Buy a Samsung Galaxy Nexus 5 and S5 now: hw not enough … – OptiMagazine

The Nexus 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S5 comparison: taking advantage of special offers and promotions summer, many users are wondering whether to rely on the Google mobile or at the top of the South Korean company’s range. A battle of the titans between two philosophies and hi-tech.

If we start from the design, neither model is particularly striking. The main material is always polycarbonate , really inelegant when compared to aluminum, for example the iPhone. For my personal taste also not acceptable, not opreferisco the rear bodywork underpinned the Galaxy S5 but I could define the counterpart of the same Google “without infamy and without praise.”

The d imensions the Galaxy S5 are slightly higher than those of the Nexus 5 : 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm in the first case against 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm for the second. Consequently, the weight is different, ie respectively 145 g and 135 g.

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The display component is in favor of the Samsung Galaxy S5, at least in sizes: 5.1 inches and just under 5 Nexus with its 4.9 inches. The resolution is the same in both cases, that is 1,920 x 1,080 pixels, but the pixel density is in favor of Google mobile , 445 ppi versus 432 ppi of the competitor.

For the processor , the Samsung Galaxy S5 continues to have the best, but only slightly: the device is equipped with a quad-core Snapdragon 2.5 GHz 801 while the Nexus has 5 aboard the previous generation of the same processor, Quad-coreSnapdragon 800, 2.3 GHz, motivated in part by time difference between the two phones in about five months .

The RAM is 2 GB for both and for the internal memory, as always, the Nexus 5 over the two versions 16 and 32 GB is not from the ability to expand the storage with micro SD, the Galaxy S5 instead. The battery is 2300 mAh in the first case, in the second of 2800 mAh. Finally, the camera marks another point in favor of the Galaxy S5 which owns a 16 MP 8 MP compared to that of the counterparty.

plus the Samsung Galaxy S5 end when it comes Software . The stock version of Android on Nexus 5 and the speed of the updates is unmatched. And if we get also the custom TouchWiz Galaxy S5 and controversial opinions on it, we can not, the software side, giving the highest score to the Google mobile.

The price of the Nexus in his 16 GB version now also fell below 300 € instead quite difficult to find the Galaxy S5 already around 500 Euros. The conclusion of the round between the two devices, Samsung wants to dominate the top of the range for some hardware features, the Nexus 5-doubtless for the price and the “goodness of the software.” The choice is yours now.