Samsung has finally announced its latest smartphone, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain.
Both the phones are completely different than previous Samsung smartphones. The striking feature of the new design it the use of metal frame (brushed aluminum) and both front and rear panel has the tough Gorilla Glass 4.
Samsung however has kept the traditional home button below the display. While the S6 has no EDGE display, in the Galaxy S6 Edge, you will find curved display on both right and left hand sides unlike the current Samsung Edge which has a curved display only on one side. However, unlike the current Samsung Edge mode, the curved display on the S6 Edge is quite milder and does not entirely covers the side panels.
The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge run on Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system and are powered by octa core processor (quad 2.1GHz + quad 1.5Ghz) The devices sport 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560×1440), Super AMOLED Display thus offering 577 ppi pixel density.
The S6 and S6 Edge comes with 3GB LPDDR4 RAM and will be available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB internal storage variants. On the connectivity front, the devices support LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth v4.1, NFC and IR Remote.
They have 16 Megapixel rear camera with Optical Image Stabilisation feature and F1.9 apreture. As per Samsung, the phones take just 0.7 seconds to launch the camera app. a 5 megapixel front camera. The Samsung Galaxy S6 has a 2550 mAh battery while the S6 Edge features a 2600 mAh battery. They also offer wireless charging facility.
The new smartphones will be available from April 10 in 20 countries which also includes India. However, Samsung has not revealed the prices of the phones.