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Huawei Mate S vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note5: specs comparison

posted by Victor H. / Sep 04, 2015, 10:17 AM

Huawei Mate S vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note5: specs comparison

The Huawei Mate S made quite the stir with its official appearance at IFA 2015: it's the first true flagship by Chinese company Huawei - so far, the company has always stayed competitive in terms of price, offering its devices at a slightly more affordable price than the rest, but with the Mate S it is stepping firmly in the territory of iPhones and Galaxies.

The Mate S features a 5.5-inch 1080p display and the most potent HiSilicon Kirin 935 system chip that uses 8 Cortex A53e cores clocked to as much as 2GHz, all of that spiced up with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage.

Specs don't lie

The big highlight here, however, seem to be the stylish aluminum construction, the instant unlocking functionality of the neatly positioned on the back fingerprint scanner that also doubles as an Android navigation key, and - last but not least - the Force Touch functionality that is a first on a smartphone.

With all this in mind, you might still wonder about a pretty basic question: how does the Mate S compare against the two big names in the phablet space - the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy Note5 - when it comes to specs? We answer that question in the table right below, read on.

Huawei Mate S vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Display

Display size

5.5 inches

5.7 inches

Resolution

1080 x 1920 pixels

1440 x 2560 pixels

Pixel density

401 ppi

518 ppi

Technology

AMOLED

IPS LCD

Super AMOLED

Screen-to-body ratio

74.01 %

67.91 %

76.62 %

Colors

16 777 216

Peak brightness

500 cd/m2 (nit)

Camera

Rear

Yes

Main camera

13 megapixels

8 megapixels

16 megapixels

Hardware Features

Sapphire crystal lens cover, Optical image stabilization, Autofocus

Sapphire crystal lens cover, Optical image stabilization, Phase detection autofocus, Back-illuminated sensor (BSI)

Optical image stabilization, Phase detection autofocus, CMOS image sensor, Back-illuminated sensor (BSI)

Specifications

Aperture size: F2.0; Focal length: 28 mm; Sensor size: 1/2.6"

Aperture size: F2.2; Focal length: 29 mm; Sensor size: 1/3"; Pixel size: 1.5 μm

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

Flash

Dual LED

LED

Software Features

Manual focus, Touch to focus, Face detection, Self-timer, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, Exposure compensation, ISO control, White balance presets, Shutter speed control, Burst mode, HDR, Panorama, Effects

HDR, Panorama, Face detection, Smile detection, Burst mode, Exposure compensation, Touch to focus, Self-timer, Digital zoom, Geo tagging

RAW image capture, HDR, Panorama, Face detection, Burst mode, Macro mode, Scenes, Effects, Exposure compensation, ISO control, White balance presets, Shutter speed control, Touch to focus, Self-timer, Digital zoom, Geo tagging

Video recording

1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)

1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps)

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

Recording format

MPEG4, H.263, H.264, H.265

H.264, MOV

Features

Video calling

Optical image stabilization, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, Video calling, Video sharing

Optical image stabilization, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, Digital image stabilization, Video calling

Front

8 megapixels

1.2 megapixels

5 megapixels

Video capture

1280x720 (HD)

Design

Dimensions

5.90 x 2.96 x 0.28 inches (149.8 x 75.3 x 7.2 mm)

6.22 x 3.06 x 0.28 inches (158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm)

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

Weight

5.50 oz (156 g)

6.07 oz (172 g)

6.03 oz (171 g)

Materials

Back: Aluminum

Back: Glass; Frame: Metal

Resistance

Splash

Biometrics

Fingerprint (touch)

Features

Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys

Hardware & Performance

System chip

HiSilicon Kirin 935

Apple A8

Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420

Processor

Octa-core, 2200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53e, 64-bit

Dual-core, 1400 MHz, Cyclone ARMv8-A 2nd gen., 64-bit

Octa-core, 2100 MHz, ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm

GPU

Mali-T628 MP4

PowerVR GX6450

Mali-T760 MP8

RAM

3 GB LPDDR3

1 GB LPDDR3

4 GB LPDDR4

Storage expansion

Slot Type

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC

OS

Android (5.1 Lollipop), Huawei Emotion UI

iOS (12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x, 8.x)

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

Battery

Capacity

2700 mAh

2915 mAh

3000 mAh

Stand-by time

16.0 days (384 hours)

Talk time (3G)

24.00 hours

22.00 hours

Internet use

3G

12 hours

LTE

12 hours

Wi-Fi

12 hours

Music playback

80.00 hours

64.00 hours

Video playback

14.00 hours

15.00 hours

Cellular

LTE (FDD)

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28

Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 26, 28

LTE (TDD)

Bands 40

UMTS

850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz

850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz

GSM

850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz

CDMA

800, 1700/2100, 1900 MHz

Data

LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS

LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS

LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS

Connectivity

Mobile Payment

Apple Pay

Samsung Pay

Multimedia

Screen mirroring

Wireless screen share

Shopping information

MSRP price

$ 949

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6 Comments

1. MSi_GS70 unregistered

It is useless to do spec comparsion .. START doing reliability ,stability , stamina comparsions.. Just ppl GET it for GOD sake . Increasing HW specs you won't get any better.. you just cause overheating and battery drain. Huawei knows what they doing .. they don't stupidly increasing cpus or gpus .. I firstly looking at design.. am not bothered if phone has highest specs.. what for?

posted on Sep 04, 2015, 10:44 AM 1

2. xgrgtr

Posts: 43; Member since: Sep 04, 2015

Really?Take a look at the features of the HW. ''Huawei knows what they doing'' lol!!!

posted on Sep 04, 2015, 10:51 AM 0

3. MSi_GS70 unregistered

Read article about overheating Z5 it is ALREADY epic fail ! But yeah main thing it has GREAT specs right ? U naive..

posted on Sep 04, 2015, 10:53 AM 1

4. xgrgtr

yes great specs and MUCH better than that HW.We are talking about iphone 6+ and note 5,check the reviews for the note 5.THE BEST.

posted on Sep 04, 2015, 11:24 AM 0

5. MSi_GS70 unregistered

I would go for cheapest

posted on Sep 04, 2015, 12:42 PM 1

6. sgtdisturbed47

Posts: 960; Member since: Feb 02, 2012

Stupidly increase CPU and GPU? How do you think Samsung achieved the highest rank in overall performance while still having a long-lasting battery in the Note 5, even though it's a smaller battery than the Note 4? Focusing on the SoC is important, not stupid. They purposely avoided the garbage 810 SoC and this worked out perfectly. The Note 5 is top dog in screen quality, battery life/performance ratio, processing power, and camera quality. Why have "highest specs"? So you have a smartphone that doesn't perform like a 2013 device.