iPhone 6s vs. Galaxy S6 vs. Xperia Z5: Monster Brawl

23 October, 2015
Some phones just can't be reviewed in a vacuum, the competition between them is so fierce – and their price tags so high – that they have to be compared against each other under a microscope to determine the best one for you. The Apple iPhone 6s and Samsung Galaxy S6 are joined by the Sony Xperia Z5 for this three-way fight.

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  • paolo
  • 3G7
  • 23 Oct 2015

After a long thinking I have chosen the galaxy s6 64gb, waiting for it to arrive. It is more pocket friendly than z5, better screen to body ratio, better low light camera and now even cheaper. Besides the missing features like removable battery and micro sd, for which I can can see advantages and drawbacks, I don't understand why the dropped the fm radio, I don't use it much, but I cannot imagine any advantage in dropping it. I wish the next galaxy will restore this feature, even improving it (maybe with radio dab?).

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    • Sony z5
    • KA6
    • 23 Oct 2015

    Pretty biased as usual. Z5 is the best fone of 2015. iPhone is not bad though. If only Apple could've increased the battery. My friends iPhone 6s has to be charged twice daily.
    While Samsung has serious quality & ram management issues nowadays. Even S6 edge hangs like hell. Can't believe it. They are riding solely on marketing & kickbacks. No wonder they reduce their prices immediately after release of their fones.!

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      • MrGray
      • Q5x
      • 23 Oct 2015

      Man, what happened to the blind test results? Lmao! The Z5 won the last time I checked. And here, it becomes an article to downplay the victory? What???! In the camera reviews, there's not even a single hint that most people opted for the Z5. (,--)

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        • snZ
        • 23 Oct 2015

        Finally a pretty objective review! Just came from some BGR article claiming that everything apple is pure amazing...all 3 phones have their strengths, but unfortunately it doesn't matter, because the seller archetype demographics are pretty much settled:

        Iphones will continue to be the most popular ones because branding > technology and they have the young girls, older generations and "slower" people locked.
        Samsung will continue to be leader amongst young professionals who want a little more out of their phones.
        And that leaves Sony, with the smallest bite of the pie - mainly people who are looking for an alternative in Android phones i guess.

        And then there's me, who prefers LG G4 over all these phones, but have to admit that the S6 Edge + comes pretty damn close...

        Good review tho...

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          • Aleix
          • 3Np
          • 23 Oct 2015

          Awesome comparison, I wish you had compared them with the lg g4 too

            • t
            • tarun
            • t7k
            • 23 Oct 2015

            z5 looks great for me

            i am gonna buy it next month

              • T
              • Tony
              • M@{
              • 23 Oct 2015

              I wanna see review when you compare BB Priv and new Lumia top phones to iPhone 6s vs. Galaxy S6 vs. Xperia Z5, maybe you add something like OnePlus 2, Nexus 6 etc.

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                • tarun
                • t7k
                • 23 Oct 2015

                i think gsmarena is ditching sony toooo much
                i think camera looks promising for me

                come on gsmarena in your blind test comparison z5 won in daylight and its good . 1080p video was good enough ad stabilization is great with out ois. I think s6 and iPhone 6s cant make out things without ois.

                I am going to buy z5 next month yayyyyyyy......

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                  • AnonD-99764
                  • aw8
                  • 23 Oct 2015

                  Well, IMO Z5 looks is the best here. It looks like a boss out there, really. Camera and SD810 really put it down though. I'd prefer S6 Edge to be compared to this crowd though.
                  P.S.: I'm an owner of S6 Edge, but Z5 looks are great too.

                  IPhone chipset is just WOW.