Samsung Galaxy S6 specification and prices
The Galaxy S6 by Samsung was announced on March 2015 and on sale it appeared on April 2015. This device belongs to the middle price range: the lowest Samsung Galaxy S6 price in USA for now is $203.98
The device runs on the most popular operating system on the market for today - Android OS. Galaxy S6 was produced with the already out-of-date for now Android version: 5.0.2 (Lollipop). It means that the device will run most part of the old games and apps and a very few number of the latest ones with this default OS version. The mobile phone is equipped with Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) CPU which provides a perfect performance. The phone has 3 GB RAM which is a big amount of memory.
The Galaxy S6 has great 16 megapixel primary camera. With such camera owner of this device will be able to take high quality photos and videos. 5 megapixel front camera makes Samsung Galaxy S6 a common choice for having selfies. It can film 4K high quality video with its primary camera. 4K is the highest resolution that cell phones support for today.
The cell phone has a rather big 5.1 inch display size. This means that most users will have some difficulties using the phone with one hand. Such display size has significant benefits in compare to the smaller one: it's more convenient for making photos, better for playing games and perfect for browsing the web.
Galaxy S6 has non-removable Li-Ion 2550 mAh battery, that will provide about 17 hours of talk time and up to 49 hours of playing music. It is satisfactory battery life results.
The mobile phone's weight is 138 grams (4.87 oz), it is 143.4 mm (5.65 in) high, 70.5 mm (2.78 in) wide and has a 6.8 mm (0.27 in) depth what means that this phone is thin.
You can buy Galaxy S6 in White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum or Blue Topaz colors.
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- 2015, March
- Available. Released 2015, April
- Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
- Exynos 7420 Octa
- Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
- Mali-T760MP8
- 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, OIS, autofocus, LED flash
- 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR
- 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
- 1/2.6" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama
- 5.1 inches
- 1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4 - TouchWiz UI
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2550 mAh battery
- About 17 h
- About 49 h
- 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm (5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
- 138 g (4.87 oz, 0.3 lb)
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Nano-SIM
- White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz
- 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
- No
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- v4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- Yes
- Yes
- No
- microUSB v2.0, USB Host
- Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
- HTML5
- No
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - G920T - G920A
- LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850) - G920F LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700) - G920T LTE band 1(2100)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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