time ago you only need to open your smartphone back cover to insert your sim card, and your SD card. And I think most of us really miss that feature on the budget phone right now. but now they make that feature only exist at most expensive lineup of smartphones. it makes me wondering if there is a sith lord in smartphone industry.
Its a phone…. Not a game/camera station
Don't say that. At now day's smarthphones replace ppl TV, PC and other.
Sure - I think they all made an agreement long ago, although can't remember the name of that. But did the same with the light bulb long ago, that they where only to be able to burn for a 1000 hours. It has a name.... Everybody started stopping making phones with batteries.
Seriously this should be the more common phone it's ridiculous that phone companies are pushing the premium to everyone and not even given the option to have features that we actually want like removable backs actual drop protection IR blasters for actual use and practical reality of our devices instead they give us super premium materials that are super fragile that make phone replacing a very common thing at $2,000 a phone and 39 different variants of that phone
i think made a deal all of them long ago.... Can't remember what it is called, but has happened before.
The XCover6 had me from "replaceable battery"! I find it interesting that the mobile industry says that the average cellphone battery is good for approximately 500 cycles, that's about one and a half years before the battery slowly starts the death march. With phones climbing to upper three and four figures that's unacceptable. I've been using an LG V20, which is one of the last phones with a replaceable battery, but it's becoming long in the tooth and without 5G there are a lot of areas where I lose connections. We'll see if the XCover6 fits the bill!
Samsung and to a lesser extent Apple only make money when you buy a new device so they don't have much incentive make phones last more than 2 years. Not thay they should be bricks in 2 years but if they are slower and less fun to use people are more likely to upgrade.
@@TenziesTech wish they'd just make the perfect most indestructible phone. Only offer financing. Then your revenue is pretty consistent throughout the year. After financing there is still money in upgrades, as well as repairs. They could charge for apps again instead, and take a royalty from each developer. (That would also help kill bot downloads). They have a shitty business model. Intentionally making garabage is such an awful way of industrialism.
I've been using a V20 for the last 4 years and came here thinking the same thing. 4-5 years of Android updates plus the replaceable battery make this a great value at $600.
I loved my V20, seriously a knock out of the park by LG with the machined aluminum backplate and ease of battery/card maitenance. A shame the wireless chip stopped working after a swim. Fast forward to my v60 and I'm disappointed LG went this direction. Albeit having 5G (when its available), wireless charging and an OLED screen, what were they thinking making the back made of glass and going to the stupid pin push tray card holders? They tried to compete with samsung/apple through imitation instead of innovation, and they paid for it. Had they found a way to pack those features from the v60 into a V20-like construction, they would still be making phones. Now I'm switching back to samsung after a decade of sony/LG
(Edit): also the under-screen fingerprint reader is worthless compared to the v20's, takes 3 attempts before a successful read
There are few Chinese brands that makes excellent replaceable batteries phones...I bought one in Amazon for £120 and its fantastic also 8GB RAM and 125 ROM or capacity ....
Good info thanks for the vid 👍
How is the XCover6 LCD when viewed through polarized sunglasses?
Is the FM chip enabled in it? If so, this phone is flying massively under the radar for having so many "antiquated" but desirable features!
It doesn't seem Samsunt has it documented but it has been reported to have it by 3rd party sources.
Note, this could also be something that is on US models and not international models (or the reverse).
But yes, EXTREMELY underrated phone.
What's an FM chip?
@@runitback7315 Radio?.....
@@runitback7315 It's an integrated circuit in a smartphone that provides over-the-air FM radio.
Where do you see that the US versions supports 25 watts? Many of the informations I can find says they only support 15 watts so it seems to be somewhat conflicting.
The LG V20 was rough, they really did good on that not breaking easily!!!! I still see it as the best phone, but I might try this new phone out to see if one can finally get a replacement as the LG V20 does have its issues, on speed and all.... It was born with Android 7 and it was fast as lightning at that time, not so anymore.
Does it have fm radio?
I'm looking at either the Fairphone 5 or this phone at the moment - or if I should just buy some LG V20's and fix them with Android 7 without any updates.
Any idea if the phone will come with a factory case? RAM Mounts offers a charger/ vehicle holster but it isn't usable without the factory case samsung has promised but hasn't delivered....
You don't need a case. The phone back and bezel is the case.
Are you sure about this 25 watt thing compared to 15 watt outside US Charging?
I was looking at the FairPhone5 and the battery seems to have a more then 4 spots for the battery, I think it was 8. This one only have 4, which means I might have an external charger that works, it depends on the voltage I think on how much it will charge it up. But... we might be able to find a charger for this!
And you can use it as a brick for self defense.
I wonder how long will they produce origonal batteries for this model
You can also use battery for Xcover Pro 4G (previous model).
Probably a long time, since the battery is already cross-SKU, so they're likely to use the same battery in the Xcover 6 Pro's sucessor. The battery is plenty big for what it is, for better or for worse, so I would be surprised if they made a different model of battery for the next one.
I can still purchase batteries for my Galaxy J3 from 2016. I never used that phone much, so the original battery still lasts all day.
