Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is outselling standard Galaxy S6, despite premium price

Phone-maker rewarded for taking a risk with phone design?

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge variant is selling faster than the standard Galaxy S6, with tech fans seemingly happy to pay extra for a handset that stands out amid a sea of identikit, slab-shaped smartphones.

Of pre-orders taken by uSwitch Tech for the Galaxy S6 since it became available on March 20th, 53% are for the more costly sloped screen-toting Edge iteration.

To put that in some kind of context in terms of comparative pricing, the cheapest Galaxy S6 Edge contracts that include a free phone start at £48.50 per month.

If you want the Galaxy S6 on a free-phone deal, though, you’re looking at minimum outlay of £34.50 per month.

That works out at a difference of £336 over the course of a two-year contract. A not inconsiderable sum by anyone’s measure, right?

So what to read into this?

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Apple officially launches smartphone trade–in programme

Swap your old Samsung, BlackBerry and Nokia devices for store credit.

Apple has officially launched a smartphone trade–in programme, weeks after stories emerged about the company’s plans.

The new service lets would-be Apple device owners exchange a series of top–end rival smartphones, either for store credit to go towards a new iPhone, or for cash via a bank transfer.

Handsets Apple receives will be recycled in an eco–friendly manner, something that services such as Envirofone already offer. The programme is open both online and in Apple's high street shops throughout the UK.

We played around with Apple’s site and were offered £108 in store credit for a good condition Sony Xperia Z3 Compact.

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