For several years, the success of Samsung and Apple has been beyond doubt. As the wind vane of the two major mobile phone systems, Samsung and Apple's latest products are often the most concerned. In order to give you a more intuitive understanding, today we will make a comparative evaluation of Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus.

Specifications

appearance

From the front, there is no big difference between the two. With round corners and a large screen, the only prominent one is the front HOME button, which is also the symbol of Samsung and Apple.

The difference between the two can be seen at a glance on the back. The aluminum alloy material used in the iPhone 6 Plus looks very attractive and feels very textured. Holding it in the hand, there is a kind of cool elegance, and this "cold" is unique to metal; The drawback is that the two thick plastic antennas, as a contrast, Samsung has always used plastic shells (metal frames), which are slightly inferior in texture, but there is no problem of shielding signals.

Like all mobile phone manufacturers, Samsung and Apple put some sensors on the top of their phones. From this point, we can see the degree of care of the manufacturer for the products. There are three big "holes" at the top of Samsung Galaxy Note 4, which should drive Virgo crazy for a while.

At the lower end of the phone, there is a HOME key for both phones. Apple adopts a round design. A circle of metal around the phone not only increases the metal texture, but also is an important part of the Touch ID function. Samsung's design is rectangular, and the two ends are treated like ellipses.

There is a "square" camera on the back of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Below the camera is an LED flash and a heart rate sensor. The iPhone 6 Plus continues the style of the iPhone 5, placing the camera on the upper left corner and using dual flash lights. However, the protruding camera has become a hot topic for people to complain about.

The left side of the phone is a long bar of volume keys, and the iPhone 6 Plus has a mute entity key.

The right side is the power button. Considering the size of the phone, Samsung and Apple have placed the power button on the right side, which is conducive to one handed operation.

There is a big difference between the two on the bottom of the phone. In addition to the power interface and microphone, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 has a multi-functional stylus, while the iPhone 6 Plus places the speaker and headphone interface on the bottom of the phone.

The headphone connector of Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is on the top of the phone. Due to the limitation of the back arc, the headphone jack has obvious bulge on the back.

Summary: Samsung GALAXY Note 4 uses a mix of plastic and metal shell material, and the frame of the body is made of metal. The horizontal texture is arranged on the surface of the front of the body, and the back of the body continues the imitation leather texture design of Note 3, which makes the body feel smooth. Apple's iPhone 6 Plus is the first large screen mobile phone launched by Apple. Although Apple has done little in antenna layout and camera, it still cannot hide Apple's unique artistic creativity.

Screen display

For many fans, the experience of large screen brought by iPhone 6 Plus is unprecedented, and it has also realized many fans' desire for large screen iPhone. The iPhone 6 Plus is equipped with a 5.5 inch screen, which supports a higher resolution of 1920x1080 pixels. The screen PPI has reached 401. In terms of screen size and screen fineness, the iPhone 6 Plus has been significantly upgraded, and its hardware specifications have finally kept up with the pace of Android large screen phones.

Galaxy Note 4 is equipped with a 5.7 inch display screen made of Super AMOLED material, with a resolution of 2560 × 1440 and a pixel density of 515ppi. In terms of screen fineness, Galaxy Note 4 has a slight advantage.

In terms of color performance, Samsung's AMOLED screen has always given people an impression of rich color. Although it looks good, it is not realistic. However, the Super AMOLED screen on Galaxy Note 4 is somewhat different from previous products, apparently after careful adjustment by Samsung. The color temperature of the Galaxy Note 4 screen in the basic mode is 6667K, which is very close to the standard 6500K. It can be said that it is neither warm nor cold, and the display effect is real enough. The iPhone series, which has always been known for its excellent color performance, is somewhat backward this time. The color temperature of the iPhone 6 Plus is 7318K, which is relatively cold.

Samsung has always been a pain in screen brightness, and the Galaxy Note 4 is no exception. The maximum brightness of the iPhone 6 Plus has reached an astonishing 574nt, while the Galaxy Note 4 is only 468nt.

Display comparison:

Screen size

viewing angle

Gamut

Color accuracy

Gray precision

System and function

The biggest difference between Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus should be the operating system in addition to the screen size. Galaxy Note 4 comes with a TouchWiz operating interface that is deeply customized based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat. As a manufacturer customized system, TouchWiz has been relatively mature after several years of development, and the latest version of TouchWiz carried by Galaxy Note 4 has also been improved compared with the previous version. Especially in the design, the flat style is full, and the color has become rich and jumping, which is more in line with the aesthetic standards of young consumers. The system has many useful functions built in, such as Smart Stay. Smart Stay can monitor the user's eye movements through the front camera. When the user looks at the screen for a long time, the screen can stay on, which is not affected by the screen lock time, and does not need to click the screen every other time. In addition, the multi window display and one hand mode enable the Galaxy Note 4 to make full use of the large screen while ensuring a certain degree of one hand operability.