@@mircocavallin8667 anyone makes bigger batteries like in the "old" sanity days?
@@darkijah-andersjehovahsn7893 nah. This model isn't a mainstream device so we can't rely on third-party extended batteries...
I still have not been able to find the benchmarks of this phone on Geekbench, anyone???
I love my XCOVER 6 Pro. I think it's awesom.
Nice I just got it for work at my Walmart store. Just need to get my account logged in tomorrow with my PL/TL's help and I'm gtg. :)
I'm very rough on phone's !!! construction worker and outdoorsman I have the active 8 since 2018 and have dropped it off 20foot tall building on rock and concrete small mark on screen🤷♂️ how's xcover compare to active 8
Active 8 is what Im replacing. Unfortunately. Best phone ever made.
old school feature.... People where screaming for a replacement for the LG V20, wanting a sane mobile and not a single company wanted to serve it. LG could have had a blast of followers had they continued to make something like the LG V20 just with upgraded hardware.
does this phone have the old style led light that lets you know when you have sms or mail etc ,, I need a removable battery and memory card as my old s5 neo wont run my mobile banking any more ,, open to ideas
It's called Notification LED.
I missed a lot of these old features but my only concern is whether it's comfortable for personal use. Scrolling social media (including video). Does it work well with apps like Spotify/Twitter/Snapchat or will it be glitchy or crash? Any insight?
Why would it have issues with android apps lol
It works very well
Illogical question.
Your concern should be if the 6GB of RAM will be enough for your app usage.
Are you really not gonna acknowledge that you just stole a bunch of footage from www.youtube.com/@Technoliath 's review?
I found out some very interesting things about the Flagship devices, their High MP rating etc and things we really don’t need, from a phone. The fact that this device offers a replaceable battery is very inviting, the 2400 screen resolution is inviting too and and expandable storage to 1T is terrific. The Rugged case is great, the Pricepoint of $600 is still too high though, it should drop down to around $450. I still don’t know why the phone companies don’t specifically target certain interests. There are people who love the photography/video TH-cam approach, others like the Gaming approach, others still like the Apps, charts, graphs etc, others are into just movies on their Mobile devices. Making 1 phone is like making 1 pair of shoes for everything, makes no sense out of just making money for the company.
Why do you say $450 specifically? Being a Samsung, all these features and the specs it has seems plenty worth $600?
Does the SDcard do fat32 or Exfat? You know you would think this would not be an issue but 2 of my last mobiles I tried to replace the LG V20 had fat32 :S
I use File Manager +on all of my Android tablets and phones and I only use EXFAT. The best file manager hands down.
@@telcobilly I use Total Commander which I can't live without, but last phone it had issues and AGM did not wanna fix it. I did not get a single update for this phone and it was new when I got it finding issues, they accepted it but did not wanna fix it.
@@telcobilly My Shift phone (now returned as it was rubbish) did not have Exfat although they fixed it, then this AGM does not have it either, and it is very easy to loose your data if you are not careful when they do this nonsense.
AGM sucks as well. Not a single update for over a year I think, no fix of any of the issues.
@@darkijah-andersjehovahsn7893 I've used Total Commander as well, but I prefer File Manager + Beautiful UI, very capable and it works on all of my Android devices, even on my Nvidia Shield.
Why is it slower charging outside the US?????
It funny is it not, that USERS have been SCREAMING about these features and near to none have done anything. The only thing LG needed to do to sell lots of phones was to make an LG V20 upgraded version, last sane flag ship and even that had places of improvement and yet still the number one phone. The LG V20 is the model to compare any other phone to and I have not gotten anything that in my hands that beats it yet, after over 7 years or so. Even had to order it from HongKong at that time, not soled in Europe.
These phones will never become popular enough to become mainstream again unless the cell phone companies like T-Mobile and Verizon adapted and market in their stores which will never happen
All these features were in the old xcover
this is what im byuin next
And I think me might also be able to record in 60 fps 720 or 1080 with a program called proshot! Someone try it out!!!!
I hope this phone sells enough for phone manufacturers to take notice and make changes. I can care less about the thickness, because we can have 2+ batteries, I don't care about the length because we get a headphone jack and a charging/notification light, even if it's heavier who cares. This is the type of phone people really want, and a few millimeters thinner and a little longer is no big deal. Good job Samsung, you may have just made me get another Samsung phone (I was looking forward to the Pixel 9) but this has features I've wanted back for a long time.
It's "I COULDN'T care less".
"I can care less" implies YOU DO care. 🤣🤣🤣
I wish it wasnt so dam big. 4 or 5.0 inch would've fit nicer...thats what she said
Hahaha! 3 inches is enough to get the job done.
I'm responding to the video on the x cover 6 pro its a good phone but really no different than a53 besides the removable battery which is the reason why i purchased it so when the battery is trash i don't have to throw my phone out and i dont have to charge it. But a deal no its not a deal lets say you get 2 years out of the phone thats 25 a month for a phone thats absurd and the only reason they do it is we let them.
