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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge vs Google Pixel 2 XL

 
Brief information about compared phones: Google Pixel 2 XL , Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

Google Pixel 2 XL 2017 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), screen 6", with resolution 1440x2880. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.1", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology P-OLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" inch 5.1" inch
Screen area 92.6 cm2 71.5 cm2
Screen format 18:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.4% 71.7%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2880 px 1440 x 2560 px
PPI /points per inch/ 538 PPI 577 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12.2 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs 12.2 MP, f/1.8, 27mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF & laser AF 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF
Functions HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 25mm (wide), 1/3.2'', 1.4µm 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide)
DxOMark Main Score 99 82
DxOMark Photo 80 81
DxOMark Video 71 83
DxOMark Selfie Score 77
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); TouchWiz UI
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 540 Mali-T760MP8
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 203156 83256
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1826 1292
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6121 4051
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7088 2943
GeekBench 4 Battery 1586
GeekBench 5 Single Core 358 243
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1507 921
General specs Release date 2017, October 2015, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 157.9 Х 76.7 Х 7.9 mm 142.1 Х 70.1 Х 7 mm
Weight 175 g 132 g
Colors Just Black, Black & White White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald
Battery 3520 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 530 EUR 380 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 18 h (3G) Music play - Up to 50 h
Body build Front glass, aluminum body, partial glass back Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM card & eSIM Nano-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900   CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) Show all network frequencies: -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)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat15 800/75 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector (PowerDelivery 2.0) microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
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)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others Always-on display -100% DCI-P3 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fast battery charging (capped at 10.5 W) - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins) - Also known as Google Pixel XL2 Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 , Infrared port - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - Versions: G925F (Global), G925FQ (Turkey), G925I (LATAM, India, Australia), G925A (AT&T), G925T (T-Mobile), G925S/K/L (Korea), G9250 (China, HK)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Pixel 2 XL
  • Screen 6"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy Galaxy S6 edge
  • Screen 5.1"
  • Main camera 16 MP