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

By Luis D.

Updated: Sep 09, 2015, 4:34 PM

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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.

Design

Dimensions

5.86 x 3.00 x 0.39 inches
148.9 x 76.1 x 9.8 mm

6.03 x 3.00 x 0.30 inches
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm

6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 inches
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm

Weight

5.47 oz (155.0 g)

6.03 oz (171.0 g)

6.77 oz (192.0 g)

Materials

Back: Plastic

Back: Glass
Frame: Metal

Back: Aluminum

Biometrics

Fingerprint (touch)

Features

Notification light, Interchangeable covers

Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys

Notification light

Display

Size

5.5-inch

5.7-inch

5.5-inch

Technology

IPS LCD

Super AMOLED

IPS LCD

Screen-to-body

72.46 %

76.62 %

67.91 %

Peak brightness

500 cd/m2 (nit)

Features

Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Pressure-sensitive, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 (20 nm)

Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm)

Apple A9 APL1022

Processor

Hexa-core
1800 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
64-bit

Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
64-bit

Dual-core
1840 MHz
Twister
64-bit

GPU

Adreno 418

Mali-T760 MP8

PowerVR GT7600

RAM

3GB (LPDDR3)

4GB (LPDDR4)

2GB (LPDDR4)

Internal storage

32GB

64GB

128GB

Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop), LG UX UI

Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop), Samsung TouchWiz UI

iOS (15.x, 14.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x)

Battery

Capacity

3000 mAh

2750 mAh

Charging

Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Talk time

18.50 hours

Stand-by time

16.0 days (384 hours)

Talk time (3G)

22.00 hours

24.00 hours

Internet use

3G: 12 hours; LTE: 12 hours; Wi-Fi: 12 hours

Music playback

64.00 hours

80.00 hours

Video playback

15.00 hours

14.00 hours

Camera

Rear

Single camera

Main camera

16 MP (Features: OIS, Laser autofocus)

16 MP (Features: OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)

12 MP (Features: Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, PDAF, BSI sensor)

Aperture size: F1.8
Focal length: 28 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.6"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm

Aperture size: F1.9
Focal length: 28 mm
Sensor size: 1/2.6"
Pixel size: 1.12 μm

Aperture size: F2.2
Focal length: 29 mm
Sensor size: 1/3"
Pixel size: 1.22 μm

Video recording

3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (120 fps)

3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 2560x1440 (QHD), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD), 640x480 (VGA)

3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (120 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps)

OIS, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, Video calling, Video sharing

OIS, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling

OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Video calling, Video sharing

Front

8 MP

5 MP

Video capture

1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)

Buyers information

MSRP

$ 949

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Luis D. has a multitude of news, features and review articles written for PhoneArena. He adeptly demystifies complex technology topics, such as the development of advanced materials for bendable device displays and the evolution of chipset manufacturing.