The and the couldn't be more different, really. One's the marriage of hardware and software, as Google sees it. (And , of course.) The other, well, the other is Samsung's. And both are excellent in their own way. While both the GS7 and N6P are running Android 6.x Marshmallow — similar codebase, similar features — the experience of using either one of these phones is considered by many to be on opposite ends of the Android spectrum.
We've taken a brief look at the Galaxy S7 — and the larger, more curvy Galaxy S7 edge — ahead of their announcement at , and alongside the Nexus 6P.
Here's what stood out to me the most between the Nexus 6P and the Galaxy S7 — both of them, for sure, but specifically the GS7 edge: the Nexus 6P is a beast. It's never really hidden its size — it's a big, svelte phone. But it's a head taller than the GS7. Literally. You see daylight between that rear glass visor (or a chin, to continue that metaphor) when you put then two together. The GS7 edge creeps up a little more, but the Nexus still towers over it. (The Galaxy Note 5 doesn't quite even things out either.) And that's really saying something given that the GS7 edge comes close in display size (5.5 inches versus 5.7 inches), but manages beats it for battery capacity, albeit by a small margin (3,600 mAh vs. 3,450 mAh).