Phone Comparison - Motorola Nexus 6 vs HTC Desire 826 vs Sony Xperia Z4v

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola HTC Sony
Announced October 2014 January 2015 June 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2015 Coming Soon - June 2015
Price - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Midnight Blue, Cloud White Various White, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 159.26 x 82.98 x 10.06 mm
(6.27 x 3.27 x 0.4 in)
- 144.4 x 72.3 x 8.7 mm
(5.69 x 2.85 x 0.34 in)
Weight 184 g (6.49 oz) - 162 g (5.71 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - XT1103
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
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 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 13(700), 20(800)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers, Water resistant - - IP68 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 420 Adreno 405 Adreno 430
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.96 inches 5.5 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (493 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.05% - 71.36%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 20.7 MP, 5248 Ñ… 3936 pixels
Flash Dual-LED Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Photo Sphere, HDR, Dual Recording, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, optical stabilization 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Front Camera 2 MP, 720p [Similar] 4 MP, 1080p (1/3' sensor size, 2µm pixel [Similar] 5.1 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes 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 HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (SlimPort), USB Host, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3220 mAh 2600 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 330 h - Up to 590 h (2G)
Up to 580 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 24 h - Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 20 h (3G)