In the Galaxy Note series, we cannot fail to mention the landmark S Pen intelligent stylus function. The S Pen equipped with the Galaxy Note 4 does not need a built-in power supply, and the 2048 level pressure sensing is also quite sensitive. Although there is some delay, its use experience is very close to the real writing experience.

The iPhone 6 Plus is pre installed with the iOS 8 system. Let's not mention the smoothness of iOS. For the large screen, Apple has made a lot of optimization on iOS 8, such as double clicking the Home key to make the screen sink and hover, and supporting third-party keyboards.

Processor and memory

As the flagship of the year, the configuration of Note 4 is naturally very powerful. It is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor and 3GB of memory, so there is no pressure to run large games. On the other hand, Note 4 is well controlled in terms of heat, and even if you play games for a long time, there is no obvious hot feeling.

Because Apple has always been relatively conservative in terms of hardware, it is equipped with ARMv8 64 bit chip architecture and 1GB of running memory. Looking at this configuration alone, it seems that it is only the configuration of low-end Android computers. Due to the advantages of unified software and hardware of the iOS platform, the iPhone 6 Plus is not a bit stuck compared with the Note 4.

Performance benchmark:

Web browsing and connectivity

Galaxy Note 4 comes with Samsung default browser and Google Chrome browser, both of which have good actual experience. Samsung default browser can log in Samsung account to synchronize browsing records and bookmarks. The default browser of iPhone 6 Plus is Safari. Compared with the previous version, The built-in Safari interface of iOS 8 has undergone a new design, and can also synchronize the user information of the desktop version. The highly praised reader has also been used. The actual experience is the same as that of the desktop version. Tests show that the web page loading time of Safari, which comes with iPhone 6 Plus, is shorter.

In terms of connectivity

Galaxy Note 4 supports the latest Bluetooth 4.1, while iPhone 6 Plus only supports Bluetooth 4.0. In addition, the Galaxy Note 4 is also equipped with an infrared remote control module, which can be used as a home appliance remote control. Although both support 4G LTE, the versions are somewhat different. Galaxy Note 4 supports LTE Category 6, with a theoretical maximum transmission rate of 300 Mbit/s, while the maximum transmission rate of LTE Category 4 supported by iPhone 6 is 150 Mbit/s. However, due to the restrictions of operators in real life, there is no difference in the actual experience between the two. Although iPhone 6 Plus supports NFC, it seems that Apple's mobile payment has nothing to do with China.

camera

The rear camera of Galaxy Note 4 uses a 1/2.6 inch 16 million pixel Samsung ISOCELL sensor, with a unit pixel area of 1.12 μ m, a f/2.2 aperture lens set, and supports optical anti shake. The 8 million pixels of Apple's iPhone 6 Plus are still the same as those of the iPhone 5s. The size of the sensor is 1/3 inch, and the unit pixel area is 1.5 μ m. It is equipped with an f/2.2 aperture lens and a dual color temperature flash. In terms of hardware configuration, the Galaxy Note 4 is a complete winner over the iPhone 6 Plus.

Sample (above is the sample shot for Galaxy Note 4):

In the case of sufficient light, the imaging quality of Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus is very good, with only slight differences: the white balance of Galaxy Note 4 is cold, while that of iPhone 6 Plus is somewhat warm. Due to the inherent advantage of the number of pixels, the details of Galaxy Note 4 proofs are more abundant, which is more obvious after magnification.

The performance of the iPhone 6 Plus in the dark environment won slightly. Apple's graphics optimization has always been outstanding, and the overall picture looks brighter. The night photos of the Galaxy Note 4 are somewhat dark. Although the built-in optical anti shake module can extend the exposure time, the imaging effect has no obvious advantage over the iPhone 6 Plus. The dual color temperature flash of iPhone 6 Plus is more natural and realistic when the flash is turned on, while the Galaxy Note 4 is a little inferior.

Camera speed:

Audio output

Speaking of music playing, we must say that the sound of the Galaxy Note 4's speakers is very bright, but the earphones are far inferior to Apple's iPhone 6 Plus. In real life, we still use headphones to listen to music more often.

Call quality

In terms of call quality, the Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus both perform very well. The earpiece has clear and bright sound, no noise, excellent noise reduction ability, and good sound reproduction of the microphone.

Endurance

Galaxy Note 4 uses a QHD resolution screen, which makes many users question the endurance of Galaxy Note 4. After testing, Galaxy Note 4 has a good performance of 8 hours and 43 minutes, while iPhone 6 Plus has only 6 hours and 32 minutes. Samsung Galaxy Note 4 also supports battery replacement. In terms of battery life, the iPhone 6 Plus is inferior. It seems necessary to carry a mobile power supply when going out for a long time.

summary

Galaxy Note 4 and iPhone 6 Plus are both very good phones. Android phones have always taken a huge advantage in hardware configuration, and Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is the best among them. Because iPhone has certain advantages in software and system, although at present, Apple can make up for the shortage of hardware in the system, it is not clear how long this situation will last. Although Apple is a bit stingy on hardware, its pursuit of art has to be praised.

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