Tablets to Buy: Samsung Galaxy S5 and S6 against Galaxy Note 4: what to buy …

Sunday, March 1, 2015

Samsung Galaxy S5 and S6 against Galaxy Note 4: what to buy … – International Business Times Italy

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It is terminated by a few minutes, the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2015 , the event held at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that we followed live for you and during which the leadership of the Korean giant has presented new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge . The new generation of top of the range with Android operating system most appreciated by users is renewed every point of view, including the aesthetics, which for the first time breaks with the past ammordenando the lines of the body and shaping the latter thanks to ‘ use of aluminum and glass Gorilla Glass to protect the back four.

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A choice that users clamored for several years now, and now that has contributed to the birth of a Galaxy completely new , thinner and lighter than its predecessor and with a built-in battery is not removable, and the inability to expand the memory. On the body of the new Galaxy S6 available in white pearl, black, gold, blue topaz (Galaxy S6) and green esmeraldo (Galaxy S6 Edge) and 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 large mm for normal variant and 142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm for the curve on the sides, was set a Super AMOLED display .

It too protected by a Gorilla Glass 4, 5.1-inch diagonal and 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution (QHD). The research laboratories of the Korean giant did not stop to increase the resolution because they also worked on the density of the pixels per inch scope to ‘ great value of 577 PPI . Under the panel is placed the Octa Core processor Exynos 7420 64-bit and architecture big.LITTLE , able to cut the time of opening and closing applications Android thanks to the intelligent management of four Cortex A57 2.0 Ghz and 4 others Cortex A53 1.5 Ghz.

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In operations more complex comes in the GPU Mali T-760 , supported by 3 GB of RAM . The internal memory is not expandable and is available in three cuts: 32, 64 and 128 GB of internal memory . Small news for the multimedia sector characterized by a Sony 16 megapixel rear camera with Optical Image Stabilizer, autofocus, LED flash , can acquire images from the good quality and video in 4K and accessible by a double press on the power button. Those who are crazy of Selfie appreciate the 5 megapixel cam that is capable of recording video in QHD.

The Exynos not miss anything on the connectivity that boasts: LTE cat. 6 , WiFi a / b / g / n / ac MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1, A-GPS, GLONASS, micro-USB 2.0, NFC, MHL 3.0 audio jack of 3.5 mm . Hardware features include the presence of a fingerprint reader, a 2550 mAh battery to the normal model and 2600 mAh for version Edge. Two units that should ensure a day of heavy usage thanks to a series of optimization software, including the Ultra Power Saving Mode , and d the operating system Android 5.0 Lollipop personalized with a completely revised version of the UI TouchWiz .

According to the most reliable rumors speaks of a price close to 800 Euro , with which Samsung aims to highlight the work of painstaking development, production and assembly done for this Galaxy S6. A figure much higher than that required to take home the model currently on the market but, as usual, is preparing for a sharp devaluation since the coming months. So it is good to evaluate what is the best choice, to date, for the purchase of one over the other.

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The appearance of the Galaxy S6 will make you feel you are holding an entirely new device. The aesthetics, therefore, alone is worth the cost of the transition to the new terminal than the model currently on the market also differs in terms of performance , the multimedia sector , the battery and OS . The System On Chip Exynos self-produced by the same leadership of the Korean brand, ensures on paper performance and optimizations superior to those of Qualcomm’s chip sibling .

The new Octa Core intelligent is the ideal substitute of the Quad Core of Galaxy S5 although a greater amount of RAM would have helped to increase the ‘ interest in this new model that only flaw in the battery. The unit 2550 mAh (2600 mAh of S6 Edge) is less than 2800 mAh supplied to the Galaxy S5 in Barcelona but the leadership of the brand emphasized that the optimizations that comes with this new chip will make the difference and that therefore is guaranteed at least a full day of use.

The camera is another big step forward that is worth passing. With the Galaxy S5, in fact, Samsung wanted to dare introducing ISOCELL technology on the rear camera with sensor 16 MegaPixel LED flash Galaxy S5 . Presented as the evolution of the current BSI sensors, which stands for Back-illuminated sensor , the pixels ISOCELL are able to capture a higher percentage of Light : 30% more than a standard sensor of the same size.

The reason lies in the particular shape of the latter, who have a higher density than classic forming a physical barrier between the pixels, isolating them. This isolation allows the collection of more photons from the micro-lens which are absorbed in the right photodiode pixels minimizing unwanted electrical interference and allowing greater “full well capacity” ( FWC), the number of electrons that can be contained in each picture element. However, the qualitative results of the final images, and that the owners of Galaxy S5 know it well, let it down.

This is why with this new top of the range Samsung preferred to be conservative and stake everything on a Sony sensor of the same resolution: 16 MegaPixel stabilzzatore with Optical Image. Finally, the operating system, with the latest update is for both based on Lollipop but the new model has a revised version of the user interface to fit better with the Material Design Google. The new TouchWiz includes all the features of the previous version and adds others such as support of the default custom themes.

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The decision to purchase may be more difficult when compared to the latest Samsung Galaxy Note 4, the South Korean phablet home more suitable to a user business. The two terminals differ only in the size of the screen? No, there are others, features the hand the new SoC Exynos Octa Core is higher than that Qualcomm Quad Core of Note 4 exclusively for the intelligent management of resources. In terms of performance, however, the benchmark would all agree with saying that the times of opening and closing applications as well as the graphic design are the same.

On the media The two cameras rear are the same at all and probably the sensors provided by Sony are the same. The real news is the introduction of a 5 megapixel front cam that should ensure self-portraits and video calls from the higher quality than that, down more than good, of Note 4. The battery life is always a very thorny issue because obviously depends on the use that is made of the terminal but in this comparison seems to be no doubt: Galaxy Note 4 has longer battery life.

Despite the screen more larger, more free space inside the body has allowed the technicians of the Korean group to introduce a unit for over 3000 mAh which together with the ability to recharge quickly: from zero to 50% in just 30 minutes, ensures a user experience without limits. In terms of user experience comes in the operating system, Lollipop for the Galaxy S6 and KitKat, waiting to be updated, on notes 4. The new TouchWiz and that of phablet are equivalent but the presence of the S Pen and a dozen sensors of Notes 4, makes it more complete on the latter. At least for the moment.