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Both Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. accept taken the smartphone bazaar by storm -- anniversary with not aloof one device, but two.
Apple appear the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in September. Both accessories affection the bigger screens anytime on Apple smartphones, but the iPhone 6 Plus is Apple’s aboriginal phablet: A cantankerous amid a book and a smartphone. Its added ample affectation absorbed abroad abounding phablet admirers that alone ashore with their Samsung or added Android smartphones because those were the alone phablet options.
Samsung appear the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge aftermost Friday. Both accessories accommodate some of the best avant-garde hardware, software and casework blueprint anytime featured on a Samsung smartphone, but the Galaxy S6 Edge is currently the alone smartphone on the bazaar to affection a dual-curved display. It has the abeyant to allure consumers who appetite to comedy with the latest technology available.
Recent letters accept compared the Galaxy S6 Edge to the iPhone 6 Plus, acquainted while the Galaxy S6 Edge is added big-ticket for Samsung to make, the iPhone 6 Plus is added big-ticket for consumers to purchase. But will bulk amount to consumers aback both accessories are acutely expensive?
If you can’t adjudge amid the Galaxy S6 Edge and the iPhone 6 Plus, booty a attending at our allegory to advice you accomplish a choice.
Display
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge appearance a 5.1-inch Quad HD (1440x2560) resolution affectation with a standout feature, a dual-edge affectation that wraps about anniversary ancillary of the device. Samsung uses the Gorilla Bottle 4 console by Corning to awning its cool high-resolution display. Gorilla Bottle 4 is declared to be alert as able as the Gorilla Bottle 3 panels acclimated on best added smartphones on the bazaar today. However, bead tests accept apparent the arced edges of the S6 Edge are decumbent to ballyhoo if the accessory is alone at an angle.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus appearance a 5.5-inch Retina HD (1920x1080) resolution display. Due to its awning size, the iPhone 6 Plus is currently Apple’s aboriginal and alone phablet. While phablets are growing in popularity, they abide an acquired taste. Some may acquisition a ample accessory like the iPhone 6 Plus difficult to authority or handle; however, software appearance like Reachability acquiesce users to move and acclimatize the adjustment of applications and browsers on their screens to accomplish the 6 Plus easier to use with one hand.
Processor
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Samsung has taken a cue from Apple by application its own octa-core Exynos 7420 dent in all models of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (and Galaxy S6). In the past, Samsung has collaborated with Qualcomm to accommodate the majority of applications processors for best of its devices. But with the Exynos 7420 chip, Samsung stands to save money by not accepting to pay an alfresco supplier for its components. It additionally has the befalling to differentiate itself from the added Android smartphone-makers that use Qualcomm chips for their devices.
Samsung claims the Exynos 7420 is 30 percent to 35 percent added power-efficient than added chips now accustomed on the market. The Exynos 7420 is additionally optimized to accomplish the array in the Galaxy S6 Edge aftermost best and allegation faster.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus appearance Apple’s dual-core A8 processor. Apple claims its dent is 25 percent faster and 50 percent added ability able than its antecedent A7 chip, actuate in earlier articles like the iPhone 5s and iPad Air.
Design
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Users of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will actuate accepting the amend to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) starting Feb. 15. Photo: Samsung
The Galaxy S6 Edge is outfitted with a metal and bottle exterior, which is a new affection for Samsung and has been well-received. Consumers accept already acclaimed Samsung for the architecture of the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone and its A alternation devices. The Galaxy S6 Edge is one of Samsung’s aboriginal accessories (along with the Galaxy S6) to absolutely do abroad with Samsung’s acceptable polycarbonate artificial casings and affection an about absolutely bottle case with metal trim.
Samsung says the metal on the Galaxy S6 Edge is 50 percent stronger than the metal on added high-end smartphones, acquainted it won’t bend beneath pressure. However, pundits such as SquareTrade Labs accept activated the Galaxy S6 Edge for bendability and apparent the accessory aeroembolism beneath 110 pounds of pressure, the aforementioned force that can bend an iPhone 6 Plus. However, no Galaxy S6 Edge owners accept appear accepting their handsets bend with accustomed use.
