Samsung has started sending out invites for the launch of its flagship devices – Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – in India. The launch event is slated to take place in New Delhi on Monday.
It is known that Samsung will start shipping the new Galaxy S6 models in April. So, India launch before that was expected as the company can open up pre-orders for the devices here.
Recently, Samsung Netherlands site had listed the 32GB variant of Galaxy S6 for € 699 (approximately Rs 48,400), the 64 GB version for €799 (which comes to Rs 55,300) and the Galaxy S6 Edge for 32 GB version at €849 (which comes to approximately Rs 58,800), while the 64 GB version of the S6 Edge is listed as €949 (which comes to Rs 65,700).
The price of the 128 GB version of the smartphone was not mentioned on the site, raising suspicions on whether it will be part of the initial launch phase. An earlier report had said that the 128GB version of the Galaxy S6 will cost €949, while the Galaxy S6 Edge’s 128GB variant will be priced €1049 which comes to Rs 73,300.
The Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge have a metal frame and a glass body both on the front and back.
Galaxy S6 Edge
In terms of specs, the Samsung Galaxy S6 sports a 5.1-inch Quad HD
Super AMOLOED display with 2560 X 1440 resolution which comes to a very
high 577ppi pixel density. The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge also sports a
5.1-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED but with dual edge display. Both use
Corning Gorilla Glass 4 for protection.The devices are powered by Samsung’s Exynos 7 Octa-core processor which contain two quad-core processor clocked at 2.1 GHz and 1.5GHz respectively. The smartphones have 3GB RAM.
Both smartphones also use the 14 namometer mobile processor with a 64-bit platform, new LPDDR4 memory system and UFS 2.0 flash memory which the company claims, will provide higher performance and enhanced memory speed with lower power consumption.
The devices run on the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop and come with a 16MP rear camera along with a 5MP front facing camera. The Galaxy S6 has a 2,550mAh battery, while the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has a 2,600mAh battery. Both support universal wireless charging. Samsung also claims that they support incredibly fast wired charging (around 1.5 times faster than the Galaxy S5) providing about 4 hours of usage after only 10 minutes of charging.
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