Flagship Battle: Galaxy S6 vs LG G4

 Lg was late for the party but had some things that impressed us. Samsung has bet their future on the s6 for this year, which is a pretty damn good device. Let's take a look at these Korean Giants flagships for this year with a head to head comparison.

Build and design

Samsun had to design the s6 from scratch after a lot of critics from users. Samsung built the s6 with a new design and a aluminium and glass combination worked pretty well. The back also has the Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection to resist scratches. There's aluminum in the chassis and the back is made of glass completely. The side frames looks like the iPhone 6 and has its own flavor to it. Samsung has retained the home button which houses the fingerprint scanner which is missing in the LG G4. 

But the front of the phone had a lot of similarities to its predecessors and looks like any other Samsung out there. The phone is slim at 6.8 mm and the glasses at the back curves to the metal at the sides. So it's pretty new design accept the same front side of any other Samsung. Samsung has managed to trim down the bezels this time and the phone is very compact now. The phones has overall stunning look and the rounded edges help you to hold the phone easily.

The LG G4 has similar design to that of G3 from last year but with new premium feel. LG have used premium leather on the back with same plastic option also.The volume and power button are placed on the back as before on G3. The back has nice curve and squarer corners. G4 has very thin bezels but it is a big phone with 5.5" screen. The bezels are very thin and as we know LG is makes the best to minimise the bezel and G4 has real compact body with those bezels. Both phones are huge but the curve and rounded edges must help you out. The glass and metal finish on the S6 is a real upgrade over the LGs leather/plastic.

Display

Sams had always produced the best displays in a phone and it holds true with the S6 too. 5.1" Super AMOLED screen with Quad HD resolution is absolutely stunning. It is the best display you can get. The color accuracy is awesome with deeper blacks and bright Amoled poping out. It also has a whooping 577 ppi of pixel density. Samsung has increased the brightness level to 600 nits and it's real super bright. 

LG had built a special display for the G4 called the quantum display. It's a 2k( 1440 x 2560) panel with higher brightness levels and contrast ratio. The 5.5 inch display is brighter, power efficient and produces more accurate colors. The display is a real and much accepted upgrade. The display is visible even in bright sunlight. It's the best display along with the Samsung's S6. 

Both phones have gorilla glass protection for the display, with s6 having latest glass 4 and the g4 has an older Corning glass 3.

Processor and performance

Samsung has departed from the Qualcomm this time and has gone solely on their own exynos 7420 which is a 64-bit processor, Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57. The chip is a serious performer as evident from the benchmarks. The phones also couples a faster LPDDR4 3GB RAM which is the latest and best RAM standard for mobile phones, 70% faster and 35% more expensive than LPDDR3. LG G4 had decided to tackle heating issues by selecting snapdragon 808 which is the chipset with low performance compared to the 810.

Snapdragon 808 is a hexa-core(6) cluster with 2 Cortex @57 and 4 Cortex @53. It has adreno 418 gpu. But it seems that LG wanted the users to have a issue free phone with optimal performance. The phone and to have good optimization. It doesn't lag like it was on g flex 2,but isn't as snappier as HTC M9 or S6. It couples with 3 gigs of LPDDR3 RAM. The S6 seems to have made a better decision with the exynos, seems to be a powerhouse.

Camera

LG built the G4 on its camera which it boasted in its teasers. The main highlight feature is the new 16MP sensor with f/1.8 aperture that helps to absorb more light. LG also says that the OIS is the new and improved one with new system of axis that helps in some stellar photography. It also had laser auto focus from the g3 with a new color spectrum sensor that helps to absorb accurate colors based on the scene. The results are great and LG seems to be well aimed to replacing your DSLR with the g4. Images taken are sharp and detailed, with accurate color and balanced exposure. LG has equipped the G4 with new camera app that comes with manual modes and lots and lots of features for some serious photography. There's a 8mp sensor at the front which comes without a gesture feature that helps you to take selfie with hand gestures.

Surprisingly, predictions about the Galaxy S6 camera have turned out to be wide of the mark. Samsung was widely expected to improve the megapixel rating of the snapper in the Galaxy S6 handset, but this has turned out to be incorrect. The Galaxy S6 features a 16-megapixel camera such as its Galaxy S5 cousin, and Samsung has worked hard to improve the quality of low-light photography. According to the Korean Corporation, the Galaxy S6 camera enables 34 percent more light to reach the sensor than with the previous iteration of the series. Optical image stabilization has also been upgraded to be smarter, and the autofocus feature has also received tweaks and improvements. The camera does a great job with its f/1.9 aperture that let's more light and helps in low light conditions. 

Real time HDR is also possible with front camera on the S6 which is really great. The main focus read the lie light photography in the S6 and Samsung has done a great job bearing the iphone 6.

Software

The Samsung version of touchwiz has always been criticised for its heavy UI and lags. This time Samsung has trimmed down the bloatwares but the looks of the icon and the UI are same and it's ugly. There are still some irritating Samsung apps that are not needed for some. But the overall performance is super smooth and there's no lags or stutters that used to slow down the device. It's based on lollipop 5.0.2 but we can rarely see the material design here and there. 

LG on the other hand has also revamped their UI with new lg ux 4.0. It's based on lollipop 5.1 with material design and same large ugly icons and LG design as on g3. LG UI is not that great when compared to custom skins like miui or sense UI. But what lg has best is the features list which keep on growing with each phone is really a great add on. If lg would work on the UI LG's skin would have been great. The camera app has many features and controls that help to use its great camera at the back.

Battery, storage and other features

Samsung has done a great job with their previous galaxies with the battery. There's a generous 2550maH battery which may seem quite low for a Quad HD phone but will hope that done throes some optimization with the new cpu and the os. There quick charge with 30 min taking to charge 50% and Samsung had also added wireless charging with new accessories in tow.

LG has stuffed 3000mah which can easily take you upto a day and may last 2 days too depending on your usage. The battery optimization done by LG is great and we would loved it to have a wireless or quick charging which seems missing. It's user replaceable. It comes with 1watt amplifier as the g3 with better sounds. There's again an optional leather back cover which comes for an extra price tag.