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 of more use to you? Will you go with Google’s bloatware-free flagship phone or is the iPhone 6 Plus still the Apple of your eye? (pun intended)
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theo says:
Surely the nexus 6 will support OTG,
so external memory can be added
bliss says:
Definitely the nexus 6… i for one doesn’t need the finger print scanner, uv sensor and heart rate monitor…so all those features are useless to me…what’s essential to me is the bigger better screen and battery capacity, fast processor and bigger ram is just an icing to the cake… and you get all that for half the price…nexus 6 is a steal compared to the iphone…
igniculus says:
this is it! my next phone. Nexus 6 *_*
awts says:
this is massacre, iphone is overpriced pis op shit
boy bezel says:
1) iphone 2g
2) iphone 3g
3) iphone 3gs
4) iphone 4
5) iphone 4s
6) iphone 5
7) iphone 5s
8) iphone 6 / 6plus
pano naging 6th gen ang iphone 6 plus ser
hhmmm says:
Isn’t it amazing that Android beats Apple in all aspects but you really can’t tell the difference when you compare the performance of their phones side by side?
tarush says:
Typical Android superior specs on sheet to match iOS’ underspecs but iOS beating Android in performance…
pore says:
Overkill… Both are retarded. You practically more or less have the same experience with a $300-400 device. Flagship devices are a perfect example of marketing bullcrap… Selling crap for f*ckloads of money you do not need. Idiots and socialite wannabes who live in spaces smaller than a dog house in 3, 2, 1…
joseph says:
Not true that Nexus has the upperhand in specs. A8 could be much faster than Snap 805. Nothing beats A8 chip in single threaded performance, even when clocked at lower frequency. High frequency and number of cores are just marketing gimmicks. It’s the architecture that matters.
On RAM, both OS uses RAM very differently. iOS came from BSD line… very memory efficient. Android came from Linux… less efficient than BSDs.
On Camera, 8Megapixel of Apple takes better picture than 13, 17, or 20megapixel of other Android phones. I bet even 5Megapixel of previous Apple cameras are on par with the latest Android flagships. Again, the megapixel count are being used as marketing gimmicks. But they don’t mean anything.
snoop says:
Specs matters. The reason why ios is “efficient” in using RAM is because it has less features than Android. No widgets, no 3rd party keyboards and other stuffs. I’ve read that ios8 have started injecting widgets now and other features that android have for awhile now. And then soon, expect apple to add more rams and probably more cpu cores too. So much for “innovation”.
snoop says:
@Fce
Wow, it seems like you know a lot about mobile os. Laggy, you say? Maybe you got that impression from a low-end android phone. How about you check the performance of your iphone 4, or even 5c. See if the ui runs smoothly as you think you know your ios. Android have a lot more features than any other os, that is why you will need those specs. It is easily customizable too So customizable i can run it as how ios runs. Then challenge android again if it really is laggy. See what came to ios when it tried putting android features like 3rd party keyboards and widgets. Crappy and glitchy ui. I hope your ios 8.1 fixed those.
And you kept bragging on winning these single core and multi core benchmarking tests. I still dont get it, what makes you say you have a better phone at top 3 in the multi core test? Take note that there are more things to consider when choosing your phone. Battery test, customizability, connectability (bluetooth and nfc), PRICE.
edong says:
teka lang… iPhone 6 plus? Gorilla glass? source?