From the front, the S6 looks a lot like the Note Edge — though this time both sides of the screen feature Samsung’s unique curve. And that dark gray metal backside looks pretty nice and is a huge step above anything that Samsung’s produced to this point. Goodbye, fake leather. We can’t say we’ll miss you. Expect to see an end to all these teases when Samsung officially unveils the Galaxy S6 on March 1st. T-Mobile’s website says there’ll be much more to share on that date.
Preliminary Specifications
NETWORK
Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE
LAUNCH
Announced: Exp. announcement 2015, March 1
Status
Exp. release 2015, Q1
BODY
Dimensions: 143.3 x 70.8 x 6.9 mm (5.64 x 2.79 x 0.27 in)
SIM: Nano-SIM
– Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
– Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
– IP67 certified – dust and water resistant
– Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
DISPLAY
Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size: 5.0 inches (~67.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels (~587 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch: Yes
Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 4
– TouchWiz UI
PLATFORM
OS: Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Chipset: Exynos 7420
CPU: Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A57
GPU: Mali-T760
MEMORY
Card slot: microSD, up to 128 GB
Internal: 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
CAMERA
Primary: 20 MP, 4992 х 3744 pixels, optical image stabilization, phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Secondary: 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call
SOUND
Alert types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm jack: Yes
COMMS
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X
GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
NFC: Yes
Infrared port: Yes
Radio: No
USB: microUSB v3.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
FEATURES
Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser: HTML5
Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
– Wireless charging (Qi-enabled) – market dependent
– ANT+ support
– S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
– Smart stay, Smart pause, Smart scroll
– Air gestures
– Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
– MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer
BATTERY
Li-Ion battery: Stand-by
Talk time
MISC
Colors: Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White