Motorola Nexus 6 vs Sharp Aquos S3 mini

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

  Nexus 6:

  OLED

  Aquos S3 mini:

  LCD

• Weight

  Aquos S3 mini: 44 g lighter

  Nexus 6:

  184 g

  Aquos S3 mini:

  140 g

• Width

  Aquos S3 mini: 10 mm narrower

  Nexus 6:

  83 mm

  Aquos S3 mini:

  73 mm

• Screen diagonal

  Aquos S3 mini: 0.46 in smaller diagonal

  Nexus 6:

  5.96 in

  Aquos S3 mini:

  5.5 in

• Memory variants

  At 64 GB storage

  Nexus 6:

  3 GB RAM

  Aquos S3 mini:

  6 GB RAM

• Chipset

  Nexus 6:

  Qualcomm APQ8084 Snapdragon 805 (28 nm)

  Aquos S3 mini:

  Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630 (14 nm)

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. Nexus 6

   Height:

   159.3 mm +16.6 mm versus Aquos S3 mini

   Width:

   83 mm +10 mm versus Aquos S3 mini

   Depth:

   10.1 mm +2.3 mm versus Aquos S3 mini

2. 2. Aquos S3 mini

   Height:

   142.7 mm

   Width:

   73 mm

   Depth:

   7.8 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. Nexus 6

   Screen diagonal:

   5.96 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   16:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   97.9 cm²

2. 2. Aquos S3 mini

   Screen diagonal:

   5.5 in

   Aspect ratio (height:width):

   17:9

   Approximate rectangular screen area:

   80.7 cm²

Nexus 6 has approximately 21.3% more rectangular screen area than Aquos S3 mini.

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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