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Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Sony Xperia M5

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
June 2015 August 2015
Status
Available - June 2015 Available - August 2015
Price
Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Yes Black, White, Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
Weight
138 g (4.87 oz) 142.5 g (5.01.0.18 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5603, E5653
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E5606
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5603
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5606
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5653
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,
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Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.1 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.76% 65.89%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar] Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-T760 [Similar] PowerVR G6200 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 200 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels [Similar] 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936 [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video
2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 200 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2550 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 671 h (2G)
Up to 656 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 23 h (3G) Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)
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