Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra

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Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra or Samsung Galaxy S8 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra Samsung Galaxy S8
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Release date 2017, February 2017, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 165 x 79 x 8.1 mm | 6.5 x 6.5 x 3.11 in 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm | 5.86 x 5.86 x 2.68 in
Weight 188 g | 6.63 oz 155 g | 5.47 oz
Body Build Aluminum sides, plastic body Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
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Colors White, Black, Gold, Pink Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Rose Pink, Burgundy Red
Battery 2700 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 658 h (2G) / Up to 708 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 12 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 20 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 67 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6" in 5.8" in
Screen area 99.2 cm2 84.8 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 18.5:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.1% 83.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1440 x 2960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 367 PPI 570 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-3D Touch (home button only)
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 23 MP, Single 12 MP, Single
Camera specs -23 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.3'', PDAF -12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., HDR 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front camera, selfie 16 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 16 MP, f/2.0, 23mm (wide), 1/2.6'', OIS, AF 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
Functions LED flash Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 73
DxOMark Photo 71
DxOMark Video 75

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6757 Helio P20 (16 nm) - Exynos 8895 Octa (10 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - USA & China
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53) - Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz Mongoose M2 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53) - EMEA
-Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - USA & China
GPU Mali-T880MP2 Mali-G71 MP20 - EMEA
Adreno 540 - USA & China
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM - G3221, G3223
32 GB (G3212)/ 64 GB(G3226), 4 GB RAM
64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 231907
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 183 361
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 725 1243
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1255
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 531
GeekBench 5 Single Core 170 340
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 858 1454
GeekBench 4 Single Core 863 1763
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3698 6028
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2711 8798
GeekBench 4 Battery 3410

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G3221, G3223Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G3212, G3226 Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (G3212, G3226)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G3221, G3212 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G3223
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G3221, G3212 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700), 29(700), 66(1700/2100) - G3223 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G3226
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, aptX, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.44 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.32 W/kg (head)     1.27 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 32-bit/384kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Pump Express+ 2.0)

- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
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-ANT+
-Bixby natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
-Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
-IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra Dual with dual-SIM card slots

- Versions: G950F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G950FD (Global Dual-SIM); G950U (USA Unlocked); G950A (AT&T); G950P (Sprint); G950T (T-Mobile); G950V (Verizon); G950R4 (US Cellular); G950W (Canada); G950

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