Phone Comparison - Motorola Nexus 6 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Lenovo Vibe Z2

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Lenovo
Announced October 2014 September 2014 September 2014
Status Available - November 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014
Colors Midnight Blue, Cloud White Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink White, Gold, Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm
(6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
148.5 x 76.4 x 7.8 mm
(5.85 x 3.01 x 0.31 in)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 / TD-LTE 2500 - XT1100 (Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20, 28, 41)
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 TD-LTE 2500 - XT1103 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 29, 41)
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
Quad-core 1.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
Adreno 306
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.96 inches 5.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.05% 74.32% 73.51%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash Dual-LED Flash LED Flash optical image stabil
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS Auto focus, Smart OIS, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, Panorama, HDR Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, dual band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Baidu Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 3220 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 330 h - Up to 408 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 24 h - Up to 30 h (2G)
Up to 28 h (3G)