Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Samsung Galaxy A8

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced September 2014 March 2015 July 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 176 g (6.21 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, 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

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Mali-T760 Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32/64/128 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.1 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.32% 70.66% 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - 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 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash LED Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 2550 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -