Motorola Nexus 6 vs Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola	Samsung
Announced
October 2014	September 2014
Status
Available - November 2014	Available - Q4 2014
Colors
Midnight Blue, Cloud White	Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm (6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)	151.3 x 82.4 x 8.3 mm (5.96 x 3.24 x 0.33 in)
Weight
184 g (6.49 oz)	174 g (6.14 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 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 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant	Curved Edge screen

OS
Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)	Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar]	Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S) Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C), Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S) Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C) [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 420 [Similar]	Adreno 420 (SM-N910S) Mali-T760 (SM-N910C) [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB	32/64 GB
External Memory
No	microSD, up to 64 GB

Type
AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.96 inches [Similar]	5.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) [Similar]	1600 x 2560 pixels (539 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
74.05%	72.96%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]	16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels [Similar]
Flash
Dual-LED Flash	LED Flash
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
Video
2160p@30fps, optical stabilization	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, optical stabilization
Front Camera
2 MP, 720p [Similar]	3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
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
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP	v4.1, A2DP, EDR, 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go	microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML5	HTML5