Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Advantages, Disadvantages, Price & Specificaions

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

Before you to buySamsung Galaxy S6 edge should first check the advantages, disadvantages, price and specifications below.

Advantages of Samsung Galaxy S6 edge:

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge comes with latest Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop).
It offers 5.1-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors, Multitouch, Curved edge screen and TouchWiz UI.
It provides 3 GB RAM and Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 processor with multitouch feature.
It has an internal memory of 32/64/128 GB and no expandable memory supported.
It supports Nano-SIM feature with Finger print sensor.
Device back body is built with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel.
It has an affordable weight of 132 g.
It has Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection which is very useful to protect your screen and with curved edge screen.
Comes with 16 MP rear camera with LED flash and 5 MP front facing camera and comes with additional features like optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama, dual video call, Auto HDR
It has excellent ppi pixel density of 577 ppi which makes your screen much clear as it is of 5.1 inch display.
It has an additional feature like wireless charging and is market dependent.
It supports ANT + feature which is pretty useful.
It supports additional features like S-Voice natural language commands and dictation, Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll, Air gestures
It has sharp video recording of 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps to record HD videos.
Supports almost all connectivities like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB, 3G, 4G, NFC
It is loaded with many messaging apps and internet options, Document viewer, photo/video editor etc.
It has a OneDrive inbuilt and gets 115 GB cloud storage.
It is available in different color variants like White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz.
It offers various sensors like Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
Built with quality peripherals.
Performance is superb without any lags.
Design has improved a lot compared to previous Samsung Flagship smartphones and looks premium.
It has MST Mobile payment support.

Disadvantages of Samsung Galaxy S6 edge:

It is a Non-removable battery device.
No expandable memory supported.
No FM Radio available.
Battery capacity need to be improved as it is of 5.1 inch display.
It is not water and dust proof.

Price: $977(USA)

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Specificaions

NETWORK Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH Announced 2015, March
Status Available. Released 2015, April

BODY Dimensions 142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
Weight 132 g (4.66 oz)
Build Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
SIM Nano-SIM
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

DISPLAY Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches (~71.7% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~577 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
- TouchWiz UI
- Curved edge screen

PLATFORM OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Exynos 7420
CPU Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57
GPU Mali-T760MP8

MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM

CAMERA Primary 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, Auto HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec., check quality
Secondary 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR

SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC Yes
Infrared port Yes
Radio No
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host

FEATURES Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
- Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) - market dependent
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Smart stay
- OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage)
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor

BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
Stand-by Talk time Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play Up to 50 h

MISC Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald
SAR US 1.58 W/kg (head) 1.34 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.33 W/kg (head) 0.59 W/kg (body)
Price group 9/10 (About 710 EUR)

TESTS Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1750 / Basemark X: 27046
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.124 (sunlight)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 73dB
Audio quality Noise -95.6dB / Crosstalk -95.7dB
Battery life Endurance rating 73h