Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S5 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy A5 vs Apple iPhone 6s

Price Comparison (India) - -

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Apple
Announced October 2014 October 2014 September 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - September 2015
Price Rs. 17,499 ($257.34) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,090 ($266.03) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 41,999 ($617.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.26 in)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700) - A1688
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.14 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.87 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) iOS 9
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.2 GHz 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9
GPU Adreno 420 - -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 16/64/128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.1 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.63% 70.85% 65.45%
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 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels
Flash phase detection auto LED flash Real-tone Flash
Features 1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 �m Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama)
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat6 300 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.0, BLE, ANT+ v4.1, 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2.1), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (6.9 Wh)
Capacity 2800 mAh 2300 mAh 1715 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 240 h (3G)
Talk Time (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)
- Up to 14 h (3G)