Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs Cat S60 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

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Cat S60

Cat S60

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Active or Cat S60 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S6 Active Cat S60
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Release date 2015, June 2016, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146.8 x 73.4 x 8.6 mm | 5.78 x 5.78 x 2.89 in 147.9 x 73.4 x 12.7 mm | 5.82 x 5.82 x 2.89 in
Weight 170 g | 6 oz 0 g | 0 oz
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Colors White, Gray Black
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3800 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 504 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 57 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED a-Si AHVA
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 4.7" in
Screen area 71.7 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 66.5% 56.1%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 576 PPI 312 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, AF -13 MP, AF, FLIR thermal camera (Lepton module)
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama Thermal imaging, heat palettes, temp. spot meter, dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 5 MP
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8952 Snapdragon 617 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 405
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 249
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 979
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1286 709
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4149 2151
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 3097 2353

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - South Africa onlyDual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 29(700), 40(2300)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - Global 
HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - North America
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - Global 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700) - North America
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.48 W/kg (head)     0.42 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate , Infrared port - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
-MIL-STD-810G compliant salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 5m for 1 hour)
-Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.8 m
-MIL-STD-810G compliant
Versions
- For AT&T Also known as Samsung Galaxy S6 active G890

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