Samsung Galaxy A6+ Specs and Difference From the Galaxy A6

We recently looked at the specs of Samsung Galaxy A6 here, so we'll be talking about that of the Galaxy A6+ in this post. Both smartphones were launched yesterday with mid-range specifications, and offcourse, the Samsung Galaxy A6+ is the upgraded version which boasts of improved features than the regular Galaxy A6.

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Difference and Comparison

Let's run a brief Samsung Galaxy A6+ vs Samsung Galaxy A6 specs check to see their common features and the differences. For easy understanding, specifications in color red are for Samsung Galaxy A6+, while those in blue are the Samsung Galaxy A6.

Firstly, the Galaxy A6 Plus sports a 6-inch Super AMOLED display at 1080 x 2220 pixels resolution, while the standard Galaxy A6 has a 5.6 inches with 720 x 1480 pixels. For image duties, Samsung Galaxy A6+ features a dual camera setup of 16MP+5MP rear shooter and a 24-megapixel front-facing lens, against the single 16MP front and back camera on the Galaxy A6.

Under the hood this time is an Octa-core 1.8GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 processor on Samsung Galaxy A6+, while the other version has a 1.6GHz Exynos chipset. The battery on the former also got boosted to 3500mAh capacity, which is bigger than the 3000mAh cell in the latter. Meanwhile, all other features including OS versions, fingerprint, SIM support, RAM, inbuilt memory and lots more are the same.

Samsung Galaxy A6+ will be available for purchase later this month with a price tag about €370 which is equavalent to N162,000. The other Galaxy A6 costs €310 which is around ₦140,000 in Nigeria.

Samsung Galaxy A6+ (2018) Specifications

WIRELESS NETWORKS

GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

AVAILABILITY

Announced 2018, May
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2018, May

DESIGN

Dimensions 160.2 x 75.7 x 7.9 mm (6.31 x 2.98 x 0.31 in)
Weight -
SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
- Samsung Pay

DISPLAY

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 6.0 inches, 91.4 cm2 (~75.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 2220 pixels, 18.5:9 ratio (~411 ppi density)
Multitouch Yes
- Always-on display

PLATFORM

OS Android 8.0 (Oreo)

PROCESSOR

Chipset Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450
CPU Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 506
SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy J5

MEMORY

Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

CAMERA

Primary Dual: 16 MP (f/1.7) + 5 MP (f/1.9), phase detection autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 24 MP (f/1.9), LED flash

MEDIA

Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Dolby Atmos sound (headphones only)

CONNECTIVITY

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (optional)
Radio FM radio
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
SEE ALSO: Samsung Galaxy J7

FEATURES

Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5
- ANT+ support
- MP4/WMV/H.265 player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer

BATTERY

Non-removable Li-Ion 3500 mAh battery

MISC

Colors Black, Gold, Blue, Lavender.

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