Last Updated on December 6, 2020 by Larious

The identical query pops up each time a brand new gadget is launched, which goes like should I purchase the brand new Galaxy gadget? or the brand new iPhone? Whereas Samsung and Apple essentially the most dominant smartphone producers within the cellphone trade at present, their  lastest flagship gadgets are at all times within the highlight. They’ve the very best options and the large displays screen, cutting-edge technologies and newest functionalities.

Samsung and Apple are frequently pushing the boundaries of what’s attainable with cellular technology, which inadvertently makes it much more troublesome in the case of selection. Samsung and Apple are pioneers of that push, The query still is, which is your preferred gadget?

However how do these gadgets evaluate when it comes to technical specification when thrust collectively in a aspect-by-side comparability? Discover all in this Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge vs iPhone 6s Plus comparability.

Design

The Galaxy S7 Edge is arguably the perfect-looking phone you should buy proper now. With a curve-edged display, rounded edges on the back and a shiny end, it’s one thing particular to behold

It is protected to say that the Galaxy S7 edge is the extra enticing of the 2 phones. It is not essentially the extra lovely, as that is a subjective matter, however Samsung’s new phone simply attracts consideration from afar. Massive part of that is because of the dual-curved ‘edge’ show on the entrance – it not solely appears to be like fancy, but additionally gives the look.

The iPhone 6s Plus is a beacon of premium smartphone design, Lined in aluminum and glass, with Apple’s distinctive camera bump within the prime-left nook of the phone’s rear.

Talking of practicality, neither of the 2 designs is ideal, they each have their strengths and weaknesses.

Display

There’s fairly a spot between the S7 Edge and iPhone 6s Plus displays. The gap is said to the totally different technologies they use, resolution and immersiveness. To begin, the iPhone 6s Plus has top-of-the-line-high quality displays within the enterprise. With a resolution of 1080p and pixel density of 401 ppi, this 5.5 inch display seems nice at viewing media and enjoying video games.

The iPhone 6s plus additionally produces a wealthy and pure coloration palette and will get very vibrant, that means that textual content or different content material is simple to learn in direct daylight. The show additionally homes 3D Touch expertise, permitting you to use various quantities of strain to carry out actions like previewing app content material or making a phone call with fewer steps.

At 5.5 inches, each the Galaxy S7 edge and the iPhone 6s Plus give an similar allowance of display. The place the 2 differ is within the variety of pixels packed inside their respective panels, with the Galaxy S7 edge profitable the race with its 1440 x 2560 (vs 1080 x 1920) resolution.

The S7 Edge, nonetheless, has the large hitter display. The Super AMOLED unit supplies Samsung’s signature saturated colours for a extra vivid, albeit barely unnatural, viewing experience. This Quad HD unit gives a whopping 534 ppi pixel density.

Processor And Memory

The S7 Edge is filled with Snapdragon 820 or Exynos 8890 processor (depending on the place you reside). This provides it blazing efficiency, the Snapdragon 820 variant, which is bought within the US, is a quad-core chip and the Exynos 8890, which is accessible in Europe and different markets.

The S7 edge comes with a 4GB RAM, whereas the iPhone 6s Plus has 2GB of reminiscence. By way of storage, Samsung gives 32 or sixty four gigs proper out of the field, nevertheless it additionally comes with a microSD card slot assist.

The iPhone comes with 16, 64 and 128 GB storage choices however with none microSD help, the iPhone 6s Plus has comparatively underwhelming processing energy by comparability. It packs solely the dual-core A9 processor from Apple and is clocked at 1.84 GHz, which is considerably lower than the S7 Edge, with its twin dual-core processors operating at 2.15 GHz and 1.6 GHz.

The iPhone 6s Plus comes with iOS 9. With a refreshed app switcher, higher picture navigation and extra Highlight search performance, resembling Siri options, Apple’s mobile OS has by no means been extra full. The design of iOS 9 can also be typical fare for the iPhone with its easy, clear interface and easy animations.

The S7 Edge runs Android Marshmallow out-of-the-field. Meaning you’ll have entry to Google’s newest software program enhancements, comparable to battery-saving Doze mode and Google Now on Tap.

