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Apple iPhone 6s
128 GB| Global Score | |
| 83 | 81 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iOS 9.x | -- |
| 2015-09-09 | 2019-10-02 |
| 5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 inches | 6.22 x 2.68 x 0.32 inches |
| 5.04 ounces | 5.78 ounces |
| Gold, Gray and Pink | Black, Blue, Grey and Red |
| Aluminium, Glass and Steel | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 575.00 | $ 848.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| 750 x 1334 pixels | 2520 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 449 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A9 APL0898 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SM8150 chipset |
| 64-bit Twister, 64-bit (Dual-Core 1840 MHz) processor | Kryo 485, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| PowerVR GT7600 (650 MHz) GPU | Adreno 640 GPU |
| 9.81 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/1.60 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.68 | 9.79 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, EV-DO A, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.9 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1715mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3140mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 240 hours standby time 14 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.6 | 5.12 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The iPhone 6s is just a bit better than Sony Xperia 5, getting an 83 score against 81. IPhone 6s's design is thinner and lighter than the Sony Xperia 5, despite of the fact that it was released 4 years before. The iPhone 6s has a bit more vivid screen than Sony Xperia 5, although it has a lot smaller display, a way lower resolution of 1334 x 750 and much lesser pixels per display inch.
The Xperia 5 counts with a much better memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than iPhone 6s, and although they both have equal internal memory, the Xperia 5 also has an external memory card slot that supports a maximum of 512 GB. The Apple iPhone 6s features a little bit better processing power than Sony Xperia 5, because although it has an inferior number of cores and slower and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64-bit CPU and an additional graphics co-processor.
Xperia 5 has a much better battery performance than Apple iPhone 6s, because it has 3140mAh of battery capacity instead of 1715mAh. The Xperia 5 has a little bit better camera than Apple iPhone 6s, and although they both have the same (4K) video quality, the same video frame rates and a back facing camera with a 12 megapixels, the Xperia 5 also has a lot bigger aperture to take better low light photos and videos and a bigger back camera sensor capturing better quality videos and photographs.
The Apple iPhone 6s not only is the best devices between the ones we are comparing, but it's also very cheap compared to the other devices.
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