Samsung's been working hard to improve its smartphone hardware lately, but its software can still prove aggravating. Sure, the company's handsets tend to be powerful and feature packed, but TouchWiz is rather bloated, taking up a lot of storage space and even eating up memory, hurting performance in the process.

Thankfully that could all be about to change with the Samsung Galaxy S6, as an "industry source" speaking to Business Korea claimed that "we are aiming to get rid of unnecessary functions and simplify our UI at the level of Google's Nexus 6."

Reducing bloat is one thing but stripping it down to Nexus 6 levels seems somewhat unlikely, since that phone runs stock Android. Still, we hope it's true, as that could drastically improve the software experience of Samsung's phones, though fans of the company's more niche software features like Smart Scroll may be disappointed if they end up being classed as "unnecessary functions".

Coming very soon

In other Galaxy S6 news a source speaking to Seoulfn.com reports that Samsung will begin mass producing the phone in February and while most of the world will probably have to wait till March to get their hands on it, the Galaxy S6 may go on sale in South Korea as soon as next month.

The source also mentions things we've heard about before, like a metal body and a dual edge screen, as well as stating that a new type of surface treatment technology will be implemented on the phone's case, but what impact that will have has not been revealed.

With CES out the way the road is clear for MWC 2015 and the Galaxy S6, so expect many more leaks and rumours in the coming weeks.

• Take a look at what might be the S6's metal frame.