Camera

Each the S7 edge and the iphone 6s plus comes with 12MP rear camera, although the S7 edge sounds far more spectacular which ought to end in higher low-mild efficiency. The S7 edge additionally takes benefit of Dual Pixel focusing tech for tremendous-quick autofocus.

Optical picture stabilization is current on each smartphones. The S7 edge front camera has a 5 MP sensor with auto HDR.  The iphone 6s plus front camera has a 5 MP with HDR and panorama modes. You’ll be able to shoot 4K movies with both machine.

Battery

The S7 Edge battery packs in a non-detachable 3600 mAh unit which is bigger than that of the S7. However keep in mind the additional pixels adds to energy. The 6s Plus has a 2750 mAh battery which can also be non-detachable.

The benchmark testing of S7 edge lasted for 7 hours and 18 minutes, whereas the iPhone 6s Plus clocked in at 9 hours and 11 minutes.

FULL SPECIFICATIONS

  Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge      vs      iPhone 6s Plus

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / HSPA / LTE	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
	2G bands	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
			CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
	3G Network	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
			CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
	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(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) – A1634
	Speed	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
	GPRS	Yes	Yes
	EDGE	Yes	Yes

LAUNCH	Announced	2016, February	2015, September
	Status	Available. Released 2016, March	Available. Released 2015, September

BODY	Dimensions	150.9 x 72.6 x 7.7 mm (5.94 x 2.86 x 0.30 in)	158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm (6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
	Weight	157 g (5.54 oz)	192 g (6.77 oz)
	Build	Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
	SIM	Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)	Nano-SIM
		– Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) – IP68 certified – dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes	– Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors	LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	5.5 inches (~76.1% screen-to-body ratio)	5.5 inches (~67.7% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels (~534 ppi pixel density)	1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes	Yes
	Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
		– Always-on display – TouchWiz UI – Curved edge screen	– Force Touch display – Display Zoom

PLATFORM	OS	Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)	iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 9.2.1
	Chipset	Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Exynos 8890 Octa	Apple A9
	CPU	Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo Quad-core 2.3 GHz Mongoose + quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53	Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister
	GPU	Adreno 530 Mali-T880 MP12	PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics)

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) – single-SIM model microSD, up to 200 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) – dual-SIM model	No
	Internal	32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM	16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash	12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
	Features	1/2.6″ sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama	1/3″ sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
	Video	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
	Secondary	5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR	5 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama

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

COMMS	WLAN	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
	Bluetooth	v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X	v4.2, A2DP, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	NFC	Yes	Yes (Apple Pay only)
	Infrared port	No	No
	Radio	No	No
	USB	microUSB v2.0, USB Host	v2.0, reversible connector

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2	Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM	iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5	HTML5 (Safari)
	Java	No	No
		– Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Quick Charge 2.0) – Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) – market dependent – ANT+ support – S-Voice natural language commands and dictation – 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	– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic – Siri natural language commands and dictation – iCloud cloud service – iCloud Keychain – TV-out – Maps – Organizer – Document editor – Photo/video editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3600 mAh battery	Non-removable Li-Po 2750 mAh battery (10.45 Wh)
	Stand-by		Up to 384 h (3G)
	Talk time		Up to 24 h (3G)
	Music play		Up to 80 h

MISC
	Colors	Black, White, Gold, Silver	Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
	SAR US	1.17 W/kg (head)     1.59 W/kg (body)	1.12 W/kg (head)     1.14 W/kg (body)
	SAR EU	0.26 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)	0.93 W/kg (head)     0.98 W/kg (body)
	Price group	9/10	9/10

TESTS	Performance	Basemark OS II: 2107 / Basemark OS II 2.0: 2050 Basemark X: 28480	Basemark OS II 2.0: 2261
	Display	Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 4.439 (sunlight)	Contrast ratio: 1382:1 (nominal), 3.530 (sunlight)
	Camera	Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
	Loudspeaker	Voice 66dB, noise 62dB, ring 66dB	Voice 65dB, noise 65dB, ring 64dB
	Audio quality	Noise -92.5dB / Crosstalk -92.2dB	Noise -93.4dB / Crosstalk -71.1dB
	Battery life	98h endurance rating	85h endurance rating