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Samsung Galaxy S6

Samsung Galaxy S6 First Impressions by Patrick Afschar Kaboli
Samsung Galaxy S6 Smartphone Review by Manuel Masiero
#1217 Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa
#821 ARM Mali-T760 MP8
3072 MB
32 GB
USF 2.0
5.10-inch
2560x1440
138 g
143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8
10 Wh
700 Euro

Specifications

Samsung Galaxy S6 (Galaxy Series)
Processor
Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa 8 x 2.1 GHz, Cortex-A57/-A53
Graphics adapter
ARM Mali-T760 MP8
Memory
3 GB 
Display
5.10 inch 16:9, 2560 x 1440 pixel, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Super-AMOLED, 16 million colors, glossy: yes
Storage
32 GB UFS 2.0 Flash, 32 GB 
, 25 GB free
Connections
1 USB 2.0, 1 Infrared, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm stereo jack, 1 Fingerprint Reader, Sensors: Movement sensor, light sensor, proximity sensor, barometer, heart rate monitor, A-GPS, GLONASS, Wireless charging (Qi)
Networking
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/), Bluetooth 4.1, LTE Cat.6 (300/50 Mbps)
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 6.8 x 143.4 x 70.5 ( = 0.27 x 5.65 x 2.78 in)
Battery
10 Wh Lithium-Ion, 2550 mAh
Operating System
Android 5.0 Lollipop
Camera
Webcam: Rear: 16 MP OIS, Front: 5 MP
Additional features
Speakers: one speaker at the back, Keyboard: Virtual, USB cable, modular power adaptor, headphones, quick-start guide, 24 Months Warranty
Weight
138 g ( = 4.87 oz / 0.3 pounds), Power Supply: 25 g ( = 0.88 oz / 0.06 pounds)
Price
700 Euro
Links
Samsung homepage
Samsung notebook section

 

368
cd/m²		338
cd/m²		328
cd/m²
366
cd/m²		335
cd/m²		333
cd/m²
365
cd/m²		339
cd/m²		333
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 368 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 345 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 89 %
Center on Battery: 335 cd/m²
Contrast: ∞:1 (Black: 0 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.51 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 2.59 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
Gamma: 2.43
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Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0 / 0.1 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 0.4 / 0.6 / 1.2 Watt
Load midlight 5 / 6.8 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Voltcraft VC 940
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
21h 40min
WiFi Surfing
9h 35min
WiFi Websurfing (Chrome 39.0.2171.93)
7h 55min
Load (maximum brightness)
4h 38min

Samsung Galaxy S6 - 04/07/2015 v4(old)
Redaktion

Chassis
90%
Keyboard
77 / 75 → 100%
Pointing Device
94%
Connectivity
50 / 60 → 83%
Weight
93%
Battery
93%
Display
91%
Games Performance
68 / 63 → 100%
Application Performance
62 / 70 → 89%
Temperature
92%
Noise
100%
Audio
65 / 91 → 71%
Camera
90%
Average
82%
91%
Smartphone - Weighted Average

Pros

+Very sharp display
+High build quality
+LTE Cat.6
+Very high system performance
+Excellent camera
+Supports wireless charging
+Fingerprint reader
 

Cons

-No microSD slot
-Battery not replaceable
Peacekeeper : 1292 Points
AndroBench 3-5 Random Write 4KB: 19.9 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Random Read 4KB: 80 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Write 256KB: 138.9 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Read 256KB: 319 MB/s
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Physics: 1320 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics: 1152 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1): 1186 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Physics: 1553 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Graphics: 1492 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0: 1505 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics: 18649 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score: 23193 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Score: 22002 Points
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Onscreen: 30 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Offscreen: 46 fps
Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core Score: 5073
Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core Score: 1146
Octane V2 Total Score: 8518 Points
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Onscreen OGL: 16 fps
GFXBench 3.0 1080p Manhattan Offscreen: 22 fps
AnTuTu v5 Total Score: 60804 Points
Sunspider 1.0 Total Score: 546 ms*
Browsermark 2.1: 2472 points
WebXPRT 2013 Overall: 599 Points
JetStream 1.1 Total Score: 49.19 Points
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 475 min
* Smaller values are better.
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)