With the official announcement of the Nexus 6 and after we pit it against the Galaxy Note 4, we now match it up against a contender from Apple — the iPhone 6 Plus. How would these two fare in terms of specs? Find out.
Although their bodies are almost the same in size, the Nexus 6 has a bigger display than the iPhone 6 Plus.
Google Nexus 6 | Apple iPhone 6 Plus |
|---|---|
| 5.96-inch Quad HD AMOLED display @ 2560 x 1440 resolution | 5.5-inch IPS LCD display @ 1920 x 1080 resolution |
| 493ppi | 401ppi |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| 2.7Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 quad-core processor | 1.4GHz Apple A8 dual-core Cyclone processor |
| Adreno 420 GPU | PowerVR GX6450 quad-core GPU |
| 3GB RAM | 1GB RAM |
| 32/64GB internal storage | 16/64/128GB internal storage |
| 13-megapixel rear camera w/ OIS & LED flash, f/2.0 aperture | 8-megapixel rear camera w/ dual-tone LED flash and OIS |
| 2-megapixel front camera | 1.2-megapixel front camera |
| 4G LTE, HSPA+ | 4G LTE, HSPA+ |
| WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac |
| NFC | NFC (Apple Pay) |
| Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE | Bluetooth 4.0, LE |
| GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS | GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS |
| Turbo Charger | Fingerprint sensor, UV sensor, Heart rate monitor |
| 3,220mAh battery | 2,915mAh Li-Po battery |
| Android 5.0 Lollipop | iOS 8 |
| 159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06mm | 158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1mm |
| 184 g | 172 g |
| 32GB - $649 (around Php29,000) 64GB - $699 (around Php31,000) | 64GB (Grey) - Php52,300 via Lazada |
Summary of advantages:
Google Nexus 6:
Bigger screen
QHD resolution
Denser display
Quad-core processor clocked at higher speeds
Three times bigger RAM
Turbo Charger
Higher megapixel count for rear and front cams
Larger battery capacity
Comes at a more affordable price
Apple iPhone 6 Plus:
Goes up to 128GB internal memory
Better GPU in terms of performance
Fingerprint sensor
UV sensor
Heart rate monitor
240fps super slow motion video capture
Thinner/lighter form factor
In terms of specs alone, the Nexus 6 offers more to the table with larger and better display, RAM, camera, battery capacity, etc. The iPhone 6, on the other hand, basically has more features that could help in daily usage. As for both their prices we see that the Nexus 6 comes at a more affordable price rather than its Apple counterpart.
If you were to choose, what device will be more of use to you? Will you go with Google’s bloatware-free flagship or is the iPhone 6 Plus still the Apple of your eye? (pun intended)
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