On Wednesday morning, Samsung's two new phones arrived at my desk. The Galaxy S6 and S6 edge are two of the most anticipated, most important devices of the year. They represent an entirely new design direction from Samsung, with glass and carefully machined aluminum where there was once dimpled plastic that looked a lot like a Band-Aid. They're Samsung's attempt to keep up with the iPhone, which has entered the big-phone market with no subtlety and lots of success. They're almost certainly going to be enormously popular.

The two S6 models go on sale on April 10th, and they'll be available on all four major carriers in the US—and many more besides. Off-contract pricing isn't available yet, but a 32GB version of the S6 will cost you $22.84 per month over two years on AT&T's Next upgrade plan. That's slightly under $550 in all. The Edge, at $27.17 per month, works out to about $100 more over the course of your contract. The numbers are slightly different for other carriers, but the Edge seems to always be about $100 more expensive.