The iPhone 6s is quickly becoming one of the most popular smartphones of the year, but it has serious competitors, one of which is the bigger Nexus 6 from Google. Here is how these two compare.

Design

When it comes to design, the iPhone 6s is unbeatable, as its simplicity is its edge. It has a metal unibody, made from 7000 series aluminum, that is now made to be a lot tougher. It has a Touch ID fingerprint sensor incorporated into its home button. As for colors, there are four options to choose from, gold, space gray, silver and rose gold. As for the Nexus 6, it has a plastic body and a metal frame. The device from Google lacks a fingerprint scanner and it only comes in two colors, white and blue.

Display

In terms of display quality and size, the Nexus 6 is ahead as it comes with a 5.96-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a density of 493 pixels per inch. As for the iPhone 6s, it has a much smaller IPS LCD screen measuring 4.7 inches with a resolution of 750 x 1334 pixels and a density of 326 pixels per inch. However, it has a big advantage in the form of the 3D Touch technology, which can sense the amount of pressure being applied to the screen.

Specs

There is an Apple A9 chipset in the iPhone 6s and it is coupled with a CPU with two cores clocked at 1.84 GHz and a PowerVR GT7600 GPU. As for the Nexus 6, it has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset, coupled with a Krait 450 CPU with four cores clocked at 2.7 GHz and an Adreno 420 GPU.

Memory

There is no memory slot on either device, therefore, external storage cannot be added. When it comes to RAM, the iPhone 6s only has 2 GB while its competitor, the Nexus 6, has 3 GB.

Camera

The Nexus 6 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization, while the iPhone 6s has a 12-megapixel rear camera. Both devices can be used to record 4K videos.

Price

The Nexus 6 from Google and the iPhone 6s both cost $199 with a two-year contract.