Glad to hear the positive news!
My S6 has arrived, but a more interesting story accompanies that -- the FedEx guy almost died, and we might have a lawsuit on our hands.
Our front door is on the second level, so some wooden stairs must be ascended to access the porch. My house is 22 years old; it's not super old, but it has a little age to it. Additionally, I have always thought this house was built to lower quality specifications. Those front porch stairs have been relatively rickety lately the past few years, and lately we have had some very wet weather, definitely not supportive of the wood's strength.
The guy delivered the package and began going back down the stairs. I was elsewhere, so I didn't see it happen, but I heard a big thud. I then hear my dad running back out there and asking the guy if he was okay. Turns out, one of the steps had completely given way beneath the guy -- thankfully, he had caught himself on the rails and the next lower step, which had also partially collapsed. The guy only had minor scrapes and said he was alright, and took off.
Upon inspection, it seems those stairs weren't constructed from three notched stringers (diagonally placed planks of wood with notches cut out for steps) as would be normal. Rather, there was one notched stringer in the middle, but on either side was an uncut plank of wood, and the steps were fixed to it by horizontally placed screws. So effectively, any weight placed on any of those steps was supported by the shear resistant strength of two decking screws. Sure enough, the screws on the step that gave way had sheared in half, as opposed to having been pulled out of the wood.
My dad has been working hard all day, and has completely replaced the old stairs with new,
properly built stairs. We just have to hope we don't get sued for what happened.
It's a miracle the guy caught himself; he would landed on top of sharp rocks after falling 15 feet if he hadn't caught himself.
The phone is neat.
The IR blaster on the top end is neat, and I plan on pranking someone with that by turning the TV off while they are watching it (cheesy, of course, but a classic prank). The edge screen, too, is very neat. The edges and their associated features are nice -- nicer is the incredible pixel density. The 5.1" 1440p screen comes in at 577 ppi, enough to make the individual pixels completely indiscernible.
It also has more pixels than my 900p monitor and my 1080p laptop combined.
The camera is incredible. I think Samsung's software is a really big part of that, but it's great nonetheless. I have yet to put the phone's 8 core processor and 3GB of RAM to the test, but I bet it's pretty great too.
