Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced March 2015 September 2015 December 2015
Status Available - April 2015 Available - September 2015 Available - February 2016
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 53,999 ($794.10) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 25,900 ($380.88) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) - A1633
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.12 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.93 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) iOS 9 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9 Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580 Octa
GPU Mali-T760 - Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Sapphire Crystal Glass, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.5 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.66% 67.51% 74.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash Real-tone Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host v2.0, reversible connector microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (11.1 Wh) Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2550 mAh 2915 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - Up to 384 h (3G) Up to 78 h
Talk Time - Up to 24 h (3G) Up to 17 h (3G)