The Galaxy S6 Edge comes in white, atramentous and gold in the U.S., with a blooming blush advantage additionally accessible globally.
iPhone 6 Plus
Apple's iPhone 6 Plus has accurate abnormally accustomed in Asian countries. Photo: Reuters
Apple alien a absolutely new architecture with the iPhone 6 Plus (and iPhone 6). In accession to authoritative the accessory bigger, it advantaged a architecture with added angled corners over the boxlike designs of earlier iPhones. Instead of a bottle aback panel, Apple fabricated the iPhone about absolutely out of metal, giving the actual a matte finish.
The iPhone 6 Plus is abominable for the “bendgate” abortion that occurred on its absolution in September. Some users actuate the accessory would bend if they placed it in a aback abridged and sat down. However, there haven’t been any bendgate complaints aback the antecedent reports.
The iPhone 6 Plus comes in white, gold and amplitude gray (black) blush options.
Battery
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge includes a 2,600 mAh non-removable battery, which Samsung claims allows for as abundant as 26 hours of allocution time on a 3G network, 13 hours of video play, 58 hours of music comedy and 10 hours of 3G Internet use, 12 hours of LTE Internet use and 13 hours of Wi-Fi Internet use.
The Galaxy S6 Edge additionally includes a fast-charging technology that allows the accessory to accretion four hours of array activity with a 10-minute charge. The accessory can additionally allegation from 0-to-100 in bisected the time of an iPhone 6, Samsung claims.
The Galaxy S6 Edge additionally includes congenital wireless charging technology, acceptation there is no allegation for added accessories to accredit wireless charging, like appropriate cases. The technology is accordant with the two top wireless charging standards -- Wireless Ability Consortium and Ability Matters Alliance -- so users will be able to allegation their accessories wherever a charging pad is available, such as cafes, restaurants and offices. The Galaxy S6 Edge additionally accuse via a USB 2.0 adapter.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus includes a 2,915 mAh non-removable battery, which Apple claims allows for as abundant as 24 hours of allocution time on a 3G network, 14 hours of video play, 80 hours of music comedy and 12 hours of 3G Internet use, 12 hours of LTE Internet use and 12 hours of Wi-Fi Internet use.
The iPhone 6 Plus is answerable via a USB 2.0 enabled lightning charger.
Camera
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge appearance a 16-megapixel rear camera with optical angel stabilization and a 5-megapixel advanced camera. The rear camera includes an f/1.9 breach lens, which lets in added ablaze than the lenses on earlier Galaxy models, acceptance for bluff photos. Real-time HDR and low-light attempt appearance additionally enhance account taking. Samsung claims Galaxy S6 Edge is above at demography low-light photos than the iPhone 6 Plus.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus appearance an 8-megapixel rear camera with optical angel stabilization and 1.2-megapixel advanced camera. The camera includes an f/2.2 breach lens, which is a camera standard. The iPhone 6 Plus includes optical angel stabilization, which helps users booty images with beneath blur, while the iPhone 6 does not. Apple included appearance such as apathetic motion and time blooper on the iPhone 6 Plus camera app.
Software
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge appearance the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating arrangement by Google. The latest adaptation includes appearance such as the Actual Architecture interface, which makes the arrangement simpler and easier to navigate.
Samsung has additionally bankrupt up its own TouchWiz user interface, which appearance simple colors that are associated with altered applications. Pages for the buzz app are accent in green, pages for the video app are accent in amethyst and pages for the contacts app are accent in orange. Additionally, Samsung has switched from icons to argument for bigger acceptance on abounding applications.
Improving on its aegis software, Samsung has partnered with BlackBerry to accommodate Samsung’s Knox software with BlackBerry’s WorkLife and SecuSUITE.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus appearance the iOS 8 operating system, which has appearance including third-party keyboards, alternate notifications, Blow ID development, and updates to spotlight, mail, letters and added applications.
Memory and Storage
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge includes 3GB of RAM and 32GB, 64GB and 128GB centralized accumulator options. Like abounding Android smartphone-makers, Samsung put ample amounts of RAM in its devices. Higher RAM, or accidental admission anamnesis capacities generally advice smartphones run faster.
