At the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2015), which is now taking place in Barcelona, South Korean company Samsung Electronics has officially unveiled its new flagships – Samsung Galaxy S6 with a regular 5.1-inch Quad HD display and Galaxy S6 edge with a similar resolution, but curved with two sides as in Note 4 Edge (only two sides).
Samsung Galaxy S6 edge
The body of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge is made of glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4) and metal, which houses high-speed cameras (5 MP front and 16 MP main) with fast (F1.9) lenses, HDR support, optical image stabilization system, IR white balance sensor, as well as a quick start function (0.7 sec) of the camera from any screen.
Samsung Galaxy S6
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge support wireless charging with any device that supports WPC and PMA standards, as well as fast wired charging, which is 1.5 times faster than a full charge of the Galaxy S5 and provides about 4 hours of battery life after 10 minutes of charging.
Among the advanced technological solutions used in the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6, it is noted for their small thickness (6.8 mm / 7 mm) and weight (138 g / 132 g), the presence of a new 64-bit processor manufactured using a 14 nm process technology, new models of LPDDR4 RAM and built-in ultra-fast UFS 2.0 memory. In addition, there is a place for hardware support for 1440P / VP9 codecs, and the 5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED displays of new products with a brightness level of 600 cd / m² have the highest pixel density – 577ppi.
In addition, the owners of these devices in the United States will have access to a new mobile payment service Samsung Pay, which uses a combination of security features such as Samsung KNOX, a fingerprint scanner and advanced tokenization. The Samsung Pay service works with payment cards using NFC and MST technologies.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge will be available worldwide starting April 10th this year in versions with 32/64/128 GB of internal memory and in cases with colors in Pearl White, Black Sapphire, Platinum Gold, Blue Topaz ( Galaxy S6 only) and Emerald (Galaxy S6 edge only).
Main technical characteristics of Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge:
- Communication standards support: LTE Cat.6 (300 / 50Mbps)
- Dimensions: 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8mm (Galaxy S6); 142.1 x 70.1 x 7mm (Galaxy S6 edge)
- Weight: 138g (Galaxy S6) 132g (Galaxy S6 edge)
- Processor: eight-core (4×2.1 GHz + 4×1.5 GHz)
- Platform: Android 5.0 Lollipop
- Display: 5.1-inch, Super AMOLED, 2560 × 1440 pixels (for Galaxy S6 edge – curved on both sides)
- Camera: 16 MP with optical image stabilization
- Front camera: 5 MP
- Memory: 3 GB RAM (LPDDR4), 32/64/128 GB internal (UFS 2.0)
- Communications: WiFi: 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac (2.4 / 5 GHz), HT80 MIMO (2 × 2) 620Mbps, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth v4.1 + LE, apt-X, ANT +, USB 2.0, NFC, IrDA (remote control)
- Battery: 2550 mAh (Galaxy S6); 2600 (Galaxy S6 edge)
- Wireless charging support: WPC1.1 (4.6W) and PMA 1.0 (4.2W)
- Other: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Proximity and lighting sensors, Hall sensor, Fingerprint scanner, Heart rate monitor