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Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S6 edge , Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

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.

Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 2013 year of release, cpu Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, screen 5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 2 megapixel front camera and 13 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" inch 5" inch
Screen area 71.5 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.7% 72.3%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 577 PPI 441 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Dual video call
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide)
DxOMark Main Score 82
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 83
Performance Operating system OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); TouchWiz UI Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI
Chipset Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 330
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
Antutu 7 score 83256 38560
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1292
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4051
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2943
GeekBench 4 Battery 1586
GeekBench 5 Single Core 243
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 921
General specs Release date 2015, March 2013, Q3
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 Х 70.1 Х 7 mm 136.6 Х 69.8 Х 7.9 mm
Weight 132 g 130 g
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald White Frost, Black Mist (I9506)/ Arctic Blue, Red Aurora, Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black, deep black (SHV-E330S)
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 380 EUR 390 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 18 h (3G) Music play - Up to 50 h Stand by time- Up to 370 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 17 h (3G) Music play - Up to 62 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network 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) Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - I9506  GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SHV-E330S -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - I9506  HSDPA 1900 / 2100 - SHV-E330S -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - I9506  LTE band 5(850), 9(1800) - SHV-E330S
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A 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, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP, EDR, 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)     SAR - 0.93 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)     0.44 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 Dop 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) Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, Infrared port - Qi wireless charging (market dependent) -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation -Air gestures - Also known as: Samsung Galaxy S4 Advance in UK Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+ Available as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A for SK Telecom

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy S6 edge
  • Screen 5.1"
  • Main camera 16 MP
Reasons to buy I9506 Galaxy S4
  • Screen 5"
  • External memory microSD GB