After seeing the specs differences between Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 and Apple’s iPhone 6S, we now take a look and compare the bigger siblings of the two against each other. Here’s our specs comparison for the Galaxy S7 Edge and the iPhone 6S Plus.
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge | Apple iPhone 6S Plus |
---|---|
5.5-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD display | 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display |
2560 x 1440 resolution | 1920 x 1080 resolution |
Corning Gorilla Glass 4 reinforcement | Ion-X reinforcement |
64-bit Samsung Exynos 8890 octa-core CPU | 64-bit Apple A9 dual-core CPU |
4GB RAM | 2GB RAM |
32GB, 64GB internal storage | 16GB, 64GB, 128GB internal storage |
Expandable up to 200GB via microSD | Not expandable |
12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone, dual LED, f/1.7 | 12MP iSight BSI camera w/ 1.22µ pixels, OIS, dual-tone flash |
Dual SIM, dual LTE hybrid (2nd SIM tray is for microSD) | Single SIM, LTE Advanced, VoLTE |
5 megapixel front-facing camera with F/1.7 aperture | 5MP BSI front camera w/ Retina Flash |
WiFi 802.11ac | WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, MIMO |
Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
NFC | Apple Pay |
Fast Wireless Charging, Fingerprint Scanner, Heart-Rate Sensor | Fingerprint Scanner |
IP68 rating | No rating |
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with TouchWiz | iOS 9 |
3,600mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery | 2,750mAh non-removable battery |
Black and Gold | Silver, Space Gray, Gold, Rose Gold |
Summary of Advantages
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge:
- Quad HD resolution
- Twice the RAM at 4GB
- Expandable memory up to 200GB
- Dual SIM
- Fast Wireless Charging
- Heart-Rate Sensor
- IP68 rating
- Bigger battery capacity
Apple iPhone 6S:
- Up to 128GB internal storage
- Better connectivity
- More color options
Just like in our previous comparison of their smaller variants, there are aspects (like processor, front and rear cameras) that are subjective and would be needed to test in real-life usage, the Galaxy S7 Edge proved to have beefier specs than the iPhone 6S Plus when it comes to components alone. Through this comparison, we also see that this 2016 flagship now has more bells-and-whistles to offer its users compared to the 2015 flagship from Apple.
Stay tuned to see how well the Galaxy S7 Edge would perform when we get ourselves a unit to review.
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pathetic iphone. Iphone is dead in terms of “real innovation”.
Iphone playing catch up as usual. But when they finally launch Iphone 7 to just match the S7, people will hail it as “ground breaking”. :p