Mobile Innovation
On the eve of MWC 2015, Samsung introduced two new smartphones: Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) and S6 Edge (SM- G925F), which will replace the flagship of last year. New items allocates a record pixel density of the screen, the camera is extremely successful, and a number of design features.
Smartphones Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge (Photo: Samsung Mobile).
Unlike competing solutions that use at most 20-nm SoC Qualcomm, Samsung, both models are based on the development of its own 14-nm SoC Exynos 7420. It contains four core ARM Cortex architecture -A57 (up to 2.1 GHz) and quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 (up to 1.5 GHz). Like most of the flagship smartphones, Samsung Galaxy S6 (and modification Edge) equipped with three gigabytes of RAM.
For the graphics chip in them responsible Mali-T760. He loses a bit Adreno 430 GPU in SoC Snapdragon 810, but it can make it competitive. Today it is hard to imagine a game or application, which could not handle one of the top graphics chip.
Diagram GP ARM Mail-T760 (Image: arm.com).
Between a model of Samsung Galaxy S6 (Edge) are almost identical. The minimum difference is only in the design: in S6 Edge screen is slightly curved on both sides, dimensions more per cubic centimeter, and the weight is less than six grams.
Contrary to expectations, to talk about the main features – folded screen S6 Edge, nothing special. Past three years, Samsung has announced it at every event, but in the end it turned out to be little functional.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge – end use of the screen for quick access to the designated contact (Photo: curved.de).
So far, have been shown only single experimental possibilities curved screen – fast run up to five contacts by moving your finger from the screen curvature to the opposite edge, and additional notification bar.
When the phone lies face down on his side faces displaying notifications of new messages and missed calls, but see them usually difficult. If the smartphone is turned face up, the end regions look like a mere continuation of the display. They even go a little soft-key and elements of individual applications, since Android OS does not yet support the individual modes of output images on curved screens.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge: a quick call to five contacts (photo: mobiwatch .de).
The first thing that catches your eye when you look at any Galaxy S6 – a steel frame body and bilateral coating Gorilla Glass 4. It not only protects the screen but the entire back side . Surface smartphone because of this becomes very strong, smooth and slippery …. Add to this record-thin (6.8 mm at the Galaxy S6 and 7.0 mm at the Edge), and it becomes obvious that to keep a smartphone in the hands will be difficult.
In my opinion, the battle for a minimum thickness of mobile gadgets lost practical sense at the turn of a centimeter or even earlier. Further miniaturization brings only inconvenience and raises the price of devices, making it impossible to accommodation capacious battery and normal heat dissipation. After a couple minutes of active use Samsung Galaxy S6 (Edge) significantly and very unevenly heated. Side faces of the smartphone have a tangible slant, so when you try to compress it stronger body unusual “cut” hand.
Smartphone turned slippery and too thin (Photo: curved.de).
With the increased risk of dropping out of the hands of smartphone developers surprised by the decision to abolish the protection against dust and moisture. She was at the previous top models Samsung, but was sacrificed subtlety, lightness, and other design refinements.
Among other shortcomings of smartphones is the lack of support for memory cards. Traditional Series Nexus decision to abandon the microSD slot caused a lot of criticism, but it was easier and more profitable for producers. Both the Samsung Galaxy S6 will be released in three versions: with built-in volume of memory 32/64 / 128GB.
New models S6 and S6 Edge series of smartphones Samsung Galaxy (image: Samsung).
What trends have conquered the audience, it’s gorgeous screen. Display in both models is based on a matrix of Super AMOLED + with a diagonal of 5.1 “, the phenomenal resolution Quad HD (2560 × 1440) and a pixel density of 577 ppi – a new record.
Another impressive achievement was the quality of the pictures. Samsung S6 and S6 Edge exceed this parameter virtually all competitors, even if the matrices have much higher resolution. Both smartphones rear camera has a 16 megapixel CMOS-sensor technology ISOCELL and optical stabilization system. As a result, the aperture ratio is obtained is very high, and pictures – crisp even in low light.
Comparison of iPhone camera images 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S6 (test: techstation .it).
The equivalent relative aperture diaphragm for cameras S6 Set f / 1.9, although the real credit for taking pictures belongs to the matrix type ISOCELL. Between her photodiodes designed dielectric and an opaque barrier, effectively isolating them from each other. It reduces the level of interference from adjacent pixels by one third compared with the backlight sensor technology (BSI).
The new matrix of size 1 / 2.6 “in the same conditions collects 20% more light than solutions based on the BSI, as it photodiodes also react to rays incident at large angles. In general, due to the shorter exposure ISOCELL increases color accuracy, and the image is more clear-cut in all shooting conditions.
The development of CMOS sensor (image: androidauthority.com).
In addition, to increase the dynamic range of static objects Galaxy S6 software technology enables the automatic creation of HDR-images in real time. At least one frame is removed from the series in insufficient exposure (hotspots thereon are removed), and another – with excess (it dips in the shadow extends). C HDR transitions from light to shadow become very soft and retain the detail and the number of semitones final image increases.
I’m sure many familiar with the situation when an interesting shot smartphone simply do not have time to shoot. Get one until it razblokiruesh, including autofocus camera and navedёsh – shoot will have nothing. In Galaxy S6 service embedded application “camera” is constantly loaded into memory, so switching to shooting mode smartphone always occurs almost instantly.
The same Galaxy S6, rear view (photo: anandtech.com) .
Due to the extremely thin shell protective cover the camera lens extends slightly beyond the housing. This “outstanding” feature has been seen and the new smartphone HTC One M9 – it can be considered a new trend. The front camera Galaxy S6 is equipped with the same matrix ISOCELL, but at a lower resolution – 5 megapixel.
The battery in S6 Edge more 50 mAh than the Galaxy S6 (2600 mAh instead of 2550 +) – another quite formal difference. Incidentally, he is considered to be non-removable, but it is rather arbitrary – with some skill to replace it is still possible. Both smartphones support wireless charging and classic, which is available to the speed limit. For the first 10 minutes the battery is charged by about a third, which lasts an average of 4 hours of use.
Lens Galaxy S6 greatly extends beyond the body (photo: techstation.it ).
In a series of smartphones Galaxy S6 is running Android 5.0 Lollipop and the proprietary interface Samsung TouchWiz with lots of built-in utilities and services. Among the latter stands out function contactless payment for goods and services Samsung Pay. For cancellation of the said amount is sufficient to bring the smartphone to the payment terminal.
Start selling Samsung Galaxy S6 (Edge) is scheduled April 10, 2015. Now the company is waiting for the end of the certification procedure for compliance with the FCC and regulatory bodies in other countries. Both models will be available in four colors. Estimated price has not been announced. We only know that Samsung had planned to sell the junior model with 32 GB of internal memory for $ 650.
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