Samsung Galaxy S7 vs. Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

                         

Bottom line: Which one is better?

In this review of S7 vs S6 Edge, Samsung S7 is better as it has powerful CPU and GPU, is dustproof and water resistant and has high capacity battery.

DESIGN

In terms of design, galaxy S6 Edge vs S7 have the following comparisons;

Dimensions; Samsung S7 has 142.4 x 69.6 x 7.9 mm (5.61 x 2.74 x 0.31 inches) whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 inches).

Weight; Samsung S7 is 152g whereas Samsung S6 Edge is 132g.

Build; front/back of both phones is glass and aluminium frame.

SIM; Samsung S7 has single (Nano-SIM) whereas Samsung S6 Edge has Nano-SIM.

Resistance; Samsung S7 is dustproof and water-resistant up to 1.5m for 30min.

DISPLAY

In this review of S6 edge vs S7 we have the following features;

Type; both phones have super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.

Size; the two phones are 5.1”

Resolution; each phone has 1440 x 2560px

Pixel density; both phones have 577ppi.

Protection; both phones have Corning Gorilla Glass 4

PLATFORM

When we compare galaxy S7 vs S6 Edge, we have the following;

OS; Samsung S7 has 65.0 (Marshmallow) TouchWiz UI whereas Samsung S6 Edge has Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) TouchWiz UI

Chipset; Samsung S7 has Exynos 8890 Octa (14nm) whereas Samsung S6 Edge has Exynos 7420 Octa (14nm)

CPU; Samsung S7 has Octa-core (4×2.3GHz Mongoose & 4×1.6GHz Cortex-A53) whereas Samsung S6 Edge has Octa-core (4×2.1GHz Cortex-A57 & 4X1.5GHz Cortex-A53).

GPU; Samsung S7 has Mali-T880 MP12 while Samsung S6 Edge has Mali-T760MP8

Internal; Samsung S7 has 32GB 4GB RAM, 64GB 4GB RAM whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 3GB RAM and 128GB 3GB RAM.

CAMERA

The camera features of Samsung S6 edge vs S7 have the following comparison;

Main camera Modules; Samsung S7 has 12MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55”, 1.4µm, Dual pixel PDAF whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 16MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6” AF.

Features; both phones have LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama.

Video; Samsung S7 has 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec, stereo sound rec, OIS whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 2160p@30fps, 1080p@@30/60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec, stereo sound rec, OIS, gyro-EIS.

Selfie camera modules; Samsung S7 has 5MP, f/1.7, 22mm (wide), 1/4.1”, 1.34µm whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 5MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide).

Features; both phones have Dual video call and Auto-HDR

Video; Samsung S7 has 1440p whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 1440p@30fps.

SOUND

Loudspeaker; both phones have loudspeakers

3.5mm jack; both phones have 3.5mm audio jacks

CONNECTIVITY AND FEATURES

Wi-Fi; both phones have 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot.

Bluetooth; Samsung S7 has v4.2 whereas Samsung S6 Edge has v4.1

GPS; both phones have A-GPS, Glonass and BDS

NFC; both phones have NFC.

USB; both phones have USB 2.0

Sensors; both phones have Fingerprint, Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate and SpO2.

BATTERY

Capacity; Samsung S7 has 3000mAh whereas Samsung S6 Edge has 2600mAh

Charging; both phones support fast charging.

Talk time; Samsung S7 has up to 22 h whereas Samsung S6 Edge has up to 18 h.