Samsung Galaxy S6 to let you remove preinstalled apps

From CNET: Buy a Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, and you apparently won't be stuck with the all apps that come with it.

Screenshots of the upcoming Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone posted late last week on the XDA Developers forum show that you can uninstall or disable preinstalled apps that in the past would have resisted removal. The three images show several apps already disabled and deletion symbols for such Samsung apps as S Health and S Voice and several Google apps, including YouTube, Gmail, Google+ and even the Google Play Store.

The new smartphones are set for release in several countries on April 10.

Samsung's past Galaxy phones have been criticized for including a large number of apps -- often dubbed bloatware by critics -- that cannot be uninstalled. The company tried to cut down on the number of such apps with its Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6. But you'll still find preloaded apps that you may not want on your Android OS phone.

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