Samsung Galaxy S6 Will Trump the Apple iPhone 6, Here’s Why

Samsung Galaxy S6 Will Trump the Apple iPhone 6, Here’s Why

Samsung Galaxy S6 and iPhone 6 are going to be in direct competition when the South Korean giant finally announces its 2015 flagship phone later this year. Here are a few reasons why the Galaxy S6 will outsmart the Apple iPhone 6 upon its eventual release.

This article is a little unfair, since the iPhone 6 is already out and the Galaxy S6 is still being worked on. Still, we have an idea of what hardware will be inside the Galaxy S6, so we will be basing our reasoning in this article on what we think we know so far. I’m sure we will revisit this topic again when the Galaxy S6 is actually released, but for now we are going to talk about the aspects that we think we know about the device already.

More RAM on the Galaxy S6

This one is a given, but it should still be included. The iPhone 6 has 1GB of RAM and the Galaxy S5 already has 2GB of RAM. It is assumed that the Galaxy S6 will have at least 2GB of RAM, but some rumors are suggesting that Samsung will include 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM. No one really knows for sure exactly how much RAM the Galaxy S6 will have, but it is guaranteed to have more than the iPhone 6 does right now.

More Pixels

 

The iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels. This puts the pixels per inch count right around 326. Just like with the RAM, the Galaxy S5 already has more pixels than the iPhone 6 so the Galaxy S6 is guaranteed to have more as well. Some rumors have suggested the Samsung will opt for a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. If this is true, this would give the Galaxy S6 534 pixels per inch. If they stick to the 5.1-inch display, like they have done with the Galaxy S5, then it would put the pixels per inch right around 575.

Faster LTE than iPhone 6

We already know that the iPhone 6 comes with Qualcomm’s MDM9625 LTE-A modem inside it. This chip is able to download up to 150MB per second from LTE towers. Not many carriers in the US can reach such speeds but there are some in other parts of the world that can, particularly those in South Korea. The Samsung Galaxy S6 is rumored to have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC inside it. This means it will come equipped with a faster LTE modem. Getting into specifics, the LTE modem in the Snapdragon 810 is able to download up to 450MB per second.

Faster WiFi

The iPhone 6 is using the Broadcom BCM4339 WiFi chip. 

This means that the iPhone 6 is able to transfer data at speeds up to 433MB per second. The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has the Broadcom BCM4358 chip inside it. We know the Galaxy Note 4 is able to transfer data up at up to 650MB per second. If the Galaxy S6 uses the same WiFi chip as the Galaxy Note 4, we can safely assume that the Galaxy S6 will have faster WiFi transfer speeds than the iPhone 6.