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Motorola DROID Turbo 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus: specs comparison

By Peter K.

Oct 27, 2015, 11:14 AM

Motorola DROID Turbo 2 vs Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs Apple iPhone 6s Plus: specs comparison

We have a duo of brand new Motorola devices on the block and both of them have more than enough compelling new features to keep our attention. Well, the beefier new device is the DROID Turbo 2 and this can't be argued. Equipped with beefier internals than the DROID Maxx 2, the Turbo 2 has a 5.4-inch AMOLED Quad HD display that is allegedly shatterproof, a Snapdragon 810 chip, 3 gigs of LPDDR4 RAM, a 21MP rear camera, and a large 3,760mAh battery.

A rather well-endowed specs sheet, isn't it? Well, we can't say that it's top-notch, but regardless, it is not too shabby as well! As it's landing on a very saturated market, it will certainly have to clash against a couple of other noteworthy devices residing in the same price class.

Two of these are the Galaxy Note5 and the iPhone 6s Plus, which can be viewed as the exemplar high-end representatives of Android and iOS, respectively.

Here's how the three stack up against one another.

Display

Size

5.7 inches

5.5 inches

5.4 inches

Technology

Super AMOLED

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen-to-body

76.62 %

67.91 %

68.03 %

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

ShatterShield, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip

Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420

Apple A9 APL1022

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994

Processor

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

Dual-core, 1840 MHz, Twister, 64-bit

Octa-core, 2000 MHz, ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit

GPU

Mali-T760 MP8

PowerVR GT7600

Adreno 430

RAM

4GB LPDDR4

2GB LPDDR4

3GB

Internal storage

64GB, not expandable

128GB, not expandable

64GB

OS

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

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

Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop)

Battery

Capacity

3000 mAh

2750 mAh

3760 mAh

Charging

Fast charging

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 (OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)

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

21 MP (PDAF)

Specifications

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

Aperture size: F2.0

Video recording

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)

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

Features

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

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

HDR, Video calling, Video sharing

Front

5 MP

Design

Dimensions

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)

5.90 x 3.07 x 0.36 inches (149.8 x 78 x 9.2 mm)

Weight

6.03 oz (171.0 g)

6.77 oz (192.0 g)

5.96 oz (169.0 g)

Materials

Back: Glass; Frame: Metal

Back: Aluminum

Resistance

Splash

Biometrics

Fingerprint (touch)

Features

Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys

Notification light

Interchangeable covers

Buyers information

Price

$ 949

$ 720

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