Samsung Galaxy Note 3 vs Apple iPhone 6 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3

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Apple iPhone 6

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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Apple iPhone 6 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Apple iPhone 6
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Release date 2013, September 2014, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm | 5.95 x 5.95 x 3.12 in 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm | 5.44 x 5.44 x 2.64 in
Weight 168 g | 5.93 oz 129 g | 4.55 oz
Body Build Plastic body Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Black, White, Pink, Merlot Red, Rose Gold Black, Rose Gold White Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Battery 3200 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1810 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 420 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Stand by time - Up to 250 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 50 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 4.7" in
Screen area 89.6 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 74.8% 65.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 386 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.12µm, AF -8 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.5µm, PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps (N9005, N9002)/ 1080p (N9000) 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
DxOMark Main Score 73
DxOMark Photo 70
DxOMark Video 78
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 1.2 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) 1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard)
Functions face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0 (Lollipop) iOS 8, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (28 nm)
- Exynos 5420 Octa (28 nm) - N9000
- Apple A8 (20 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 - N9005, N9002
-Octa-core (4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) - N9000
- Dual-core 1.4 GHz Typhoon (ARM v8-based)
GPU Adreno 330 - N9005, N9002
Mali-T628 MP6 - N9000
PowerVR GX6450 (quad-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 16/32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 127678
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 141 305
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 467 563
GeekBench 4 Single Core 761
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1968
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2235
GeekBench 4 Battery 829

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models 
CDMA 800 / 1900 - N9009
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9005, N9002, N9006 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - N9009 
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - N900W8
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - N9005 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100) - N900W8
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1549 (GSM), A1549 (CDMA), A1586 
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1549 (CDMA), A1586
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1549 (GSM), A1549 (CDMA), A1586 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1549 (CDMA), A1586 
TD-SCDMA - A1586
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700) - A1549 GSM, A1549 CDMA 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1586
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (Apple Pay only)
USB microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE 4.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation
SAR EU - 0.29 W/kg (head)     0.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.18 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 16-bit/44.1kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture , Infrared port - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
-Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
--Stylus

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
--Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: N9000 (3G); N9005 (3G/LTE) Also known as Samsung Galaxy Note III; Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9002 with dual-SIM card slots

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