Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 6 vs Sony Xperia M5 vs Samsung Galaxy A9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Samsung
Announced September 2014 August 2015 Expected Announcement - November 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Available - August 2015 Rumored - December 2015
Price - Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Space Gray, White/Silver, Gold Black, White, Gold Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 137.5 x 67 x 7.1 mm
(5.41 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
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Weight 113 g (3.99 oz) 142.5 g (5.01.0.18 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5603, E5653
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E5606
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - all models LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5603
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5606
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5653
LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features 500 dpi Pixel Density Fingerprint Sensor (Touch ID)
Shatter proof glass, oleophobic coating
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 8, Upgradable to iOS 10 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Dual-core 1.4 GHz, Apple A8 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 620
GPU PowerVR GX6450 PowerVR G6200 Adreno 510
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 5.0 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.93% 65.89% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio with RDS FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash Dual-LED Flash LED Flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1.5µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@60fps, video stabilization 2160p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat6, 300 Mbps DL; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1810 mAh 2600 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 671 h (2G)
Up to 656 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 14 h Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)
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