Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ vs Google Nexus 6

Here is a comparison to see how the cool new Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ fairs against the Google Nexus 6. Both the handsets have a few similarities but the differences are more, so which handset is more deserving of your attention? Read on to know the answer.

Build

The design of S6 edge+ is very pleasing to the eyes while the design of Google Nexus 6 is very standard and lacks the glamour and style.
The edge functionality of S6 edge+ is very impressive. It is the first phablet that has a curved edge screen.
The physical material of the S6 edge+ is metal and glass. It feels robust in hand. Front and back are protected by Gorilla Glass.
The physical material of the Nexus 6 is also metal but back is made of plastic. The handset is sturdy and the design is neat.
Both the handsets are fingerprint magnet but Nexus 6 feels more greasy as compared to S6 edge+.
The screen to body ratio for Nexus 6 is 74.1%.
The screen to body ratio for S6 edge+ is 75.6%.
Nexus 6 measures 3 x 83mm in length and width while S6 edge+ measures 154.4 x 75.8mm. So they are almost similar in this field but S6 is more comfortable to use on a daily basis and it is also comfortable for pockets.
The thickness of Nexus 6 is 10.1mm while that of S6 edge+ is 6.9mm hence the latter feels more sleek and stylish as compared to Nexus 6.
There is a lot of bezel above the screen on Nexus 6.
Samsung trademark buttons are present on S6 edge+. Below the screen you will see a physical button for Home function. The Home button also acts as a fingerprint scanner.
Buttons for back and Menu functions are present on either side of the Home button.
On the right edge you will find the power button while volume rocker button is present on the left edge.
Headphone jack and microUSB port are present on the bottom edge.
The navigation buttons for Nexus 6 are present on the screen.
The headphone jack for Nexus 6 is present on the top edge while the USB port is on the bottom edge.
Volume rocker and power buttons are present on the right edge.
S6 edge plus comes in colors of Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan and White Pearl.
Nexus 6 comes in cloud white and midnight blue.

Display

Nexus 6 has a 6 inch display screen.
S6 edge+ has a 5.7 inch display screen.
The resolution of both the devices is 1440 x 2560 pixels.
The pixel density on Nexus is 490ppi while on S6 edge plus is 515ppi.
Nexus 6 is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3 while S6 edge plus is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 4.
On S6 you will find Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen while on Nexus 6 you will see AMOLED capacitive touch screen.
The color calibration on Nexus 6 is not very good while on S6 edge+ it is simply superb.
Both the screens have used Diamond PenTile matrix.
Both devices have minimum brightness at 1 nit which is good news for night birds.
S6 edge+ has maximum brightness at 502 nits which is excellent.
The maximum brightness of Nexus 6 at 270nits is very poor.
Colors are very sharp and vibrant on S6 edge+.
Viewing angles on both the devices are very good but S6 edge+ is a little ahead of Nexus 6 in that field.
Text clarity on Nexus 6 is great.
Both the handsets are ideal for web browsing while for image and video viewing S6 edge+ is better.

Memory & Battery

Both the handsets come in two versions in terms of the built in memory, both of them have a 32 GB version and a 64 GB version.
Unfortunately both of them lack a slot for external storage so they stand at equal places in this field.
There are many cloud storage options on both devices.
Nexus 6 has a 3220mAh non removable battery.
S6 edge+ has a 3200mAh non removable battery.
The constant screen on time for S6 edge+ is 9 hours and 29 minutes at 200 nits brightness.
The constant screen on time for Nexus 6 is 7 hours and 59 minutes.
The time to charge the battery from 0-100% on S6 edge+ is 1 hour and 20 minutes while on Nexus 6 is 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Both the devices also support wireless charging but you have to buy the charger.
S6 edge+ has upped itself from Nexus 6 in the battery life.

Performance

S6 edge+ has Exynos 7420 chipset system.
The processor on it is Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57.
The graphical processing unit is Mali-T760MP8.
It has 4 GB RAM.
Nexus 6 has Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset system along with Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 processor.
The processor is accompanied by 3 GB RAM.
The graphical processing unit on Nexus 6 is Adreno 420.
Both the handsets have very fast processing and responses.
Single core performance on S6 edge+ is 40% more than Nexus 6 while multi-core performance is also much more.
According to the resulting benchmark performance score S6 edge+ is definitely taking the lead in the performance section.
Mali-T760MP8 can handle graphically advanced games very easily while Adreno 420 does not do that well.

Camera

S6 edge+ has a 16 megapixel camera at the rear while on the front there is a 5 megapixel camera.
The camera performance of S6 edge+ is very very fast. No stutter was noticed.
The feature of autofocus is very fast on S6 edge+.
Optical image stabilization feature on S6 edge+ is also very good.
Double tap on the Home button takes you straight to the camera app.
The camera app in S6 edge+ is remarkable. It is filled with features and tweaks.
The image quality on the front camera is very good.
The camera has a wide aperture so group selfies are not a problem.
There are so many modes.
Editing image is very easy.
Settings are very easy to find while on Nexus 6 it takes a bit of time to figure out everything.
Images quality from S6 edge+ is stupendous; colors are pleasing to the eyes, details are sharp and clear.
Nexus 6 has a 13 megapixel camera at the rear while on the front there is a mediocre 2 megapixel camera.
Nexus 6 has a dual LED flash while S6 edge+ only has a single one.
The Nexus 6 camera is also very good, it gives detailed clear images but the colors sometimes seem a bit washed out.
Indoor picture quality on both handsets is good. Images are sharp and clear.
The front camera on Nexus 6 gives mediocre images; the images are not detailed or bright enough.

Features

Nexus 6 runs Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) operating system which can be upgraded to Android 5.1.1.
S6 edge+ runs Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Samsung has used its trademark TouchWiz interface.
The edge functionality offered on S6 edge+ is amazing.
Google has used pure Android interface.
Both devices have 4G LTE connectivity.
The features of dual band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.4, NFC and GPS are also present.
Browsing is pretty smooth on Chrome browser in both handsets.

Verdict

Considering all the specifications of both handsets one can easily say that the vote goes to Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+. The prices of Google Nexus 6 is $500 while for S6 edge+ is $800. You can choose wisely depending on the amount of money you want to spend.