Phone Comparison - Motorola Nexus 6 vs Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Samsung Galaxy A53 5G

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 July 2015 March 2022
Status Available - November 2014 Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - April 2022
Price - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Midnight Blue, Cloud White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black, White, Blue, Peach
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
159.6 x 74.8 x 8.1 mm
(6.28 x 2.94 x 0.32 in)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) 151 g (5.33 oz) 189 g (6.67 oz)
SIM Type - - Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
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(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
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 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint Sensor (under display, optical)
IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android 12
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Octa-core (2x2.4 GHz & 6x2.0 GHz), Exynos 1280 processor
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 405 Mali-G68
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16/32 GB 256 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSDXC

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen FHD+ Super AMOLED Screen
120Hz Refresh Rate
Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 5.96 inches 5.7 inches 6.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 1080 x 2400 pixels (405 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.05% 73.99% 85.40%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes no
Radio No FM radio with RDS; recording Unspecified
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 64 MP + 12 MP + 5 MP + 5 MP
Flash Dual-LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.7X", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm
5 MP, f/2.4, (macro)
5 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps; gyro-EIS
Front Camera 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm
HDR
4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps [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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.1, A2DP, LE
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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSDXC
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor not 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 Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 25W
Capacity 3220 mAh 3050 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by Up to 330 h - -
Talk Time Up to 24 h - -