MWC 2015: We're live in Barcelona for Samsung's big Galaxy S6 launch

19.09 Hearing about how secure this phone is. Samsung Knox is on the menu. It's two thumbs up from top government agencies with high standards of mobile standards security - I bet our TechRadar Pro editor Desire Athow is going to have something to say about this.

19.07 To enable security, there's no card information on the phone itself, or with Samsung. It's going to be with Visa, Mastercard and American Express. Starting this summer in US and South Korea.

It will be accepted by 'far and away' more merchants than any other offering. 'Getting mobile payments right'.

I bet Apple isn't bothered... a phone being able to mimic magnetic stripes is confusing. People aren't going to like that.

19.05 Onto payments now: NFC is not universally accepted - it limits you to less than 10% of merchants in the US, for instance. So Samsung Pay lets you pay anywhere that accepts credit, debit or NFC cards.

Can't do chip and pin though, can it?

19.04 The S6 camera is always on, so double click the home button and it turns on in 0.7 seconds.

This is a little worrying - no matter how good the effects are. This phone only has a 2550mAh battery... that efficiency had better be frickin' brilliant.

19.02 Optical image stabilisation is back again - and we're comparing to the iPhone 6 Plus' OIS too. It's a big difference, but making this much of a deal about how much better than the iPhone is dangerous.

There was a comedy moment here when Samsung tried to show that its video HDR mode was super bright compared to the iPhone 6 Plus. Except the video stuttered. Erm....

19.00 Samsung is, once again, excited about its new phone. 'The key challenge is creating a camera that excels in all lighting conditions'.

It's got a really bright f1.9 lens, and that's good. Auto HDR is good. But this is stuff from a couple of years ago Samsung. Although the real time HDR isn't... apart from last year on the S5. Just not on the front.

In fairness, the front and back cameras are the same power in terms of aperture. 5MP on the front, 16MP on the back.

18.59 It's camera time... again. Oh, the quality of it.

18.58 Talking about the non-removable battery - said it resisted as it wanted to make sure it could do it properly, that everyone could charge easily.

And wireless charging - on both standards - is built right in so no matter what cafe you're in you'll be able to charge your phone.

18.57 Samsung has made the industry's fastest charging phone - 10 minutes for up to 4 hours of every day use. Takes half the time of the iPhone 6.

THEY SAID THE iWORD! WHAT.

18.56 A new Gear VR: for both the S6 and S6 Edge. Shame the original won't work with it. You could hear the applause was pretty muted then.

People are grumpy.

18.55 The S6 and S6 Edge have next gen displays, according to old Justin. 77% more pixels than the Galaxy S5! So many pixels! How exciting!

18.53 Justin Denison on stage now to talk about the chipset in the phone - 14nm technology sounds boring, but it means 20% faster performance, and 35% more efficient than the Note 4's chip.

The RAM speed is massively faster, and the new Flash Storage will use less power and be quicker too. It means lag is less likely to happen - although this is Samsung, and I've heard these things before.

18.51 People are clapping a lot here for... well... nothing. This bit is cool though: the Edge, when flipped, will glow on the sides of the screens with a different colour for each of your favourite five contacts. Place your finger on the heart rate sensor and it will send a pre-loaded message.

We suggest 'leave me alone, I don't love you any more'.

18.50 Camera controls now. Labels on the icons is apparently massive. Seems like Samsung has just added words to pictures. Hyun just shouted about that one.

18.49 The lag or juddering is gone, we're hearing. They are a lot faster under the finger, that's true. Samsung's own chip certainly helps inside these phones.

18.48 Hyun Yeul Lee from the UX team is on stage now. Spoiler alert, Samsung is going to pretend its stripped TouchWiz right down. It hasn't really. Just fewer menus, moved icons into text, and flattened icons.

18.46 We're hearing about how amazed people were at Samsung when they heard about the colours on the back. Gorilla Glass 4 is on the scene as well - the toughest in the market, and the metal in the Galaxy S6 is 50% stronger than other phones on the market.

'I know that this phone will not bend'. OMG APPLE ZING.

People are going to bend these phones.

18.45 Payment options through Samsung Pay, an all new VR headset for the phones - but it's good to see that Samsung is just chatting about how good looking the phone is. That's what people need to think about this phone.

18.44 Samsung keeps calling these the most advanced phones in the world. Given the spec list, I'm inclined to agree.

18.41 Here's everything you need to know about the new phones:

• Samsung Galaxy S6 release date, news and features


• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge release date, news and features

18.40 Another interesting move: the S6 and Edge can connect to either wireless charging standard. Nifty.

18.38 JK Shin is holding the curved Edge version, not the S6. That's interesting. He's saying that 'nobody else can match' what Samsung has done.

18.37 There's a massive cacaphony about the new phone on stage now. They just showed the end of the phone. It looks like an iPhone.

The S6 Edge is getting the bigger applause here. And it should. It's a Space Phone.

18.35 He sounds a bit apologetic for what's gone on in the past. 'Some companies set themselves apart in design, some in terms of practicality. People want both.'

Why haven't you done it then, Samsung? Luckily the S6 has actually made the Galaxy range look good.

18.34 JK Shin is on stage - he's telling us that the whole thing is new, that the philosophy at Samsung is amazing. Relentless innovation.

He just made a great joke: "I might not be the best public speaker, but that's because my first language is engineering."

18.30 It's only everything you need to know about the new phones - the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge are here.

• Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S6 review


• Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S6 review

18.29 Wait... what's all this coming?

18.27 We're all pretty clued up on what's going to come in a few minutes - but a few question marks remain. Will it be the S Edge or S6 Edge? Waterproof? MicroSD? Tiny battery? WHO KNOWS.

Probably Samsung, thinking about it.

18.25 T-Minus 5 minutes. Just a cheeky copy and pasted reminder to berate me for the awful coverage over on@superbeav... or @techradar if you want to complain directly to the bosses.

18.18 Those that were here for HTC One M9 live blog will be saddened to know we've not been contacted by Anna Kendrick's people to give her opinion on the new phones.

I've not given up hope though.

The sun is shining, the birds are out, and we're drowning under a pile of smartphones and caffeine tablets in the biggest exhibition hall known to humans. Yes, we're back in Barcelona for MWC 2015.

It's set to be another stonker, but as usual it's Samsung that's trying to steal the headlines. It's gearing up for the launch of the Galaxy S6 and possibly a curvier S6 Edge too.

Expectation are high for the big S, following months of leaks, rumours and speculation surroundings its new phones. Can it deliver a titan flagship for 2015? Will the Edge have, well, the edge over the S6? Does anyone even want three displays?

All of these burning questions are soon to be answered, and we'll be bringing you all the news as it breaks. So keep an eye on this live blog as we'll be updating live from Samsung's Unpacked conference on Sunday March 1 at 17:30 GMT/9:30 PST.

• Everything else going down at MWC 2015 this year (spoiler alert: there's quite a lot)

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