Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge vs Motorola Moto G5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Motorola
Announced October 2011 March 2015 February 2017
Status Available - November 2011 Available - April 2015 Available - March 2017
Price - Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 11,999 ($210.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald Grey, Black, Sapphire Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
142.1 x 70.1 x 7 mm
(5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in)
144.3 x 73 x 9.5 mm
(5.68 x 2.87 x 0.37 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 132 g (4.66 oz) 144.5 g (5.08.0.18 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) LTE LTE
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.58 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
0.33 W/kg (head)
0.59 W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
Front Speaker
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Octa-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8937 Snapdragon 430
GPU No Mali-T760 Adreno 505
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches 5.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 71.96% 65.30%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, OIS 13 MP
Flash LED flash LED Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone)
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama Autofocus, f/2.0, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, Auto-HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call, HDR [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2, auto-HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 2600 mAh 2800 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
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