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Samsung Galaxy S6

Samsung Galaxy S6 First Impressions by Patrick Afschar Kaboli
Samsung Galaxy S6 Smartphone Review by Manuel Masiero

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017

Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Smartphone Review by Daniel Schmidt
#1216 Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa
#820 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
#1480 Samsung Exynos 7880 » 122%
#1063 ARM Mali-T830 MP3 » 130%
3072 MB » 100%
32 GB » 100%
eMMC
5.20-inch » 102%
1920x1080 » 56%
159 g » 115%
146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 » 120%
Wh » 0%
429 Euro » 61%

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

 

Specifications

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 (Galaxy Series)
Processor
Samsung Exynos 7880 8 x 1.9 GHz, A53
Graphics adapter
ARM Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
3 GB 
, LPDDR3
Display
5.20 inch 16:9, 1920 x 1080 pixel 424 PPI, capacitive, Super AMOLED, Corning Gorilla Glass 5, glossy: yes
Storage
32 GB eMMC Flash, 32 GB 
, 20.5 GB free
Connections
1 USB 2.0, Audio Connections: 3.5-mm combo audio jack, Card Reader: micro-SD max. 256 GB (SDHC, SDXC), 1 Fingerprint Reader, NFC, Brightness Sensor, Sensors: accelerometer, proximity sensor, position and g-sensor, digital compass, barometer, Wi-Fi Direct, Ant+
Networking
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/), Bluetooth 4.2, GSM/GPRS/Edge (850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz), UMTS/HSPA+ (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz and AWS), LTE Cat. 7 (FDD: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28; TDD: 38, 40, 41), LTE, GPS
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 7.9 x 146.1 x 71.4 ( = 0.31 x 5.75 x 2.81 in)
Battery
3000 mAh Lithium-Ion, Talk time 3G (according to manufacturer): 16 h
Operating System
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Camera
Primary Camera: 16 MPix (f/1.9, 27mm, autofocus, LED flash, Full HD videos)
Secondary Camera: 16 MPix (f/1.9, 1080p videos)
Additional features
Speakers: mono speaker, Keyboard: virtual, power supply, data cable, headset, quick start guide, Samsung apps, Microsoft apps, Facebook, 24 Months Warranty, USB Type-C, nano-SIM, IP 68 (water and dust resistant), Quick Charge, SAR rate: 0.522W/​kg (head), 1.390W/​kg (body), fanless
Weight
159 g ( = 5.61 oz / 0.35 pounds), Power Supply: 62 g ( = 2.19 oz / 0.14 pounds)
Price
429 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
567
cd/m²		542
cd/m²		530
cd/m²
549
cd/m²		539
cd/m²		525
cd/m²
548
cd/m²		552
cd/m²		527
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 567 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 542.1 cd/m² Minimum: 1.77 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 93 %
Center on Battery: 660 cd/m²
Contrast: ∞:1 (Black: 0 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 1.6 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5
ΔE Greyscale 1.5 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
Gamma: 2.28
ERROR no Specs ID specified in element or header and also no heat ID found in element
ERROR no Specs ID specified in element or header and also no heat ID found in element
No Loudness Data found for specs ID 25033
No Loudness Data found for specs ID 36841
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.
Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0 / 0.14 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 0.64 / 1.36 / 1.4 Watt
Load midlight 2.53 / 3.63 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
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
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
40h 18min
WiFi Websurfing
14h 03min
Big Buck Bunny H.264 1080p
16h 24min
Load (maximum brightness)
7h 47min

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

Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 - 02/07/2017 v6(old)
Redaktion

Chassis
92%
Keyboard
67 / 75 → 89%
Pointing Device
91%
Connectivity
47 / 60 → 79%
Weight
92%
Battery
97%
Display
92%
Games Performance
41 / 63 → 65%
Application Performance
50 / 70 → 71%
Temperature
92%
Noise
100%
Audio
58 / 91 → 64%
Camera
71%
Average
76%
87%
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

