We compare the Nexus 5 against the Asus Zenfone 6 to see which of these smartphones is worth the purchase.

The Nexus 5 is equipped with a True HD IPS+ screen measuring 4.95 inches, and can render a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels at 445 ppi pixel density. The Google smartphone has the following dimensions of 137.9 x 69.2 x 8.6 mm, weighs about 130 grams, and is protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 3.

The Asus Zenfone 6 has a bigger IPS screen at 6 inches, that can render a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels at 245 ppi. Its dimensions are 166.9 x 84.3 x 9.9 mm, its heavier at 19 grams, and its protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass 4.

According to the specs from The Fuse Joplin, The Nexus 5 is equipped with a quad core processing unit clocked 2.2 GHz. Its RAM capacity is at 2GB with two sets of internal memory at 16, and 32GB. The Asus Zenfone 6 on the other hand, is equipped with a Intel Atom dual core processor clocked at 2 GHz, and PowerVR SGX544P2 for graphics. Its has 2GB of RAM, and an internal memory of 32GB.

The Google smartphone runs on the Android OS, v5.0 (Lolipop), while the Asus handset runs on the Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean), which can be upgraded in to the v4.4.2 (KitKat).

The Nexus 5 has primary camera of 8MP, and secondary shooter at 1.3MP. Its features include autofocus, optical image stabilization, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, photo sphere, HDR, and dual recording. Its battery has the capacity of 2300 mAh, and can last 17 hours of talktime.

The Asus Zenfone6 is equipped with a better camera of 13 MP, and secondary camera of 2MP. Its battery is a non-removable Li-Po battery at 3300 mAh capacity, and canlast 28 hours of talktime.

The Google Nexus 5 16GB is around $383, while the 32GB variant is $480. Amazon.com stated that the Asus Zenfone 6 32GB variant is around $358.