Samsung S6 and S6 Edge go on pre-order

Customers can now pre-order Samsung’s latest smartphones, the S6 and S6 Edge, on contracts from £39.50 and £43.50 per month respectively and an up-front charge of £79.99 and £159.99.

As already announced by Samsung the flagship models will be available from April 10, but customers will have to wait longer for certain models including gold colours and those with larger amounts of memory.

Gold versions of both models are expected for delivery in four weeks, according to the Carphone Warehouse website, as are 128GB versions of the S6 Edge and 64GB versions of the S6. The 128GB S6 is expected in "four to six weeks".

Details of the tariffs available from various operators have been published by the UK’s largest mobile phone seller Carphone Warehouse.

The new handsets were unveiled by Samsung at the annual Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona earlier this month, with the claim that they would “set a new standard for smartphones”.

The S6 Edge included a curved screen which extended slight around the front of the device to each of the sides.

It includes a feature called People Edge which assigns five contacts with unique colours. The phone can then be placed face-down during situations when looking at the screen would be impolite, but the owner can still see who is ringing at a glance.

Both phones include a five megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel rear camera.

Customers can place pre-orders today under contracts with Vodafone, EE and O2. Anyone making a pre-order with Carphone Warehouse will receive a free wireless charger.

Specifications

Display: 5.1-inch
Battery: Quad HD Super AMOLED 577PPI
Wi-Fi: LTE Cat. 6
Memory: 3GB RAM
Storage: 32 / 64 / 128GB
Sensors: Accelerometer, light, gyroscope, proximity, compass, barometer, fingerprint, hall
Size (S6): 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8mm
Weight (S6): 138g
Size (S6 Edge): 142.1 x 70.1 x 7.0mm
Weight (S6 Edge): 132g