Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs LG G4 specs comparison

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Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs LG G4 specs comparison
The booming phablet category of smartphones has a new heavyweight contestant - the iPhone 6s Plus. With the original iPhone 6 Plus, Apple basically took almost half of the US phablet sales market for itself, so chances are its successor will repeat, or at least approach its customer-grabbing performance! This spells trouble for other hot-shot phablets, though, such as the Samsung Galaxy Note5 and the LG G4. Both have pretty much all it takes to compete with Apple's challenger, but can the Note5's strong design and hardware, or the LG G4's killer camera and leather charm convince the Apple faithful to look elsewhere? We'll have to see about that, folks.

Apple iPhone 6s Plus Samsung Galaxy Note5 LG G4

Design

Dimensions
6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 inches
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
5.86 x 3.00 x 0.39 inches
148.9 x 76.1 x 9.8 mm
Weight
6.77 oz (192.0 g) 6.03 oz (171.0 g) 5.47 oz (155.0 g)
Materials
Back: Aluminum Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Back: Plastic
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys Notification light, Interchangeable covers
Keys
Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Back: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Gold, Silver, Rose gold, Space gray Black sapphire, Gold platinum, Silver titan, White pearl Black, Gray, Brown, White

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 67.91% screen-to-body 5.7-inch, 76.62% screen-to-body 5.5-inch, 72.46% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 500 nits Super AMOLED IPS LCD, 500 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 401 PPI 2560x1440px, 518 PPI 2560x1440px, 538 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features
Pressure-sensitive, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Apple A9 APL1022 Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm) Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 (20 nm)
Processor
Dual-core
1840 MHz
Twiste
Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
Hexa-core
1800 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
PowerVR GT7600 Mali-T760 MP8 Adreno 418
Memory
2GB (LPDDR4)/128GB
2GB/16GB
2GB/32GB
2GB/64GB
4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB
4GB/32GB
3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
not expandable not expandable microSDXC up to 2000 GB
OS
iOS (15.x, 14.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x) Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop) Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop)

Battery

Type
2750 mAh, Li - Ion 3000 mAh, Li - Ion 3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qi and Powermat wireless charging Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera Single camera
Main camera
12 MP (Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, PDAF, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 29 mm
Sensor size: 1/3"
Pixel size: 1.22 μm
16 MP (OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
Aperture size: F1.9
Focal length: 28 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.6"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
16 MP (OIS, Laser autofocus)
Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 28 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.6"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
Dual LED LED LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (120 fps), 720p (240 fps)
OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Video calling, Video sharing
4K UHD (30 fps), QHD, 1080p (60 fps), 720p, VGA
OIS, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (30 fps), 720p (120 fps)
OIS, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (HDR) 5 MP 8 MP
Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2 4.2 4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Lightning microUSB, USB 2.0 microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Gesture, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
M3/T4 M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou GPS, A-GPS, S-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync, AirDrop NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback Album art cover, Background playback, Custom equalizer, Preset equalizer
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share DLNA,Wireless screen share,SlimPort
Radio
FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 26, 28 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 17, 25
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41 40
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8 5, 8, 2, 1 5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM Micro SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Sep 09, 2015
FCC ID value: BCG-E2944A
Date approved: Jul 15, 2015
FCC ID value: A3LSMN920A
Date approved: Jul 16, 2015
FCC ID value: ZNFH815
Measured SAR
Head: 0.91 W/kg
Body: 1.14 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.14 W/kg
Head: 0.22 W/kg
Body: 0.76 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.27 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg
Head: 0.75 W/kg
Body: 0.38 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.52 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.34 W/kg
EU SAR
Head: 0.61 W/kg

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 09, 2015 Aug 13, 2015 Apr 28, 2015
Prices (MSRP)
$949

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