25 a month isn't alot of money
Anyone tested if this 25 watt claim is true or not?
wish it had wireless charging but usbc stand will be fine too, otherwise perfect. charging while listening to headphones for unlimited time is super important, like on flights. battery degradation is biggest issue for phones, only reason I had to replace last 3 phones. 8 years ago my battery burst out of the case even. most phones are aimed at casuals who know nothing. somehow they were convinced permanent battery degradation is ok so have to replace phone every year, that always worrying about charging headphones is ok, that tiny internal storage is ok (where they charge you another $100 for tiny bit more storage lol). iphones are aimed at average ppl without brains, android used to be different but now most just copy apples trash designs after apple copied most designs android had since start
If we can find an external charger that works, then we don't need that. I have one that might work but have not tested it as I don't have the phone.
@@darkijah-andersjehovahsn7893 I saw usb-c to wireless charging adapters are super cheap and thin, I might just attach it to back with velcro tape for when I need it. I use it anyway to attach it to walls and cars
@@im7254 Okay, well they have to not stick much out of the USB plug for sure.... Dunno about it, I have other ideas for the charging of batteries. I'm warming up to the mobile but I'm sure I can find lots of issues - but.... It does sound pretty good and might hack the planet for the needed things. I found it even cheaper.... And.... Well there some weird company thing you can get as well nearly for the same price. Not sure if that is anything useful.
@@im7254 Just took a look, hmmm yea okay - it is an idea.... but I rather have the change of battery like flipping the batteries around and just ready to go on with what I was doing.
Someone find me - or give me some Geekbench results!
128GB is not much.... but better then 64GB of the LG V20 which sadly was just not enough for me. But 128 is better, the problem is the Android systems have grown as well using up space. So how much more you really get.... is the question.
I know the Fairphone 5 does up to 256GB which seems more reasonably but does not have the jack and the battery might not be able to charge with external charger.... Maybe the 8 pints are for 4 connectors.... I do not know... but.... Sick and tired of needing to buy something to try it out and for the most part, just for the trash really. You seek and do not find, for so many years. Can't even get what you want as a user, even if you where willing to pay a lot for it.
Brother gave me this as a gift, i was looking for a rugged phone to use at work. Told me the specs on this one made it worthy so it's time to give it a spin.
I'll be back after a month of using the XCover6 Pro to let y'all know how it goes 😁
now a month bro, whats the experience like
@@TinasheEmmanuelChindiya work got the best of me lol. So, about the Xcover 6 Pro
Processor - the no.1 reason to get this phone, excellent for multitasking and running lots of apps in bg
OS - android fan, no comment
Display - colorful, resiliant. Already got faceplanted 2 times (once around 1.6M and anotger time from 1M) no scratches or knooks.
Memory - big enough for me. I work with lots of files, the expandable memory is optional for me but it's good to have for photos and games
Cameras - not it's best, the camera tends to get fuzzy shots. It's 50mp mode is the best for stilla. The ai assistant for photo-to-text is pretty good with paper documents. Selfie camera is decent. I like my S20 more for photoshooting
Speakers - at max volume sound gets a bit disrorted.
Flashlight - as always good on samsung
Headphone jack - optional but welcome for my old headphones
Extra buttons *cover key, xcover key* - didn't quite use them, the xcover key is easy to push by accident when grasping it
Side key has an amazing fingerprint sensor, very quick to read fingerprint and open.
So this is how i feel about the Xcover 6 pro. Will i keep using it? Definitely!
Yeah bro... it's been two months now. I've had my XCover6 Pro order on hold for all of this time waiting for you to get back to us.
6 months later and still nothing bro
6MONTHS!!!!! WHY DID YOU LIE TO US?!?!?!?!.!.!.😢
buttons lol
Yea because I just love taking my phone into my bath?.... I never needed this bullshit feature of water resistance, I needed to swap my battery and charge it outside my mobile. Fast charging for another bullshit move, never was it needed - it was much better just to swap the battery without getting into heat issues and other nutcase nonsense of different chargers works this and that and what not.
Google Android could not even make backward compability in Android phones and have just release one unneeded new Android version after another. It is all just disgusting nonsense.
I really like Sony more so than Apple or Samsung, they are far more innovative….
terrible video
Very good video
Worst phone ive ever owned !! So bad id never be Samsung anything ever again
Why is it worst
@@daybreakkawn7023 no joke i have just purchased the Nokia XR21 Way better phone to use !! Ok why it gitchs out ( and this is not only this ohone read reviews ) many people are experiencing this , it will delte numbers /ring numbers /send messages delete messages all by it self . and do your whole phone book in a few secs Gone ... I miss calls all the time because of the lag ,, i have reset it and still same ,, Google assit is extream ly slow on it because the phone is lagging trying to catch up all the time !! I have owned many phones and i swear that was the worse phone i have ever owned ,, i was so glad to take the simn out reset it and put it on ebay ! Never again would i buy a smasung phone ,, not sure if they are all this bad ,,, but once bitten twice shy
@@lvlegabite I going to have a try, when I get everything sorted out. I have already bought 3 batteries and some external chargers and ready to see if it works out good. And have some other ideas.
I hate google.... and really don't wanna support them, but really what else is there.