Samsung Galaxy S6 edge vs Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

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Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge or Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S6 edge Samsung Galaxy J5 (2016)
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Release date 2015, March 2016, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.76 in 145.8 x 72.3 x 8.1 mm | 5.74 x 5.74 x 2.85 in
Weight 132 g | 4.66 oz 159 g | 5.61 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame Aluminum frame, plastic body
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Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald White, Black, Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 50 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 5.2" in
Screen area 71.5 cm2 74.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.7% 70.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 577 PPI 282 PPI
Screen protection 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, OIS, AF -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama LED flash
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 82
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 83
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 5 MP, f/1.9
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash
Video 1440p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); TouchWiz UI Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to 7.1.1 (Nougat)
Chipset - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 306
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 256
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 798
GeekBench 5 Single Core 243 79
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 921 208
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1292 491
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4051 1167
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2943 875
GeekBench 4 Battery 1586

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, 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, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (market dependant)
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.58 W/kg (head)     1.34 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.33 W/kg (head)     0.59 W/kg (body)    

SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording
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, proximity
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
--Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
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- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: G925F (Global), G925FQ (Turkey), G925I (LATAM, India, Australia), G925A (AT&T), G925T (T-Mobile), G925S/K/L (Korea), G9250 (China, HK)

- Versions: J510FN (Europe); J510F (HK, India, South Africa, Thailand); J510G (Malaysia, Indonesia); J510Y (New Zealand); J510M (LATAM). Also known as Samsung Galaxy J5 Duos (2016) with dual-SIM card sl

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