Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Samsung Galaxy S8+

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

-

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

-
LTE-A speed

-

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM

Nano-SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

143.4 mm

159.5 mm
Width

70.5 mm

73.4 mm
Thickness

6.8 mm

8.1 mm
Weight

138 g

173 g
Payment

-

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)
Waterproof

-

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black Sapphire, Blue Topaz, Gold Platinum, White Pearl

Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.1 inches

6.2 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels

1440 x 2960 pixels
Pixel density

577 ppi

529 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Multitouch

-

Yes

Hardware
CPU

-

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 1.5 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Quad-core 2.3 GHz
CPU(second)

Quad-core 2.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A57

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Exynos 7420

Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US / Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA
GPU

Mali-T760

Adreno 540
Memory RAM

3 GB

4 GB
Internal storage

32, 64, 128 GB

64 GB
Memory card

microSD
Memory card max

-

256 GB

Main camera
Main camera

16 MP

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm
Primary camera resolution

2988 x 5312 pixels

-
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps

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

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

-

optical image stabilization
Primary camera image stabilization

optical image stabilization

-
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

dual-video record

dual-video record
Primary camera video hdr

HDR

HDR
Camera features

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

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

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

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB host

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v4.1

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

Yes

Yes
Infrared

Yes

-
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GPS Navigator

Beidou

-
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Mail

-
Messaging Push Mail

-

Push Mail
Java

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

No
Sensors

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

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity