Friday, December 26, 2014

iPhone 6 Plus vs. Galaxy Note 4

iPhone 6 Plus vs. Galaxy Note 4

 

 Apple did what was once the unthinkable while predictable Samsung delivers again. Right or wrong, this is a fight of old versus new, the Galaxy Note is in its fourth generation while the iPhone 6 Plus is Apple's first phablet ever.

Samsung's release cadence dictates that the Galaxy Note is the H2 flagship, keen to assert its superiority over an already feature-rich Galaxy S. iPhones come once a year, even the first-time iPhone 6 Plus phablet. The situation is similar though, the Plus is better equipped than the vanilla iPhone 6.

Apple iPhone 6 Plus over Galaxy Note 4:

  • Thinner - 7.1mm vs. 8.5mm
  • Phase-detection autofocus
  • Slo-mo video - 240fps mode vs. 120fps mode
  • 64GB and 128GB versions
  • Tap-to-scan (no swipe) fingerprint sensor
  • Dual-LED flash vs. single LED

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 over iPhone 6 Plus:

  • Bigger, sharper display - 5.7" QHD vs. 5.5" 1080p
  • Higher resolution still camera - 16MP vs. 8MP
  • Better video recording - 2160p (stereo sound) vs. 1080p (mono)
  • Expandable storage
  • General-purpose NFC
  • Heart rate and blood oxygen saturation sensors
  • Better front-facing camera - 3.7MP/1440p vs. 1.2MP/720p
  • Bigger, user-replaceable battery
  • Faster LTE (on Snapdragon version only)
  • Optional dual-SIM
Samsung is known for its feature-rich (some would say "overflowing"), utilitarian designs but it's slowly coming around to metal designs with the Alpha and now the Galaxy Note 4. It's just a metal rim, so the user-replaceable battery and microSD card slot are intact.
The screen size also remained unchanged (5.7") to keep the device manageable single-handedly, but resolution increased to QHD. The defining feature of the Note series, the S Pen, was also improved and Samsung included optical image stabilization (OIS) to the list of camera specs.

 

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