Samsung has revealed the Galaxy S6 flagship device along side it’s Edge and Edge Plus variants on the eve of the MWC 2015 event in Barcelona, Spain. Samsung Galaxy S6 price in Nigeria, it’s full specifications and features will be written in this article. The Samsung Galaxy S6 comes with a lot of amazing specs which you’ll want to see so join me as we unravel the specs and features of this phone.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Key Specs
• 5.1 inches Super AMOLED display
• Exynos 7420 chipset
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB or 64GB or 128GB built-in storage
• 12MP rear camera
• 5MP front facing camera
• 2550 mAh non removable battery
• Quick Charge 2.0 support, up to 15W
• Qi/PMA wireless charging support
Design and Body
Samsung decided to go full-metal with the Galaxy S6. The metal design is indeed an impressive one, with the use of matte aluminium alloy frame. It is a great improvement from its predecessors in this regard.
The straight-sided smartphone has slightly-rounded corners and is protected on the front and back with state-of-the-art Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
The phone measures a body dimension of 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm which is a compact and weighs 138 grams which makes the phone not bulky at all. It has Samsung Pay with it so you can make payments with all registered merchants. On the front, we have a fingerprint sensor which doubles as the home button.
Display
Samsung decided to leave the screen size unchanged as the Samsung Galaxy S5, it’s predecessor. Samsung Galaxy S6 sports a 5.1 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with an impressive resolution of 1440×2560 pixels, a 16:9 aspect ratio, 70.7% screen to body ratio and an amazing 577 pixels per inch density. Although, the screen is not as curved at the Galaxy S6 Edge.
Processor and Memory
Samsung has chosen its own 64 bit Exynos 7420 octa-core processor for the Galaxy S6 which is built on a 14nm fabrication process over the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC. The phone comes with 3GB LPDDR4 RAM which Samsung described as 88% faster. It comes with a UFS 2.0 32GB or 64GB or 128GB built-in storage which is also very fast. However, it has no micro SD card slot for expanding the storage.
Camera
For the camera, Samsung provided a 16 megapixels sensor with an F1.9 lens with Auto Focus and Optical Image Stabilization, which at the launch event outperformed Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus in terms of low-light pictures. The rear camera comes with a LED flash and can shoot panorama and Auto HDR shots, it can record 4K videos at 30 fps, 1080p videos at 30/60 fps and 720p videos at 120 fps.
The super-fast snapper can be quickly launched by double-tapping the Home button. There is also a quality 5 megapixels front-facing camera on the Samsung Galaxy S6 which can record 1440p videos at 30 fps.
Network and Connectivity
Samsung Galaxy S6 comes with 2G/3G/4G LTE network in it for calling, texting, surfing the web and downloading. It supports the following LTE bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26 and has download speed of up to 300 Mbps and upload speed of up to 50 Mbps. It comes with dual band WiFi 5, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, NFC, hotspot and infrared port. It comes with a micro USB 2.0 port for charging and data transfer.
Software
Samsung Galaxy S6 runs on the latest Android 5.0 (Lollipop) operating system with an improved TouchWiz user interface. It is upgradeable to Android 8.0 Oreo with TouchWiz UI also.
Battery and Charging
Samsung Galaxy S6 comes with a 2550 mAh non removable Li-Ion battery. With support for wireless charging and quick charge up to 15W. Samsung says the battery can attain 30% charge in 30 minutes of charging. It charges via the micro USB port.
Price
Samsung Galaxy S6 price in Nigeria starts at around 49,999 Naira depending on your location as at June 11, 2020. You can buy it in top online stores across the country.
Note: The Galaxy S6 is no longer in production, so any model you are buying presently is a refurbished model.
