Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) vs Samsung Galaxy S III T999 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA)

Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA)

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Samsung Galaxy S III T999

Samsung Galaxy S III T999

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Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) or Samsung Galaxy S III T999 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA) Samsung Galaxy S III T999
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Release date 2015, March 2012, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm | 5.65 x 5.65 x 2.78 in 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm | 5.38 x 5.38 x 2.78 in
Weight 140 g | 4.94 oz 133 g | 4.69 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Pebble blue, Marble white
Battery 2550 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 23 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 57 h
Stand by time - Up to 300 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 48 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 4.8" in
Screen area 71.7 cm2 63.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.8% 65.9%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 576 PPI 306 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 2
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF -8 MP, f/2.6, 1/3'', AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 1.9 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 1.9 MP, f/2.6
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 225
External memory No microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

GeekBench 5 Single Core 259
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 995

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P, G920R
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - G920P 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900) - G920R
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - T999, T999L
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - T999, T999L
-4G - LTE band 4(1700/2100), 27(800) - T999L
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE (T999L)
GPRS Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Class 12
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, EDR, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.09 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.22 W/kg (head)     0.66 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.43 W/kg (head)     1.26 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.20 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 , Infrared port - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
--Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- PMA wireless charging
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- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
-MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
-MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
-Photo/video editor
-Document editor
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S6 G920Curved screen version available Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Versions: G920P (Sprint), G920V (Verizon), G920R (US Cellular), G920W8 (Canada)

- For T-Mobile Also known as Samsung SGH-T999, Samsung Galaxy S III T-Mobile

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