ANNOUNCED: February 2016
RELEASED: March 2016
DIMENSIONS: 142.4x69.6x7.9 mm( 5.61x2.74x0.31 inch); compact & fit enough for single handed use
DISPLAY: Super AMOLED 5.1 inch, 577 PPI with QuadHD( 1440x2560) resolution; undoubtedly the best smartphone display in market, high contrast & saturated due to Super AMOLED display, QuadHD display with 577 PPI will make the colours bleed out off the display
PROCESSOR: Quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 with Adreno 530 or Octa core Exynos 8890 with Mali T880 GPU; No doubt both perform extremely well. Though the Snapdragon 820 provides the blazing fast experiance but Exynos 8890 is an edge over Snapdragon 820 in performance.
MEMORY: inbuilt 32 GB with 4 GB RAM, expandable memory upto 200 GB; do note that there is also a duos version in which the second slot is a hybrid slot that can either accommodate a SIM or a MicroSD card.
CAMERA:( REAR) 12MP dual pixel, f/1.7 aperture, OIS( Optical Image Stabilisation), PDA( Phase Detection Autofocus), single tone LED flash, auto HDR
( FRONT) 5MP, f/1.7 aperture, auto HDR; Samsung downgraded their camera megapixels to 12MP from 16MP in order to introduce dual pixel technology( 1st of it’s kind) which has been successful in providing the fastest autofocus ever in any smartphone camera. Larger f/1.7 aperture can take some good snaps in low light performance. 4K video recording is also available.
SENSORS: fingerprint, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, accelerometer, heart rate, SpO2( Samsung S health blood saturation monitor, works on the basis of partial oxygen pressure in blood)
BATTERY: 3000 mAh with wireless charging & Fast charge 2.0( 60% battery boost in just 30 minutes)
OTHERS: Samsung Pay, Always ON display, IP68 water & dust resistance certification
VERDICT: nothing to complain this time as Samsung bought back the features that it ditched in Galaxy S6/ S6 edge. A bit heavy on pocket but very promising & providing much better specs than iPhone 6/6S.