Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA) vs HTC One (M8) CDMA Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA)

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA)

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HTC One (M8) CDMA

HTC One (M8) CDMA

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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA) or HTC One (M8) CDMA Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA) HTC One (M8) CDMA
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Release date 2015, March 2014, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142 x 70.1 x 7.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.76 in 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm | 5.76 x 5.76 x 2.78 in
Weight 132 g | 4.66 oz 160 g | 5.64 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
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Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Gunmetal Gray, Glacial Silver
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 26 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 58 h
Stand by time - Up to 290 h
Talking time - Up to 12 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super LCD3
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" in 5" in
Screen area 71.7 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.0% 66.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 576 PPI 441 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 4 MP, Single
Camera specs -16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF -4 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/3'', 2µm, AF
-4 MP, depth sensor
Functions LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama HDR, panorama, dual-LED dual-tone flash
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@60fps, 720p@60fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 5 MP
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6 (Marshmallow); Sense UI 6
Chipset - Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 330
External memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

GeekBench 5 Single Core 259
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 995
GeekBench 4 Single Core 961

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G925V 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - G925V, G925P, G925R
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G925V 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G925V, G925P, G925R
-4G - LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G925V 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 25(1900), 26(850), 41(2500) - G925P 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900) - G925R
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - Sprint, Verizon 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - Sprint, Verizon
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - for Sprint 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - for Verizon 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Sprint, Verizon
-4G - LTE band 25(1900), 27(800), 38(2600) - Sprint 
LTE band 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 13(700) - Verizon
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 14.4/5.76 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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (market/operator dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.88 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.30 W/kg (head)     0.49 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.83 W/kg (head)     1.17 W/kg (body)    

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 , Infrared port
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
--Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- PMA wireless charging
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- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
Versions
- Also known as Samsung Galaxy S6 edge G925 Versions: G925P (Sprint), G925R (US Cellular), G925V (Verizon), G925W8 (Canada)

- Also known as HTC M8, All New HTC One

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