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