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Samsung Galaxy S6 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S6
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S7
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29
4.5 out of 5
17 user ratings
5 stars
70 %
4 stars
23 %
3 stars
5 %
2 stars
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4.4 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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4.5 out of 5
16 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
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User rating
39
4.0 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
46 %
3 stars
25 %
2 stars
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37
3.9 out of 5
37 user ratings
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24 %
4 stars
48 %
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4.1 out of 5
42 user ratings
5 stars
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.0Android 5.0Android 6.0
CPU clock speed2.1 GHz
N/A
2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core6-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos Octa 7420
N/A
Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
GPU modelARM Mali-T760
N/A
ARM Mali-T880 MP12
RAM memory3 GB2 GB4 GB

Display

Screen size5.1 in5.5 in5.1 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
Number of colors16.7M
N/A
16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px
TechnologySuper AMOLEDSuper AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Pixel density576.0 ppi401.0 ppi576.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
Dual screen supportyes
N/A
no
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yes
HDRno
N/A
no
Multi touchyesyesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.6"
N/A
1/2.6"
Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f
N/A
1.7 f
Video recordingyes
N/A
yes
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps
N/A
240.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyes
N/A
yes
Digital zoomyes
N/A
yes
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
yes
Panoramayesyesyes
Slow-Moyes
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyesyes
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
Automatic
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Lens aperture
N/A
N/A
F/1.7
Light source
N/A
N/A
LED flash

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
N/A
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
Memory card readernoyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB
N/A
200GB
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slotmicroSD
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
Black
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Pink
  • Pink/gold
  • Platinum gold
  • Silver
  • Titanium
  • White
  • White pearl
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Metal
Water resistantno
N/A
yes
Shock resistantno
N/A
no
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
yes

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
yes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometeryesyesyes
Hearth rate monitoryes
N/A
yes
ANT+yes
N/A
yes
Pedometer
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportno
N/A
yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIM
N/A
Nano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyes
N/A
yes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.14.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
Bluetooth codec
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connection
  • USB
  • Wireless
N/A
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.0
N/A
2.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputMHL
N/A
No
Type of USB connector
N/A
Micro-USBMicro-USB

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • TDD-LTE
Navigation systemGLONASSGPS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • GPS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyes
N/A
yes
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyesyes
LTE frequencies
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2500 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink

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