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Apple iPhone 6S Plus Mobile Phone
Apple iPhone 6S Plus
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy Note 7
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus Mobile Phone
Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus
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Editiorial reviews
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4.6 out of 5
12 user ratings
5 stars
75 %
4 stars
25 %
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4.2 out of 5
7 user ratings
5 stars
28 %
4 stars
71 %
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12 editorial reviews
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4.4 out of 5
6 user ratings
5 stars
16 %
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4.4 out of 5
36 user ratings
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4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
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4.1 out of 5
38 user ratings
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3.9 out of 5
37 user ratings
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Android 5.1Android 6.0Android 5.0
CPU clock speed1.84 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
N/A
CPU coresDual-core8-core8-core6-core
CPU modelApple A9Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Samsung Exynos 8 Octa 8890
N/A
GPU modelPowerVR GT7600ARM Mali-T760ARM Mali-T880 MP12
N/A
RAM memory2 GB4 GB4 GB2 GB

Display

Screen size5.5 in5.7 in5.7 in5.5 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
N/A
Panel typeLCDOLEDOLEDOLED
Resolution1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px1440 x 2560 px1920 x 1080 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
AMOLEDSuper AMOLED
Pixel density401.0 ppi518.0 ppi518.0 ppi401.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coatingCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0Corning Gorilla Glass 5.0
N/A
Dual screen supportno
N/A
no
N/A
Scratch resistant displayyes
N/A
yes
N/A
HDRno
N/A
yes
N/A
3D touchyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Multi touchyes
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f1.9 f1.7 f
N/A
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)240.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyes
N/A
yesyes
Burst Modeyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyes
N/A
N/A
N/A
Face detectionyes
N/A
yesyes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yesyes
HDR Captureyes
N/A
yesyes
LED Flashyes
N/A
yesyes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Panoramayes
N/A
yesyes
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focusyes
N/A
yesyes
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/2.5"
N/A
Gesture Shot
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Slow-Mo
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx
Face detectionyes
N/A
yesyes
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
Light sourceRetina Flash
N/A
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
64 GB
N/A
Memory card readernonoyesyes
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slotNo memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
microSD
Maximum card storage
N/A
N/A
256GB
N/A

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Brown
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Black
  • White
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Silver
Black
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Steel
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
N/A
Water resistantno
N/A
yes
N/A
Shock resistantno
N/A
no
N/A
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnoyesno
N/A
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
N/A
DLNA certifiedno
N/A
no
N/A
Bluetoothyes
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.14.24.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
A2DP
N/A
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
SBCSBC
N/A
NFCyes
N/A
yesyes
Charging connectionLightning
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
Video outputManufacturer specificMHLNo
N/A
USB version
N/A
2.0
3.0/3.1
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB

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Often compared with Samsung Galaxy S6 Plus