Samsung has additionally added the bulk of long-tem centralized accumulator in the Galaxy S6 Edge afterwards chief not to accord the smartphone a disposable aback like earlier Galaxy devices. Now users can’t aggrandize accumulator accommodation on their own, but they do get added anamnesis out of the box.
The 32GB Galaxy S6 Edge has about 23GB of accumulator accessible the users, with 9GB of the absolute accumulator activity to the operating arrangement and preinstalled software. But abounding of Samsung’s earlier smartphones alpha at 16GB of centralized storage, and users alone had about bisected of the device’s absolute accumulator accessible for claimed use.
The 32GB advantage is applicable for abounding users, but those who are borderline ability appetite to accede the 64GB option.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus includes 1GB of RAM and 16GB, 64GB and 128GB centralized accumulator options. Abounding accuse Apple has not added its RAM capaciy in several devices, but the smartphone-maker says the iPhone 6 Plus is optimized so it doesn’t allegation as abundant RAM.
The iPhone 6 Plus starts at 16GB of centralized storage, but its abutting bank offers three times the amplitude for $100 more. The iOS 8 operating arrangement takes up about 3GB absolute memory, abrogation users with about 13GB for their own use. This is a appropriate capacity, but it can ample up calmly with photos and music. For this reason, the 64GB advantage may be the best applicable advantage for best users.
Network/Connectivity
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is accordant with 2G, 3G and 4G LTE networks and is powered by a distinct arrangement SIM card.
Its connectivity appearance accommodate the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth standards, USB 2.0, GPS and Glonass area technology and a 3.5mm Stereo jack.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus is accordant with 2G, 3G and 4G LTE networks and is powered by a distinct arrangement SIM card.
Its connectivity appearance accommodate the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth standards, USB 2.0, GPS, Glonass and iBeacon area technology and a 3.5mm Stereo jack.
Sensors
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
Sensors on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge accommodate an Accelerometer, Barometer, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, HR Sensor, Ablaze Sensor and Proximity Sensor.
The Galaxy S6 Edge additionally includes an adapted Finger Scanner sensor, which works added like the Blow ID fingerprint sensor on the iPhone. Samsung’s old sensor acclimated a bash motion on the home button on a accordant smartphone to actuate the fingerprint sensor.
The new sensor on the Galaxy S6 Edge works aback users blow their fingers to the home button at any angle. This allows for easier activation of appearance and casework affiliated to the fingerprint sensor.
iPhone 6 Plus
Sensors on the iPhone 6 Plus accommodate a Barometer, Three-axis gyro, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient ablaze sensor and the Blow ID fingerprint sensor.
Services
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge includes the Samsung Pay system. The system, developed by Samsung’s new accessory Loop Pay, is accordant with the alluring strips on acclaim cards as able-bodied as with near-field advice acquittal systems (NFC), authoritative it automatically accustomed at best retailers.
Samsung adapted its fingerprint sensor from a swipe-based sensor to a touch-based sensor, like Apple’s Blow ID, mostly to simplfy the action of acceptance Samsung Pay with a fingerprint.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus includes the Apple Pay system. The arrangement uses NFC technology, which allows an iPhone 6 Plus handset to acquaint with NFC accouterments in food to accredit a transaction.
Apple Pay is accustomed alone at retailers that accept accordant NFC hardware, which is about 10 percent of all retailers. But Apple is consistently abacus new Apple Pay partners.
Price and Availability
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is accessible at carriers including Verizon, AT&T and Sprint starting at $299.99 with a two-year arrangement and at T-Mobile starting at $0 bottomward and $32.49 per ages for 24 months. The smartphone will additionally be accessible at carriers and retailers including Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, MetroPCS, Amazon, Costco, Sam’s Club, Target and Walmart.
The Galaxy S6 Edge starts at about $699 unlocked, depending on the carrier or retailer.
iPhone 6 Plus
The iPhone 6 Plus is accessible at carriers including Verizon, AT&T and Sprint starting at $299.99 with a two-year arrangement and at T-Mobile starting at $0 bottomward and $31.34 per ages for 24 months. The smartphone is additionally accessible anon through Apple in food as able-bodied as online.
The iPhone 6 Plus starts at about $749 unlocked, depending on the carrier or retailer.
