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vivo NEX S vs Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos , vivo NEX S

Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.7", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

vivo NEX S 2018 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver), screen 6.59", with resolution 1080x2316. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" inch 6.59" inch
Screen area 89.6 cm2 107.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.8% 86.0%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1080 x 2316 px
PPI /points per inch/ 515 PPI 0 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF -5 MP, f/2.4, depth sensor
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) Motorized pop-up 8 MP, f/2.0
Performance Operating system OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) Android 8.1 (Oreo); Funtouch 4
Chipset Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 630
External memory No No
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 512GB 4GB 128/256 GB, 8 GB RAM
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1278 2390
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3954 8770
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2898 13620
Antutu 8 score 340355
GeekBench 5 Single Core 232 499
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 907 2225
General specs Release date 2015, August 2018, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 153.2 Х 76.1 Х 7.6 mm 162 Х 77 Х 8 mm
Weight 171 g 199 g
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl Black, Red
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 600 EUR 700 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 22 h (3G) Music play - Up to 64 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9208, N920C -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - N9208, N9200  LTE band 1(2100), 20(800), 26(850) - N920C Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2  CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, BDS, GNSS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic 32-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Stylus -Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - Versions: N9208 (Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan); N920C/N920CD (South Africa, UAE, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan) Sensors Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging 22.5W - Also known as vivo NEX Special Edition, NEX Ultimate

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy Note5 Duos
  • Screen 5.7"
  • Main camera 16 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy NEX S
  • Screen 6.59"
  • Front camera 8 MP