Samsung Galaxy S6: 7 things you need to know

Pop me some pixels...

The Galaxy S6 boasts of a Quad-HD Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display with a 1440 x 2560 pixels resolution that roughly translates to 577 ppi. This is a significant improvement over the 5.1-inch 1080p display of the S5.

Goodbye, Snapdragon 810

Samsung has ditched Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 810 chipset and instead crammed up its own Exynos 7420 CPU in the S6. The in-house octa-core Exynos 7 processor in the S6 is clocked at 2.1GHz and comes with 64-bit capabilities. It is coupled with Mali-T760 GPU along with 3GB of DDR4 RAM.

Smarter camera

The 16MP rear camera on-board the Galaxy S6 optical image stabilization and auto HDR for better low light photography. It comes with a 5MP front camera.

TouchWiz on a diet

The new Galaxy S6 runs Android 5.0.2 Lollipop out-of-the-box with the company's new and improved TouchWiz UI on top. The company has tried to cut down on some flab off the TouchWiz on this one. Pre-loaded Samsung apps have been brought down to two: S Voice and S Health.

Wireless charging

The new S6 is backed by a non-removable Li-Ion 2550 mAh battery and supports wireless charging. According to Samsung, the S6 can achieve a full charge in half the time of the iPhone 6. The company claims mere 10 minutes of charge delivers enough power to keep the S6 running for four hours on moderate usage.

Worth the moolah

The Samsung Galaxy S6 looks every bit a compelling premium handset. Seems like Samsung has finally got it right this time and all that hard work under Project Zero seems to have worked out well for the company. Whether or not this it would entail in good sales figures, only time will tell.