Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ vs Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Apple iPhone XR

Price Comparison (India)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Apple
Announced August 2015 September 2017 September 2018
Status Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - September 2017 Coming Soon - October 2018
Price Rs. 49,980 ($735.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 74,000 ($799.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 59,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Coral
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 154.4 x 75.8 x 6.9 mm
(6.08 x 2.98 x 0.27 in)
158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm
(6.24 x 3.07 x 0.3 in)
150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3 mm
(5.94 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
Weight 153 g (5.4 oz) 174 g (6.14 oz) 194 g (6.84 oz)
SIM Type - Nano-SIM Nano-SIM and e-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 14(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Curved Edge Screen
- Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1.5 meters and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) iOS 11 iOS 12
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Hexa-core, Apple A11 Bionic Hexa-core, Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Mali-T760MP8 - Apple GPU (4-core graphics)
RAM 4 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 64/256 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory No No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-strengthened glass, Oleophobic Coating IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 5.5 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (518 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 828 x 1792 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 75.73% 67.25% 79.83%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels Dual 12 MP 12 MP
Flash LED Flash Quad-LED (dual Tone) Flash Quad-LED dual-tone flash
Features Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, (f/1.8, 28mm & f/2.8, 56mm), OIS, 2x Optical Zoom, 1/3" Sensor Size @ 28mm, 1/3.6" Sensor Size @ 56mm, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 8MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) f/1.8, 28mm, 1/2.55", 1.4µm, OIS, PDAF, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, Dual-video Rec. 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps 1080p@60fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, Dual Video Call, HDR [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar] 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm, HDR, 1080@60fps [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/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, apt-X 5.0, A2DP, LE 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, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host 3.0, reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No No
USB OTG Supported Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3000 mAh - -
Stand by Up to 288 h - -
Talk Time Up to 25 h - Up to 25 h (3G)