There are very few devices that can take on the Nexus 6, especially when it comes to size, but the new Sony Xperia Z5 Premium, with its 4K display, is one device that has the features and specs to challenge the Google device.

Design

Sony has made sure that the Xperia Z5 Premium looks and feels like a high end device. It comes with metal on its frame and glass on its back panel. On its corners is a nylon padding for protection. It has a fingerprint sensor incorporated into its power button located on the side. It also comes with IP68 certification, making it waterproof and dustproof. It can be immersed in up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes.

As for the Nexus 6, which was manufactured by Google for Motorola, like the Sony device, it has metal frame but its front is made of plastic and so is its back panel, which has a curve along with the Motorola emblem. However, unlike the Xperia Z5, it does not have a fingerprint sensor.

Comparing their available colors, the Nexus 6 has two options, white and blue, while the Xperia Z5 Premium comes in black, chrome and gold.

Display

The display on the Xperia Z5 Premium might not be as big as that of its competitor but it is much sharper thanks to its 4K resolution, which greatly improves how images and videos are viewed. It comes with a 5.5-inch IPS LCD screen with a resolution of 2160 x 3840 pixels and a density of 806 pixels per inch while the Nexus 6 has a bigger AMOLED screen measuring 5.96 inches with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a density of 493 pixels per inch.

Specs

The Xperia Z5 stays on top in this category as it has the superfast Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 chipset, coupled with an octa-core CPU composed of four cores clocked at 1.5 GHz and four clocked at 2 GHz along with an Adreno 430 GPU. As for the Nexus 6, it was released last year and therefore lags behind with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset coupled along with a Krait 450 CPU clocked at 2.7 GHz along with an Adreno 420 GPU.

Memory

There is no memory slot on the Nexus 6 while the Xperia Z5 Premium has a slot, which can be used to add up to 200 GB of external storage. Comparing their RAM, each device has 3 GB onboard.

Camera

The 13 megapixel camera on the Nexus 6 has optical image stabilization on board but the 23 megapixel camera on the Xperia Z5 Premium outguns it, as it can take pictures within 0.03 seconds and has the SteadyShot feature, which provides stability to videos.

Price

The price of the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium has not been revealed but it could cost around $950. As for the Nexus 6, it costs $149 with a two-year contract.