Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs. Apple iPhone 6s

My venerable Apple iPhone 6s has served me faithfully and continues to do so as my daily driver. It's become even more useful during Covid with its perfectly functional TouchID.

Granted the design is a bit dated with most modern phones focusing on full screen displays with either a notch or a punch hole camera, there is something elegant about the simple design circa 2014-2015 for the Note 4 and iPhone 6s.

Both phones have stood up well, but the iPhone 6s has proven more durable and continues to work fine and is even capable of running the current Apple iOS 14.

Display

Samsung wins. Pretty much always. They are that impressive, Apple subcontracts out to them for most of the iPhone screens; although in more recent years they are trying to outsource to LG and other competitors.

iPhone generally disappoints in this category and while their screens are decent, they cannot compare to the resolution capabilities of many Samsung phones.

Processor

The iPhone's are legends in this category and while initially when you compare phones made during the same year or era, Android phones usually can hang with an Apple phone, give it a few years and they start to slow down and cannot keep up. The Note 4 has held up well, but there are some apps that only work on the 6s that completely crash on the Note 4.

But outside of any intensive apps that hit the graphics chips hard, the Note 4 is totally fine.

Memory

Samsung's tend to have higher RAM and I think its a requirement for them to ensure they can compete with an iPhone. I don't see anything wrong with that.

Where Samsung's and Androids are truly awesome is expandable memory with microSD cards. This has been a sticking point for many iPhone's that are limited by their onboard memory. It's just unreal the capability to carry 1-2 TB's of data on an Android via microSD cards.

Battery Life

Android battery life used to suck and the Note 4 is a hog. The 6s with roughly half the battery capacity could last just as long. However, newer Androids have come a long way and now its the other way around, but in this particular model year the 6s is the winner.

Overall - iPhone 6s

The 6s is probably one of the best phones ever made by Apple. It's not the fastest, nor the best in terms of every spec, but it had just the right combination of decent features to make it a venerable favorite that just lasts and lasts.

I'm happy with both, but rely on the 6s as my daily driver and the Note 4 as my video player.

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