Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Samsung Galaxy A40 vs Samsung Galaxy A54

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 March 2019 March 2023
Status Available - April 2015 Coming Soon - April 2019 Coming Soon - March 2023
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 38,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz Black, White, Blue, Coral Lime, Graphite, Violet, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
144.3 x 69.1 x 7.9 mm
(5.68 x 2.72 x 0.31 in)
158.2 x 76.7 x 8.2 mm
(6.23 x 3.02 x 0.32 in)
Weight 138 g (4.87 oz) - 202 g (7.13 oz)
SIM Type - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM, eSIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 26, 28, 32, 38, 40, 41, 66
5G Network - - 1, 3, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - International
SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - USA
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.69 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 13
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7885 Octa (14 nm) Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 1380 (5 nm)
GPU Mali-T760 Mali-G71 Mali-G68 MP5
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 64 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
1000 nits (HBM)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.9 inches 6.4 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi) 1080 x 2280 pixels (428 ppi) 1080 x 2340 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.66% 86.97% 82.74%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 16 MP + 5 MP 50 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 16 MP, f/2.0, PDAF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm, (ultrawide)
Panorama, HDR
50 MP, f/1.8, (wide), PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 720p@480fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 25 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps HSPA, LTE-A, 5G
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.3, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0, OTG
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 25W
Capacity 2550 mAh 3100 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -