Comparison - Nexus 6 vs Note 4

[Rarry]

SAMSUNG NOTE 4:
Brighter Screen (even brighter if you use 'Auto' in sunlight apparently) and 'Auto' brightness has a manual preference starting point which is a nice touch.
Multi Window
Swappable Battery
Micro SD Card - up to 128 GB
Fingerprint scanner
S-Pen
Ultra power save mode
Swipe to unlock
Virtual Reality accessories (VR written into the kernel, so will be very responsive apparently.)
Infrared - Is that useful?
Touchwiz

NEXUS 6
Front Stereo Speakers
Got 5.0 Lollipop now and will get earlier updates from Google ('Lollipop' for Note 4 maybe in December), also will update in future years when Note 4 probably won't.
Voice Commands from Standby - Though I read the Note 4 can be set up for this too but maybe with more cost to battery life?
Active Display - Notifications on Standby like Moto X?
Tap to Start ? - It seems not.
Wireless Charging (Add-on wireless charging cover is available for Note 4)
No Touchwiz. No bloat.
Advance replacement warranty via Motorola (assuming warranty policy is like their other smartphones) vs sending it in (Note 4)

BOTH
Good Screens - Similar size given that Samsung uses separate buttons
Fast Charging
Optical Image Stabilisation

These are some of the main differences I've read so far. Anything major to add I can edit in?

 

[Jeremy8000]

Note 4:

MicroSD
Fingerprint scanner​

Nexus 6:

Will (almost certainly) receive more subsequent OS updates
No bloat
Unlocked
Viable on all US carriers
OIS on camera whoops, both have this
Advance replacement warranty (Nexus 6) via Motorola* vs sending it in (Note 4)

*assuming warranty policy is like their other smartphones​

 

[Rarry]

Thanks, I forgot the fingerprint scanner (works with Paypal and Lastpass - useful) and SD card. I think they both have OIS? Is 'unlocked' a big deal, I thought is was all going that way now anyway.

 

[eao1991]

Thanks, I forgot the fingerprint scanner and SD card. I think they both have OIS? Is 'unlocked' a big deal, I thought is was all going that way now anyway.

Yeah both have OIS

Sent from my Note 4

 

[Jeremy8000]

Thanks, I forgot the fingerprint scanner (works with Paypal and Lastpass - useful) and SD card. I think they both have OIS? Is 'unlocked' a big deal, I thought is was all going that way now anyway.

You're right - my error on the OIS, fixed in my initial post. The phone being available unlocked is irrelevant to most, but a necessity to anyone who wants freedom to work with different ROM's, etc.

 

[Rarry]

Oh I see, I thought you meant carrier unlocked. I won't put it in the list anyway as it's probably not a deal-breaker for most people. I read that a 'Developer Edition' of the Note 4 is available for the same price btw, which allows unlocking for flashing ROMs. I think that was the only difference but I don't know anything about availability.

 

[j_grouchy]

I'm actually warming up to the Nexus a little. I still need to hold one to see how I feel about the size (...I know...no jokes, please...), but the Note 4 that my coworker has didn't seem all that bad.

This helps allay some of my fears:

 

[lildj0809]

There's a great comparison app on the Play Store called Versus. It doesn't always list everything, and sometimes it lists pointless things, but it is for the most part very useful.

 

[Rarry]

I sometimes put my Nexus 7 in my inside jacket pocket so I can't see a big phone being a problem as long as it wasn't too heavy. And anyway, with phones getting bigger every year, if it looks just slightly big now it'll seem normal a year from now. A big phone seems a good idea so you only need carry one device. I've got a Sony SBH 52 Bluetooth handset thing if I want to hide the phone anyway, though can't say I use it much.

 

[Robbie317]

I sometimes put my Nexus 7 in my inside jacket pocket so I can't see a big phone being a problem as long as it wasn't too heavy.

I had started trying to use my Nexus 7 exclusively with one hand.... I found that it wasn't too hard and I only needed the other hand or my leg to balance the device during certain things... but I could still use the Swipe keyboard with relative ease across the device and do almost anything and everything one handed.... considering the 6 is considerably smaller with much smaller bezel it should be a breeze to use.... (Should being the keyword)

 

[darkestred]

I had started trying to use my Nexus 7 exclusively with one hand.... I found that it wasn't too hard and I only needed the other hand or my leg to balance the device during certain things... but I could still use the Swipe keyboard with relative ease across the device and do almost anything and everything one handed.... considering the 6 is considerably smaller with much smaller bezel it should be a breeze to use.... (Should being the keyword)

Guy at my job had the iphone 6 plus. I set up his email on it and was typing with one hand with no issues. Also had a case on it.

I have small hands but thats about it...

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[edgefever]

My wife has a plus it's really a nice screen size to have, and with android's you have all your buttons on the bottom it will be real easy to handle.

 

[IrishFXDB]

Guy at my job had the iphone 6 plus. I set up his email on it and was typing with one hand with no issues. Also had a case on it.

I have small hands but thats about it...

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A 6+ with any sort of protective case is pretty much the same size as the Nexus 6. The case'd iPhone might be literally about a MM narrower, but that's pretty much it. Oh, and the case'd iPhone won't have the curvature.

This actually makes me laugh because of all the people that use the 6+ who say the Nexus 6 is too large. Including "trusted" review sites.

 

[j_grouchy]

Alright...my wife has a Lumia 1520 from her employer and it is very close to the same dimensions as a nexus 6. I think I have to rule this beast out. There is no way I could pocket that thing. I thought I might be able to get over the size...but having a real world example of a similar size phone, I see it would never work out.

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