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Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

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Apple Watch Series 2 42mm vs Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA)

Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA)

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA)

Apple Watch Series 2 42mm

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge (CDMA)

Network
2G network

N/A

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

-

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
HSDPA speed

-

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

-

5.76 Mbps
EV-DO speed

-

3.1
LTE speed

-

LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

No

Yes
EDGE

No

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2016-9

2015-3
Status

-

2015-4

Design
Build

Stainless Steel/Ceramic back

-
SIM

No

Nano-SIM
Height

42.5 mm

142 mm
Width

36.4 mm

70.1 mm
Thickness

11.4 mm

7.1 mm
Weight

52.4 g

132 g
Waterproof

50m

-
Colors

Sport band: silver case/white, black case/black; Leather band: silver case/blue, brown, orange; Stainless Steel band: silver case/silver, black case/black

Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, White Pearl

Display
Display type

AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

1.65 inches

5.1 inches
Resolution

390 x 312 pixels

1440 x 2560 pixels
Pixel density

303 ppi

576 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Sapphire crystal glass

-
Multitouch

Yes

-

Hardware
CPU

Dual-core

Quad-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
CPU(second)

quad-core 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A57
Chipset

Apple S2

Exynos 7420
GPU

-

Mali-T760MP8
Memory RAM

-

3 GB
Internal storage

-

32, 64, 128 GB
Memory card

No

OS
OS

watchOS 3.0

Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)

Sound
3.5mm jack

No

Yes
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes
Notifications

Vibration; Ringtones

Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Multimedia
Radio

No

No

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

-

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0
USB host

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.0

v4.1
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
Infrared

-

Yes
NFC

Yes

-
GPS

Yes

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

-

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

-

Push Mail
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

-
Java

No

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate

Accelerometer, SpO2, barometer, compass, gyro, heart rate, proximity

Browser
HTML

-

HTML5
Browser

No

-

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

-

2600 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Non-removable
Talk time 3G

-

26 h
Standby time

-

-

Main camera
Main camera

16 MP
Primary camera resolution

-

2988 x 5312 pixels
Primary camera video

-

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
Primary camera Autofocus

-

autofocus
Primary camera flash

-

LED flash
Primary camera image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera video dual video

-

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

-

HDR
Camera features

-

Auto HDR, Geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, touch focus

Selfie camera
Selfie camera

5 MP
Secondary camera dual video call

-

dual video call
Secondary camera HDR

-

Auto HDR
Selfie camera video

-

1440p@30fps

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