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.

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)
the average is 6.4 oz (183 g)
6.77 oz (192.0 g)
the average is 6.4 oz (183 g)
5.96 oz (169.0 g)
the average is 6.4 oz (183 g)
Materials
Back: Glass
Frame: Metal
Back: Aluminum
 
Resistance
 
 
Splash
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)
Fingerprint (touch)
 
Features
Stylus, Touch sensitive control keys
Notification light
Interchangeable covers
Display
Size
5.7-inch
5.5-inch
5.4-inch
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 (14 nm)
Apple A9 APL1022
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994
Processor
Octa-core
2100 MHz
ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
64-bit
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
128GB
64GB
OS
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)
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)
the average is 0 days (0 h)
 
Talk time (3G)
22.00 hours
the average is 0 h (0 min)
24.00 hours
the average is 0 h (0 min)
 
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
Single camera
Single camera
Main camera
16 MP (Features: OIS, PDAF, CMOS image sensor, BSI sensor)
12 MP (Features: Sapphire crystal lens cover, OIS, PDAF, BSI sensor)
21 MP (Features: PDAF)
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)
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
5 MP
5 MP
Buyers information
MSRP
 
$ 949
$ 720


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