The iPhone 6 And The iPhone 6 Plus Are Shown During An Apple Event At The Flint Center In Cupertino
The iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus are shown during an Apple event at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California, September 9, 2014. Reuters/Stephen Lam

After much speculation and hype, Apple finally broke the suspense by releasing iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. These phone sport over 5.5 inch display and are in direct competition with big screen phones. Let see how the Apple iPhone 6 Plus compares with LG G3.

SPECIFICATIONS

iPhone 6 Plus

Display is 5.5-inch 1,920 x 1,080 LCD with Pixel density of 401 ppi. The display is 6.2 x 3.1 x 0.28 inches (158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm), weighing 6.1 ounces (172 g). It runs on IOS 8. It is equipped with an 8-megapixel rear facing camera and 1.2-megapixel front facing camera. Runs on a A8 with M8 processor and the internal storage is 16 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB. No expandable storage. Battery power up to 12 hours embedded. It is not waterproof. But has Apple Pay, Touch ID fingerprint scanner and is available in silver, grey and gold.

The LG G3

The G3 has a display size of 5.5-inch Quad HD LCD 2,560 x 1,440 with pixel density of 538 ppi. The display dimensions are 5.76 x 2.94 x 0.35 inches (146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm). It weighs 5.26 ounces (149 g) and runs on Android 4.4.2, custom UI. It sports a 13-megapixel rear camera and 2.1-megapixel front camera. It is powered by 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and expandable storage up to 128GB. The battery is 3,000 mAh removable. Is available in red, violet, white, gold and black.

FEATURES

Design

The iPhone 6 Plus has an aluminium finish, while the LG G3 is made of plastic with metallic design.

Screen resolution

The difference in the screen resolution is a key factor that sets these phones apart. The iPhone 6 Plus sports a 5.5 inch display and the LG G3 too has the same display size bringing them together in comparison. The Apple phone has a 1920 x 1080 LCD display, LG G3 has more pixels in the Quad HD LCD resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels. The iPhone plus has less pixel density than the G3. This will make a difference in the videos and photos taken by these phones.

Camera

The plus has 8 mega pixels rear facing camera and a 1.2 mega pixel front facing camera. The G3 has a 13 mega pixel rear and 2.1 mega pixel front cameras. What really matter is how the camera handles the light and focus. Both phones have image stabilization. This feature gives the photos a professional look.

Price

The LG G3 is likely to cost $600 off contract and $ 200 on contract in the U.S, in the U.K. it is £ 400 off-contract and in Australia $ 700 off contract. The iPhone 6 Plus will cost $ 300 $ 400 $ 500 on contract, £ 620, £ 700, £ 790 (off-contract) in the U.K. and in Australia it will cost $1,000, $1,130, $1,350 (off-contract).