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Samsung Galaxy S6 Mobile Phone
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Android 8.1Android 4.4Android 5.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz2.36 GHz2.5 GHz2.1 GHz
CPU cores6-core8-coreQuad-core8-core
CPU modelApple A11 BionicHuawei HiSilicon Kirin 970Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084Samsung Exynos Octa 7420
RAM memory3 GB6 GB2 GB3 GB
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-G72 MP12Qualcomm Adreno 420ARM Mali-T760

Display

Screen size5.5 in6.1 in5.1 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyesyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1080 x 1920 px1080 x 2240 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
AMOLEDSuper AMOLEDSuper AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi408.0 ppi432.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coating
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
Dual screen supportnonoyesyes
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyesyes
HDRyesnonono
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/3"1/1.7"1/2.6"1/2.6"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx40.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Resolution (second camera)12.0 Mpx20.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)F/2.8F/1.6
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px3840 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)240.0 fps960.0 fps30.0 fps120.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyesyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyesyesyesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
2.2 f1.9 f
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Face detectionBody and face detection
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Night Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Voice control
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution7.0 Mpx24.0 Mpx2.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Face detectionBody and face detection
N/A
yesyes
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2F/2.0
N/A
N/A
Light sourceRetina Flash
N/A
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
128 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernonoyesno
Maximum card storage
N/A
N/A
128GB128GB
Types of memory card supported
N/A
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slot

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Midnight blue
  • Purple
  • Twilight
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantyesyesyesno
Shock resistantnononono
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Dimensions

Height6.24 in6.1 in5.59 in5.65 in
Width3.07 in2.91 in2.85 in2.78 in
Depth0.3 in0.31 in0.32 in0.27 in
Weight7.13 oz6.35 oz5.11 oz4.87 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyesyes
Fingerprintyesyesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyesyesyes
Barometeryes
N/A
yesyes
Pedometer
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
N/A
yesyes
ANT+
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportno
  • no
  • yes
nono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMMicro-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednonoyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyesyes
Bluetooth version5.04.24.04.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
  • aptX HD
  • aptX
  • LDAC
  • SBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyesyes
Charging connection
  • Lightning
  • USB
USBUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
Headphone connection3.5 mm
N/A
3.5 mm3.5 mm
Video outputNoDisplayPort over USB-CMHLMHL
USB version
N/A
3.0/3.1
3.0/3.1
2.0
Type of USB connector
N/A
USB Type-C
N/A
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesyesyes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • DC-HSDPA
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
HSPA+HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • Galileo
  • QZSS
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
GLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyesyes
4G LTEyesyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
LTE frequencies
N/A
N/A
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspot
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Replaceable batterynonoyesno
Battery typeLithium ionLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity2670.0 mAh4000.0 mAh2800.0 mAh2550.0 mAh
Standby time38.0 h421.0 h390.0 h
N/A
Talk time21.0 h22.0 h21.0 h17.0 h
Fast chargingyesyesyesyes
Wireless charging yesnoyesyes
Wireless charging standard
  • QI
  • Qi
N/A
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
Fast charging standard
N/A
Huawei SuperCharge
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge

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