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Google Nexus 5
North AmericaD820, D821
Samsung Galaxy S6
32 GBSM-G920F
| Global Score | |
| 76 | 83.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 4.4.3 | Android 5.0 |
| 2013-10-31 | 2015-04-11 |
| 5.43 x 2.72 x 0.34 inches | 5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 inches |
| 4.59 ounces | 4.87 ounces |
| Black, Red and White | Black, Blue, Gold and White |
| -- | Aluminium and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 480.00 | $ 260.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5 inches | 5.1 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1440 x 2560 pixels (Quad HD / 2K) |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 441 pixels per inch | 576 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 9.1 | 9.9 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chipset | Exynos 7 Octa 7420 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2260 MHz) processor | 64-bit ARM Cortex-A57 (Quad-Core 2100 MHz + Quad-Core 1500 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 3 GB (1600 MHz) RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-T760 MP8 (650 MHz) GPU |
| 9.27 | 10.08 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.30 MP | 16.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 30.40mm focal length | 28.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.38 inches (1/2.6") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 8.47 | 10.01 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2300mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 2550mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 300 hours standby time 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.24 | 4.56 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Infra-red port |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy S6 has an overall score of 83.5, which is slightly better than Google Nexus 5's 76 general score. Even though Galaxy S6 is just a little bit heavier than the Google Nexus 5, it's much thinner and newer. Both phones in this comparison review have Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy S6 has a newer 5.0 version and Google Nexus 5 has Android 4.4.3, offering lots of additional features.
Samsung Galaxy S6 counts with a little more vivid display than Google Nexus 5, because it has a better 2560 x 1440 pixels resolution, a quite bigger screen and more pixels per inch of display. The Galaxy S6 counts with as much memory capacity to store more games and applications as the Google Nexus 5 one, they have equal 32 GB internal memory capacity.
Galaxy S6 features a little faster CPU than Google Nexus 5, because it has a better 650 MHz GPU, 4 more CPU cores (although slower), a 64-bit processor and a higher amount of RAM memory. Samsung Galaxy S6 has a little longer battery performance than Google Nexus 5, because it has 2550mAh of battery capacity instead of 2300mAh.
The Samsung Galaxy S6 features a better camera than Google Nexus 5, because it has a bigger back-facing camera sensor providing a higher image quality, a much higher video resolution, a way bigger aperture to take better photography and video in poorly lited situations and a much more MP camera.
Galaxy S6 is not only the best devices of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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