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so what's up guys Jonathan here and on the Left we have the Galaxy Note 5 and on the right the iPhone 6s plus as far as design goes note 5 follows in the footsteps of the galaxy s6 and ditches of plastic for an all-glass back the design of the 6s plus on the other hand hasn't really changed much from the 6 plus it's slightly thicker heavier and of course now comes in rose gold you you mean pink right okay pink now the main reason these 6s plus is heavier is because of its 3d touch display which in turn makes it noticeably heavier than the note 5 by more than 20 grams not only is note 5 smaller and lighter than the 6s plus it also manages to squeeze in more screen size and resolution the note 5 comes in at 5.7 inches with a 1440p AMOLED display whereas the 6s plus is 5.5 inches with a 1080p IPS display now by no means is the iPhone 6s plus display a bad display or a reason not to pick up the phone but when stacked up head-to-head against note 5 there is no comparison the note 5 is better in every possible way now when it comes to performance if we were solely looking at specs one might think the note 5 would crush the 6s plus it has an 8 core Exynos processor in four gigs of memory whereas a 6s plus is still dual core with two gigabytes of RAM surprisingly though the a9 is clocked like a mother and performs extremely well and Geekbench on a single core side of things a 6s plus dished out a score of 2529 compared to 1493 on the note 5 as far as multi-core performance goes though the note 5 is too much for the 6s plus with the score 50 144 versus 4372 jumping over to graphics and GFX bench the 6s plus dished out 38 frames per second compared to 15 on the note 5 now yes I know the note 5 is pushing way more pixels in the iPhone 6s plus but if we run the test off screen at the exact same resolution the iPhone 6s plus is still faster so what that means at the end of the day is you're going to get better multi-core performance out of the note 5 but the iPhone 6s plus is still really fast and overall a better gaming experience again yes there are more pixels on the note 5 but as far as games that are actually optimized to take advantage out of the display there are many more on the iPhone 6s plus now following that because these are big phones because they're workhorses one of the things you guys were most interested in was battery life inside the note 5 we have a 3000 milliamp hour battery whereas a 6s plus is 27 50 now again this is a prime example where if we were looking just at specs you would assume that the note 5 is better but it's actually the opposite and the iPhone 6s plus is much better as far as battery life goes now the note 5 does have quick charging and wireless charging if that matters to you but overall in terms of battery life and if you need to get through the day I would go with these 6s plus now following that I think the biggest two features that separates each phone from the other is the s-pen on the note 5 and 3d touch on these 6s plus now the instant you whip your S Pen out even while the screen is off you're given the ability to take a quick note which can then be saved as a regular note for later on then from there you have Air Command which essentially is the central hub for S Pen functionality there's action memo which lets you take down a note from there take it a step further so you could link it to an action put into your home screen or even use it as a reminder smart select lets you screenshot a specific portion of your screen which in turn can be saved as an image or added to a scrapbook screen right is a screen shot on steroids where you can not only capture your entire screen but you can also write on it s notice where you can write down basic notes and then of course you have the ability to add shortcuts to the apps you might use most frequently now on top of all that functionality there are still basic tasks where the S Pen is really useful something as simple as just signing a document through email now as far as 3d touch goes on the iPhone 6s plus let me preface by saying you are not long pressing the screen you are physically pushing it and in turn is reacting and giving you a right-click like action so with email for an example you could press to get a preview or press even deeper to fully open it this also applies to apps on your home screen so you could 3d touch the clock to set a timer bring up various camera options like taking a selfie recording video recording slow motion video or just straight-up take a picture where I found it really useful though was web browsing where you could preview a link really easily and even something like Instagram where you could quickly preview a profile without actually opening it now initially I was really skeptical of 3d touch but the more I use it the more I find myself enjoying it they're also really similar in the sense that right now spen and 3d touch are really just limited to the core apps but I think where 3d touch has the advantages over time those will eventually roll out to third-party applications following that it's going to talk about fingerprint sensors in this part of the video is pretty short and sweet the fingerprint sensor on the note 5 is really good but touch ID on the 6s plus blows it out of the water it's kind of weird but there's been complaints at touch ID on the 6 essence 6s plus is too fast before where you might use your thumb just to wake your phone and check notifications that doesn't happen anymore you literally press it and it unlocks the phone now again not saying the fingerprint sensor on the note 5 is bad by any means the 6s plus is just next-level finally lets going around this video up with cameras the note 5 has a 16 megapixel rear shooter and a 5 megapixel front shooter whereas the iPhone 6s plus is rocking a 12 megapixel rear shooter and 5 megapixels on the front now like most camera comparisons go yes megapixels aren't everything but as far as which camera I would recommend to the average user it would be the note 5 and before you freak out this is why with Samsung phones they auto add sharpening then they also jack up the saturation which is instantly pleasing to the eye so in turn you're more than likely going to get an image you're happy with on the note 5 compared to the iPhone 6s plus where the 6s plus takes the cake those in dynamic range and preserving the naturalness of the image so if that matters to you and you enjoy tweaking the photo in post and I would probably recommend the 6s plus as far as a front-facing camera goes again I think most people will enjoy the note 5 over the 6s plus you have a wider lens on the note 5 which in turn means you can get more people in the frame but if I'm really useful on these 6s plus though was what Apple calls retina flash it sounds silly but it actually does a pretty decent job of getting exposure where there's not a whole lot of light as far as video goes both do shoot in 4k and much like the photos the note 5 is generally sharper and more saturated than the iPhone 6s plus but as far as dynamic range overall quality and more importantly image stabilization the iPhone 6s definitely takes the cake you so all in all both are tremendous options when it comes to the Giants of the smartphone game with note 5 you're getting arguably the best display and camera on a smartphone but the battery life is a little bit disappointing if you're all about that productivity the S Pen makes the note 5 a fantastic option but if you don't mind sacrificing a little display quality in turn for better battery life I think the iPhone 6s plus is a better option as a whole for most people so aside for that that pretty much wraps the video hopefully enjoyed it if you did and you are feeling like being awesome make sure to go mkbhd vs Austin Evans on that like button let me know if you guys are team iPhone 6s plus or team galaxy note 5 this is John with TLD and I'll catch you guys later