Samsung Galaxy S6

Overview

4G Based Flagship Device Backed By Great Features

Samsung Galaxy S6 is a flagship device announced by the company in November, 2014. It is likely to be expensive and is available in 4 different shades. It comes with a great design, super sharp screen and fast camera with good low light. The box contents include charger, headset, battery, USB cable, user manual and warranty card. Let's get in to the details discussed below.

Display and Dimensions

It flaunts a 5.1-inch super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen having 2560x1440 pixels resolution which leads to a pixel density of 577 ppi. This multi-touch device shows off a color depth of 16 million. It also features a coating of Corning Gorilla Glass 4 which ensures that your handset remain scratch-less. The smartphone has a length of 143.4 mm, a width of 70.5 mm and a thickness of 6.8 mm. It weighs at 138 grams. It comes loaded with accelerometer sensor, compass sensor, gyro sensor and proximity sensor. The power button is located in the center of the right-hand side of the handset, above the pin and socket type SIM tray, and the volume controls are situated at the left side. The top has the IR sender and a wee microphone hole.

Processor and Operating System

The Galaxy S6 is powered by a octa-core processor with four Cortex-A57 cores ticking at 2.1 GHz and four Cortex-A53 "efficiency" cores at 1.5 GHz. It is assembled with Exynos 7420 chipset and Mali-T760 GPU. It is paired with 3 GB RAM. It works on latest version of Android i.e. v5.0.2 (Lollipop) operating system.

Camera and Storage

In the photography department, it has a 16 MP auto-focus rear camera with an aperture of 1.9. The additional imaging options of the device include LED flash, touch focus, optical image stabilization and panorama. It is able to record 2160p videos at 30 frames per second. On the other side, it has 5 MP front camera that also comes with an aperture of f/1.9, which makes it a perfect device to take low-light selfies. You can do enjoy dual video calls through this front shooter and also can record 1080p videos at 30 frames per second. In terms of memory, it comes packed with 32/64/128 GB memory options without any microSD slot.

Connectivity and Battery

It comes packed with connectivity options including Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X, Wi-Fi direct, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual band Wi-Fi direct, hotspot and GPS with A-GPS GLONASS. The device runs on non-removable Li-Ion 2550 mAh battery which is rated to deliver a good talktime as well as standby time through which you can enjoy long talks and also can play games comfortably.

Shades and Price

The Samsung Galaxy S6 is available in 4 color options including Black Sapphire, White Pearl, Blue Topaz and Gold Platinum. It is expected to be priced under INR 40,000-50,000.