HTC Desire 516 vs Motorola Nexus 6

Key differences

Calculated from recorded specifications using minimum difference thresholds. These are differences, not an overall ranking. For three phones, numeric highlights compare the two extremes.

• Display technology

  OLED versus LCD

  Desire 516:

  LCD

  Nexus 6:

  OLED

• Weight

  Desire 516: 24 g lighter

  Desire 516:

  160 g

  Nexus 6:

  184 g

• Width

  Desire 516: 11 mm narrower

  Desire 516:

  72 mm

  Nexus 6:

  83 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Desire 516: 0.96 in smaller diagonal

  Desire 516:

  5 in

  Nexus 6:

  5.96 in

• Chipset

  Desire 516:

  Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 (45 nm)

  Nexus 6:

  Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 (28 nm)

• Height

  Desire 516: 19.3 mm shorter

  Desire 516:

  140 mm

  Nexus 6:

  159.3 mm

Relative size, not calibrated actual size. Front and side outlines share one scale and a bottom baseline. Generic outlines use recorded body dimensions, excluding camera bumps.

1. 1. Desire 516

   Height:

   140 mm

   Width:

   72 mm

   Depth:

   9.7 mm

2. 2. Nexus 6

   Height:

   159.3 mm +19.3 mm versus Desire 516

   Width:

   83 mm +11 mm versus Desire 516

   Depth:

   10.1 mm

Screen size

Approximate rectangular screens calculated from recorded diagonal and aspect ratio at one relative scale. Rounded corners and cutouts are not subtracted. These are not phone outlines or calibrated actual sizes.

1. 1. Desire 516

   Screen diagonal:

   5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   68.9 cm²

2. 2. Nexus 6

   Screen diagonal:

   5.96 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   97.9 cm²

Nexus 6 has approximately 42.1% more rectangular screen area than Desire 516.

Memory variants

Each row compares the same storage capacity. Cells show recorded RAM alternatives, not combined maxima. Not recorded does not mean unavailable in every market.

Practical features

Explicit Yes and No values are shown directly. Qualified or regional records retain their details. Unknown means the record is missing.

Battery capacity

Capacity is not battery life. No endurance test is implied.

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