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

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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.

Motorola DROID Turbo 2 Samsung Galaxy Note5 Apple iPhone 6s Plus

Design

Dimensions
5.90 x 3.07 x 0.36 inches
149.8 x 78 x 9.2 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
5.96 oz (169.0 g) 6.03 oz (171.0 g) 6.77 oz (192.0 g)
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Back: Aluminum
Resistance
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch) Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Interchangeable covers Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White Black sapphire, Gold platinum, Silver titan, White pearl Gold, Silver, Rose gold, Space gray

Display

Size
5.4-inch 5.7-inch 5.5-inch
Resolution
2560x1440px, 540 PPI 2560x1440px, 518 PPI 1920x1080px, 401 PPI
Technology
AMOLED Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Screen-to-body
68.03 % 76.62 % 67.91 %
Peak brightness
500 cd/m2 (nit)
Features
ShatterShield, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 4), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor Pressure-sensitive, Oleophobic coating, Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

System chip
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm) Apple A9 APL1022
Processor
Octa-core
2000 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
Dual-core
1840 MHz
Twiste
GPU
Adreno 430 Mali-T760 MP8 PowerVR GT7600
RAM
3GB 4GB (LPDDR4) 2GB (LPDDR4)
Internal storage
64GB 64GB, available to use: 54.1 GB 128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 2000 GB not expandable not expandable
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.1 Lollipop) 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
3760 mAh 3000 mAh 2750 mAh
Type
Li - Ion Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging, Qi and Powermat wireless charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera Single camera
Main camera
21 MP (PDAF)
Aperture size: F2.0
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
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
Flash
Dual LED LED Dual LED
Video recording
3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
HDR, Video calling, Video sharing
3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 2560x1440 (QHD), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (60 fps), 1280x720 (HD), 640x480 (VGA)
OIS, Continuous autofocus, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling
3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (120 fps), 1280x720 (HD) (240 fps)
OIS, Time-lapse video, Continuous autofocus, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP (Flash) 5 MP 5 MP (HDR)

Connectivity & Features

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

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
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

4G (FDD)
Bands 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700 c) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 26(850+), 28(700 APT) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 18(800 Lower), 19(800 Upper), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 29(700 d)
4G (TDD)
Bands 40(2300) Bands 38(2600), 39(1900+), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100) Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100) Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900)
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type
Nano SIM Nano SIM Nano SIM
HD Voice
Yes
VoLTE
Yes

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Aug 12, 2015
FCC ID value: IHDT56UA1
Date approved: Jul 15, 2015
FCC ID value: A3LSMN920A
Date approved: Sep 09, 2015
FCC ID value: BCG-E2944A
Measured SAR
Head: 1.38 W/kg
Body: 0.17 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.58 W/kg
Wireless Router: 0.24 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: 0.91 W/kg
Body: 1.14 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.56 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.14 W/kg

Buyers information

MSRP
$ 720 $ 949

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 27, 2015 Aug 13, 2015 Sep 09, 2015


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