Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced March 2015 September 2015 December 2015
Status Available - April 2015 Available - September 2015 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 53,999 ($794.10) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 192 g (6.77 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) - A1633
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8
LTE
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.12 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.93 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, 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 (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) iOS 9 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652
GPU Mali-T760MP8 - Adreno 510
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64/128 GB 16/64/128 GB 32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Sapphire Crystal Glass, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.5 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.76% 67.51% 75.93%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED Flash Real-tone Flash LED Flash
Features OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Auto focus, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [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, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, 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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host v2.0, reversible connector microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG 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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (11.1 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2550 mAh 2915 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 384 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 23 h (3G) Up to 24 h (3G) -