When it comes to whale sized phablets, the Nexus 6 from Google had an edge over others last year, however, it now faces a tough competitor in the form of the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, which has a uniquely curved screen. Here is how the two devices compare.

Design

The S6 Edge Plus is designed to impress and it does so at first glance thanks to its dual curved edges on the left and right of its screen. The software for the curved edge has been improved and now, the Apps Edge menu can display five favorite apps, and the next menu can display five important contacts. Users can also expand each contact in an OnCircle menu on the main screen and use it to get in touch with them faster. As for the build of the device, it has a metal frame and front and back panels made of Gorilla Glass 4. Furthermore, it also comes with a fingerprint sensor. As for colors, the S6 Edge Plus comes in black, white, gold and silver.

The device from Google, which is manufactured by Motorola, also has a metal frame but its back panel is made of curved plastic, which comes with a dimple containing the emblem of its manufacturer. The Nexus 6 has two color options, blue and white.

Display

The display on the Nexus 6 is bigger but it has the same resolution as its competitor. It comes with a 5.96-inch AMOLED capacitive screen with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a density of 493 pixels per inch while the S6 Edge Plus has a similar type of screen measuring 5.7 inches with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a density of 518 pixels per inch.

Specs

In this category, the S6 Edge Plus completely overwhelms the competition as it has the latest Exynos 7420 chipset which has even outscored the Snapdragon 810. It is combined with an octa-core CPU comprised of four Cortex-A53 cores and four Cortex-A57 cores and a Mali-T760MP8 GPU. As for the Nexus 6, it has a slower Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset that is coupled with a Krait 450 CPU with four cores clocked at 2.7 GHz and an Adreno 420 GPU.

Memory

No memory slot is present on either device, therefore external storage cannot be added. When it comes to RAM, the Nexus 6 has 3 GB onboard and the S6 Edge Plus has 4 GB.

Camera

The camera unit on the Nexus 6 consists of a 13 megapixel version at its rear with optical image stabilization. As for the S6 Edge Plus, it has 16 megapixel rear camera, which also comes with optical image stabilization.

Price

The Nexus 6 costs $149 with a two-year contract while the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus is priced at $299.99 with a similar contract.