Phone Comparison - Motorola Nexus 6 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Motorola Moto X Play

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general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Samsung Motorola
Announced October 2014 March 2015 July 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - April 2015 Available - August 2015
Price - Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,499 ($227.93) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Midnight Blue, Cloud White White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Blue Topaz Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
143.4 x 70.5 x 6.8 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
148 x 75 x 10.9 mm
(5.83 x 2.95 x 0.43 in)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
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 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1562
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 band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 41(2500) - XT1562
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP52 Certified: Water Repellant Nano-coating

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU Adreno 420 Mali-T760 Adreno 405
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32/64/128 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.96 inches 5.1 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (577 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.05% 70.66% 74.21%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No 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, OIS 21 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash Dual-LED Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 5 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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.0, 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB
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 not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 2550 mAh 3630 mAh
Stand by Up to 330 h - -
Talk Time Up to 24 h - Up to 48 h