Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018)

Price Comparison (India)

Rs. 30,999

Manufacturer
Samsung	Samsung
Announced
March 2015	October 2018
Status
Available - April 2015	Available
Price
Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced]	Rs. 30,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald	Caviar Black, Lemonade Blue, Bubblegum Pink
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)	162.5 x 77 x 7.8 mm (6.4 x 3.03 x 0.31 in)
Weight
132 g (4.66 oz)	183 g (6.46 oz)
SIM Type
-	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
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), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
SAR US
1.58 W/kg (head) 1.34 W/kg (body)	- W/kg (head) - W/kg (body)
SAR EU
0.33 W/kg (head) 0.59 W/kg (body)	0.35 W/kg (head) 1.59 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 Samsung Pay
Notification LED
-	Yes

Type
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.1 inches [Similar]	6.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]	1080 x 2220 pixels (392 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.96%	80.45%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)	Android 8.0 (Oreo), planned upgrade to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar]	Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260), Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU
Mali-T760 [Similar]	Adreno 512 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	6/8 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64/128 GB	64/128 GB
External Memory
No	microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

Rear Camera
16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS [Similar]	24 MP + 8 MP + 10 MP + 5 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash	LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama	24 MP, f/1.7, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.9µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.4, 12mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 10 MP f/2.4, 52mm, (telephoto), 1/3.9", 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom 5 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/5.0", 1.12µm, depth sensor Panorama, HDR
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.	2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar]	24 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.9µm HDR, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X	5.0, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser
HTML5	Yes

Internal
32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM	64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No	microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
Supported	Supported