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wraggster
August 1st, 2015, 20:16
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/b5852a67e66251b174cb70836cd82307/202405239/samsung-galaxy-s6-city-skyline.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/31/samsung-allows-deleting-bloatware-in-china/)
Samsung isn't waiting around for the verdict of a Chinese lawsuit over bloatware (http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/04/china-oppo-samsung-bloatware-lawsuit/) to take action. The company will offer patches in August that let local Android phone owners delete unwanted pre-installed apps on both theGalaxy Note 3 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/30/samsung-galaxy-note-3-review/), the example cited in the suit, as well as more recent phones like the Galaxy S6 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/30/samsung-galaxy-note-3-review/). It's not clear just which apps you can purge, but it's safe to presume that many of the non-essential apps are now eligible.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/07/31/samsung-allows-deleting-bloatware-in-china/