Here's our breakdown of how the Nexus 6 stacks up against the iPhone 5.

Pros and Cons of the Nexus 6: 

For starters, the Nexus 6 has a much larger and brighter display. It has more RAM and a more powerful camera, and its battery life can last longer than the iPhone 5. It is also much more powerful in terms of its CPU's clock speed.

Probably the only point that goes against the Nexus is its weight. It is almost 70g heavier than the iPhone, on top of being thicker.

Pros and Cons of the iPhone 5:

The iPhone 5 has probably one advantage over the Nexus 6 - it is lighter and slimmer. Also of note is the fact that it has a brand appeal that does a lot for its popularity and sale.

The iPhone 5 is a less powerful smart phone compared to the larger Nexus 6. It has just 1GB RAM compared to the Nexus' 3GB memory, and it features a less powerful camera to boot.

Specs:

The Motorola Nexus 6 has a 5.96-inch AMOLED display with 1440x2560-pixel resolution at a high pixel density of 493ppi. It has a 2.7-GHz quad-core Krait 450 CPU, Android Lollipop OS, 3GB RAM, 32GB and 64GB storage options, 13MP primary camera and 2MP front facing camera, and up to 330 hours of battery standby. It weighs 184g and is 10.1mm thick.

The iPhone 5 has a 4-inch, LED backlit IPS LCD with 640x1136 pixels at 326 ppi. It measures 7.6mm of thickness and weighs 112g. Other main features of the iPhone include 1GB RAM, 8MP primary and 1.2MP secondary camera, 1.3GHz dual core ARM 7 CPU, and iOS 6 OS upgradable to iOS 8.1.1. The phone is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB storage configurations. Its battery delivers a standby time of 225 hours.

Talking Points:

The Nexus 6 was released in October 2014, and was made available on the major US carriers and was also available for purchase on Motorola Mobility, Google Play Store and Best Buy. Later it was found that some of the phones on AT&T had some bug that caused booting issues, but the carrier has agreed to replace those units.

The iPhone 5 was unveiled in September 2012 and Apple started accepting pre-orders at that time. The company received more than 2 million pre-orders within a span of 24 hours, and more than 5 million units were sold within the first 3 days. Within a few weeks of the release, rival Samsung filed a lawsuit against the Cupertino, California company for infringing on more than half a dozen of its patents.

Prices:

The Nexus 6 is available at a starting price of $649 for the 32GB model, while the unlocked version of iPhone 5 was released with a price tag of $649. 

Conclusion:

In the Nexus 6 vs iPhone 5 duel, the only advantage that the Apple device has is with its brand appeal. The Nexus 6 is a much more powerful and feature-loaded device, and since both smart phones are in the same price range, it is a more practical decision to own the Nexus phone.