When comparing Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs iPhone 6 Plus, the Slant community recommends Samsung Galaxy Note 4 for most people. In the question“What are the best phablets? ” Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is ranked 1st while iPhone 6 Plus is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is:
N4 has a 3220 mAh battery that according to Phonearena will last for more than 8½ hours of typical use. The battery can be charge from 0% to 50% in about 30 minutes and from 0% to 100% in less than 100 minutes.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Removable battery with excellent life and fast charging
N4 has a 3220 mAh battery that according to Phonearena will last for more than 8½ hours of typical use. The battery can be charge from 0% to 50% in about 30 minutes and from 0% to 100% in less than 100 minutes.
Pro Great 16 MP rear-facing camera with OIS
Note 4 has a 16 MP with optical image stabilization as well as software image stabilization. It can record great 4K30, 1080p60 and 720p120 video.
Pro Stylus
Located at the bottom edge is a stylus called the S-Pen. It's reasonably accurate and has a button for highlighting making it easy to copy and paste text or look up words in a dictionary.
Pro Good performance
Note 4 has two chip and cpu combinations available.
- 2.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 with Adreno 420 GPU
- ARMv8-A Exynos 7 Octa with a quad-core 1.3 GHz and quad-core 1.9 GHz CPUs
Both variants have 3GB or RAM and are capable of handling anything thrown at them.
Pro Takes great advantage of being so big via TouchWiz
Note 4 runs TouchWiz Nature UX 3.0, an Android reskin, that has a multitasking interface for using two apps at the same time in split screen mode or by having another application in a floating window above anything currently on screen. Touchwiz also adds support for S-Pen functions and includes additional gestures, menus and apps that take better advantage of the big display.
Pro Excellent 5.7" QHD display
N4 has a 5.7" 2560×1440 (515 ppi) AMOLED display. It's sharp, with good contrast, saturated colors and viewing angles.
Pro Includes a heart-rate monitor
Pro Has a fingerprint scanner
Pro Has a UV sensor
Pro Great low-light performance
Pro Takes HDR shots
Pro Good color reproduction
Pro Reasonable 1.2 MP front-facing camera
The 1.2 MP camera takes reasonable photos due to Apple's excellent image processing. There's also an HDR mode and a selection of pre-shot filters available.
Pro Great performance
The iPhone 6 Plus has a 1.4 GHz dual-core ARMv8-A CPU, PowerVR Series 6 GX6450 GPU and 1 GB of RAM. It's highly responsive in everyday use.
Pro Reasonable battery life
The phone has a 2915 mAh battery that according to Phonearena will drain in about 6½ hours of typical use.
Pro Beautiful design
The iPhone 6 Plus is built from one peace of smooth aluminum rounded off at the corners. It's 7.1mm thin and weighs 172g. It has the power button on one side and volume rocker and mute switch on the other. The display goes all the way to the edge where it rounds off to create a seamless body.
Pro Excellent 8MP camera with OIS
The camera has excellent low-light performance due to its new sensors and lens, fast autofocus, optical image stabilization and top-notch image processing. It's capable of capturing HDR photos as well as shooting 1080p60, 720p240 video.
Pro Great 5.5" 1080p display
The iPhone 6 Plus has a bright 5.5" 1920x1080 (401 ppi) IPS display with accurate color reproduction, good contrast and excellent viewing angles due to "dual-domain pixels".
Cons
Con TouchWiz bloatware slows the device down a bit
Con Somewhat difficult to grip the phone
Due to its rounded edges, light weight, big size and smooth aluminum finish the iPhone 6 Plus feels like it might easily slip out of the hand.
Con Has structural integrity issues
It's possible to bend the phone if enough pressure is applied to a weak point near volume buttons.