Motorola Nexus 6 vs Sony Xperia Z3

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola	Sony
Announced
October 2014	September 2014
Status
Available - November 2014	Available - September 2014
Colors
Midnight Blue, Cloud White	Black, White, Copper, Silver Green
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm (6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)	146 x 72 x 7.3 mm (5.75 x 2.83 x 0.29 in)
Weight
184 g (6.49 oz)	152 g (5.36 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6603, D6643, D6653, D6616
3G Network
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6603, D6643, D6653, D6616
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 700 / 800 / 1700 / 1800 / 2600 - D6603 LTE 800 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - D6643 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - D6653 LTE 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6616
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant	IP58 certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

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 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 420 [Similar]	Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB	16/32 GB
External Memory
No	microSD, up to 128 GB

Type
AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3	IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.96 inches [Similar]	5.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) [Similar]	1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
74.05%	70.79%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]	20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 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, 1/2.3'' sensor size, ISO 12,800, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, image stabilization, HDR, panorama
Video
2160p@30fps, optical stabilization	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Front Camera
2 MP, 720p [Similar]	2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Yes	Up to 296 kbps
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL	HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP	v4.0, A2DP
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 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5