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| Global Score | |
| 85 | 83 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 10, 9.0 Pie | iOS 9.x |
| 2019-06-18 | 2015-09-09 |
| 6.11 x 2.91 x 0.31 inches | 5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 inches |
| 5.93 ounces | 5.04 ounces |
| Midnight blue and Seawater blue | Gold, Gray and Pink |
| Plastic | Aluminium, Glass and Steel |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 575.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.3 inches | 4.7 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 750 x 1334 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 409 pixels per inch | 326 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.1 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 SM6150 chipset | Apple A9 APL0898 chipset |
| Kryo 460, 64-bit, 11 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Twister, 64-bit (Dual-Core 1840 MHz) processor |
| 6 GB RAM | 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 612 GPU | PowerVR GT7600 (650 MHz) GPU |
| 9.18 | 9.81 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 14.14 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 32.00 MP + 16.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/2.20 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 29.00mm focal length |
| 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.78 | 9.68 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3500mAh Battery | 1715mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 240 hours standby time 14 hours talk time |
| 5.44 | 3.6 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The Galaxy M40 is slightly better than Apple iPhone 6s, having an 85 score against 83. The Galaxy M40 is a way newer cellphone than Apple iPhone 6s, although it is just a little thicker and somewhat heavier. The Galaxy M40 comes with Android 10 OS, and Apple iPhone 6s counts with iOS 9.x OS. The Apple iPhone 6s features a slightly better screen than Galaxy M40, although it has a much lower 1334 x 750 resolution, a way smaller display and a little bit inferior quantity of pixels per inch of display.
IPhone 6s counts with a bit better CPU than Samsung Galaxy M40, because although it has a smaller amount of RAM and an inferior number of cores and slower, it also counts with a graphics processing unit and a 64 bits processor. The Galaxy M40 takes much better videos and photos than iPhone 6s, and although they both have the same 3840x2160 video resolution and the same video frame rate, the Galaxy M40 also has a much more mega pixels back-facing camera, a bigger camera sensor capturing better quality videos and pictures and a lot larger camera aperture for better low light photos.
The Galaxy M40 has a superior storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than iPhone 6s, and although they both have the same 128 GB internal memory, the Galaxy M40 also has a SD memory card expansion slot that holds a maximum of 512 GB. The Galaxy M40 has a very superior battery life than Apple iPhone 6s, because it has a 3500mAh battery size.
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