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Specs Comparison: Samsung Galaxy S7 vs iPhone 6S

With the recent official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and finally putting all the rumors at rest, we once again pit its specifications against other flagships and this time, it’s against Apple’s iPhone 6S.

Let’s now see how these two stand up against each other in terms of their technical specs.

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Samsung Galaxy S7	Apple iPhone 6S
5.1-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD display	4.7-inch LED-backlit IPS HD display
2560 x 1440 resolution	1334 x 750 resolution
Gorilla Glass 4 reinforcement	Ion-X reinforcement
Samsung Exynos 8890 64-bit octa-core CPU	Apple A9 64-bit w/ M9 co-processor
4GB RAM	2GB
32GB, 64GB internal memory	16GB, 64GB, and 128GB internal memory
Expandable up to 200GB via micro SD	Not expandable
12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone/dual LED flash, F/1.7 aperture	12MP iSight rear camera with 'Deep Trench Isolation'
5MP front camera, F/1.7 aperture	Facetime 5MP camera with Retina Flash
Dual SIM, dual LTE hybrid (2nd SIM tray is for microSD)	Single SIM
WiFi 802.11ac	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.1	Bluetooth 4.2
NFC	Apple Pay
Fast wireless charging, Fingerprint scanner, Heart rate sensor	Fingerprint scanner
IP68 rating	No rating
3,000mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery	1,715mAh non-removable Li-Po battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with TouchWiz	iOS 9
Black and Gold	Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold

Summary of Advantages

Samsung Galaxy S7

Bigger display
Quad HD resolution
Twice the RAM at 4GB
Expandable memory
Dual-SIM
Fast wireless charging
Heart rate sensor
IP68 rating
Bigger battery capacity at 3000mAh

Apple iPhone 6S

Up to 128GB internal storage
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
More color options

While there are aspects (like processor, front and rear cameras) that are subjective and would be needed to test in real-life usage, the Galaxy S7 showed beefier specs than the iPhone 6S when it comes to components alone. Through this comparison, we also see that this 2016 flagship now has more bells-and-whistles to offer its users compared to the 2015 flagship from Apple.

Stay tuned to see how well the Galaxy S7 would perform when we get ourselves a unit to review.

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