Planning to buy one of Samsung's new flagship Android smartphones? Here's everything you must know before buying Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

Technical specifications

- 5.1-inch 2,560*1,440 Super AMOLED display with a pixel density of 577 ppi

Exynos Octacore processor

- 3GB LPDDR4 RAM

- 32/64/128GB UFS (Universal Flash Storage) 2.0 internal storage

Android 5.0 Lollipop

- 16MP f1.9 rear camera with optical image stabilization and live HDR

- 5MP f1.9 front camera with live HDR

- Fingerprint reader

- Category 6 LTE offering up to 300 Mbps down/50 Mbps up data transfer speeds

- Wi-Fi 802.11 AC with HT80 MIMO, Bluetooth LE, NFC, IR blaster

- 2,550mAh (S6) and 2,600mAh (S6 edge) batteries

- Wireless charging, supporting WPC and PMA standards, as well as offering support for Qi-enabled chargers

The two devices share exactly the same display spec. Both have a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED panel with a screen resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and a pixel density of 577 pixels per inch.

On the dimensions front, there are some marginal differences between the two smartphones:

Galaxy S6: 143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8mm (5.64 x 2.77 x 0.27in) and 138g (4.86oz)

Galaxy S6 Edge: 142.1 x 70.1 x 7mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.27in) and 132g (4.65oz)

The Galaxy S6 has got a 2550mAh battery, while Galaxy S6 Edge has a 2600mAh battery.

The S6 and the S6 Edge share the same processor, an Exynos 7420 SoC built using 14-nanometer architecture. It features an octa-core 64-bit (4 x 2.1GHz cores and 4 x 1.5GHz cores) along with a Mali-T760 GPU. Both have 3GB of RAM and come in 32/64/128GB storage options.

The Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge will be offered in White Pearl, Black Sapphire, and Gold Platinum options, along with a special Blue Topaz for the Galaxy S6, and Green Emerald for the Galaxy S6 Edge.

Both smartphones have a larger f1.9 aperture front and rear camera and Samsung has also worked on making the camera faster to access. According to Samsung, the camera can be launched in just 0.7 seconds.