Pros

+great screen
+superb design
+super battery life
+water and dust-resistant (IP68)
+expandable storage
+broad wireless mobile network frequency coverage
+USB Type-C
+fast SoC
 

Cons

-no OTG
-USB 2.0 only
-body SAR could be lower
-no dual-SIM
-PWM
-weak system performance
-slow eMMC storage
Peacekeeper : 1292 Points
AndroBench 3-5 Random Write 4KB: 19.9 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Random Write 4KB: 12.13 MB/s » 61%
AndroBench 3-5 Random Read 4KB: 80 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Random Read 4KB: 22.41 MB/s » 28%
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Write 256KB: 138.9 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Write 256KB: 77.1 MB/s » 56%
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Read 256KB: 319 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Read 256KB: 182 MB/s » 57%
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Write 256KB SDCard: 56 MB/s
AndroBench 3-5 Sequential Read 256KB SDCard: 73.7 MB/s
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Physics: 1320 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Physics: 1713 Points » 130%
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics: 1152 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Graphics: 710 Points » 62%
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1): 1186 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1): 816 Points » 69%
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Physics: 1553 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Physics: 1752 Points » 113%
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Graphics: 1492 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Graphics: 1053 Points » 71%
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0: 1505 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0: 1155 Points » 77%
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics: 18649 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics: 13057 Points » 70%
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score: 23193 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics Score: 13314 Points » 57%
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Score: 22002 Points
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Score: 13256 Points » 60%
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics: 1705 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics: 643 Points
3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited: 746 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Physics: 1801 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited Graphics: 1074 Points
3DMark Sling Shot OpenGL ES 3.0 Unlimited: 1180 Points
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Onscreen: 30 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Onscreen: 33 fps » 110%
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Offscreen: 46 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 T-Rex Offscreen: 34 fps » 74%
Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core Score: 5073
Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core Score: 1146
Octane V2 Total Score: 8518 Points
Octane V2 Total Score: 5256 Points » 62%
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Onscreen OGL: 16 fps
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Onscreen OGL: 15 fps » 94%
GFXBench 3.0 1080p Manhattan Offscreen: 22 fps
GFXBench 3.0 1080p Manhattan Offscreen: 15 fps » 68%
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
JetStream 1.1 Total Score: 32.22 Points » 66%
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 475 min
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 843 min » 177%
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 6442 ms*
BaseMark OS II Web: 659 Points
BaseMark OS II Graphics: 1528 Points
BaseMark OS II Memory: 1508 Points
BaseMark OS II System: 2593 Points
BaseMark OS II Overall: 1408 Points
Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal Overall Score: 258 Points
GFXBench 3.1 Manhattan ES 3.1 Onscreen: 9 fps
GFXBench 3.1 Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen: 9.1 fps
WebXPRT 2015 Overall: 89 Points
GFXBench Car Chase Onscreen: 5.2 fps
GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen: 5.2 fps
AnTuTu v6 Total Score: 60603 Points
Geekbench 4.0 Compute RenderScript Score: 2136
Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core Score: 4098
Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core Score: 775
Geekbench 4.4 Compute RenderScript Score: 3002
Geekbench 4.4 Compute OpenCL Score: 3303
Geekbench 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core Score: 4104
Geekbench 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core Score: 773
PCMark for Android Work 2.0 battery life: 681 min
PCMark for Android Work 2.0 performance score: 4060 Points
PCMark for Android Work performance score: 5035 Points
Asphalt 8: Airborne high: 29 fps
Asphalt 8: Airborne very low: 30 fps
Dead Trigger 2 high: 30 fps
Response Times Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80%: 3.6 ms*
Response Times Response Time Black / White: 3.6 ms*
Response Times PWM Frequency: 250 Hz
Loudspeakers Pink Noise: 83 dB(A)
Networking iperf3 receive AX12: 214 MBit/s
Networking iperf3 transmit AX12: 167 MBit/s
* Smaller values are better.
Console
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)