The OnePlus 2 and the Galaxy Note 5 may be extremely different, and for budget-conscious folks, the OnePlus 2 is probably their first choice. But even though the phablet from Samsung is much costlier, the fact is, it has remarkable features which easily overpowers other devices. Here is how the two devices compare.

Design

Last year, Samsung included a metal frame on the Note 4 and this year, they have taken it a step further as they completely ditched the plastic and faux leather and instead equipped the device with Gorilla Glass 4. As for the distinctive S Pen Stylus which comes along with the device, it has been redesigned. Now, it can be easily clicked like a pen, which automatically ejects it from its slot. There is also a fingerprint scanner on the Note 5 and it comes in black, white, gold and silver.

The OnePlus has a frame crafted from an aluminum and magnesium alloy, a back panel made of plastic with a grey sandstone covering and a front panel, which only comes in one color, black. However, there are alternate back panels made from rosewood, bamboo and Kevlar which can be bought separately and swapped out. Finally, just like its competitor, the OnePlus 2 has a fingerprint scanner.

Display

The display on the Note 5 is slightly bigger and sharper than that of its competitor. It comes with a 5.7-inch super AMOLED screen with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a density of 518 pixels per inch. As for the OnePlus 2, it has a 5.5-inch LTPS LCD screen with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a density of 401 pixels per inch.

Specs

In the Note 5 is Samsung's fastest Exynos 7420 chipset. It is coupled with an octa-core CPU comprised of four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz and four Cortex-A57 clocked at 2.1 GHz and a Mali-T760MP8 GPU. As for the OnePlus 2, it has the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset and an octa-core CPU comprised of four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.56 GHz and four Cortex-A57 cores locked at 1.82 GHz along with an Adreno 430 GPU.

Memory

There is no memory slot on both these devices, therefore external storage cannot be added. However, when it comes to RAM, the 64 GB OnePlus 2 has 4 GB and its 16 GB model has 3 GB while the Note 5 has 4 GB.

Camera

The OnePlus 2 has a 13 megapixel camera while the Note 5 has a better 16 megapixel camera. Both cameras have optical image stabilization.

Price

The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 costs $249.99 with a two-year contract. As for the OnePlus 2, which can only be bought by invitation only, the variant with 4 GB of RAM costs $389, unlocked.