Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 6s Plus vs Sony Xperia M5 vs Samsung Galaxy S8

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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Samsung
Announced September 2015 August 2015 March 2017
Status Available - September 2015 Available - August 2015 Available - April 2017
Price Rs. 53,999 ($794.10) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold Black, White, Gold Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
(6.23 x 3.07 x 0.29 in)
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 142.5 g (5.01.0.18 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5603, E5653
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E5606
HSDPA
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300) - A1633
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8
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
SAR US 1.12 W/kg (head)
1.14 W/kg (body)
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SAR EU 0.93 W/kg (head)
0.98 W/kg (body)
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Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2)
- 3D Touch display
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
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Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor 2 GHz Dual-core, Apple A9 Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
Exynos 8895 Octa
GPU - PowerVR G6200 Adreno 540
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 16 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Sapphire Crystal Glass, Ion-Strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.51% 65.89% 84.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4608 x 2592 pixels 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936 12 MP
Flash Real-tone Flash LED Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone)
Features Phase-Detection AutoFocus, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps 2160p@30fps, HDR 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps [Similar] 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, 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, hotspot
USB v2.0, reversible connector microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

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
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (11.1 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2915 mAh 2600 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by Up to 384 h (3G) Up to 671 h (2G)
Up to 656 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 24 h (3G) Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)
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