Evolution or Revolution? A head to head with the spearhead of 2014 reveals many additions and some painful compromise
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Samsung Galaxy S6 vs. Galaxy S5
(Photo: Maurizio Fish / Wired)
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Samsung Galaxy S6 vs. Galaxy S5
(Photo: Maurizio Fish / Wired)
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Samsung Galaxy S6 vs. Galaxy S5
(Photo: Maurizio Fish / Wired)
Now that the new Samsung Galaxy S6 officially made its debut, began flocking to the first reflections of enthusiasts and insiders. It is a revolution or an evolution than in the past? A head to head comparison with its predecessor last year may help to clarify things about it.
Compared to Galaxy S5, changed primarily the aesthetics and materials. Goodbye to plastic and especially to never seeing more at-criticized back cover cerottata of the model 2014. The change at the top among the designers of the company has benefited the new product, whose body now consists mainly of metal and Gorilla Glass 4.
The Super AMOLED display has undergone a substantial improvement: first of all, in quantitative terms, because the pixels are passed 1920 x 1080 at well 2560 x 1440 . But also because the new Galaxy S6 is available in two variants: a classic and an edge , has a panel that curves slightly on both sides, releasing two additional features that can only be hoped intervention developers to create other interesting widgets. The potential is there.
He could not remain the same heart of the device, which compared to the unit quad-core Galaxy S5 is now hosted on an octa-core, capable of carrying out operations in 64-bit and supported by 3 GB of RAM instead of 2. The operating system that is moving upon this scaffold is always the steel Android, here in version Lollipop and as usual TouchWiz interface seasoned homemade by Korean, but still lightweight in design in the app pre-installed and additional functions.
Among the options has evolved significantly in the 16-megapixel camera, which now has a ‘ opening of’ lens f / 1.9 (+ 35% from the previous f / 2.2) and acquired the optical stabilization ; sensor front instead passed 2 to 5 megapixel , always with f / 1.9: 60% more than the previous sensor, f / 2.4.
Completely unedited instead are two interesting additions: the first is the wireless charging integrated , which allows you to take refreshment smartphone resting at one of the bases compatible with two standard, IQ and PMA. The second is the support the standard MST , which in the near future along with NFC allow you to pay with your phone in all POS contactless traditional.
Change Also the fingerprint reader button integrated in the home, no more scrolling, but pressure. The reverse, however, LED flash and biometric sensor for detecting heart rate moving from under the side of the lens.
Unfortunately, the extreme design choices made to renew the lines of the range have forced the company leave the street not only resistance to water and dust met on Galaxy S5, but also some bulwarks always been proud of the top of the range Korean, such as battery removable and above the microSD card slot . Increases, however, the internal memory, now available up to 128GB.
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