Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact

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Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact or Samsung Galaxy S5 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Samsung Galaxy S5
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Release date 2017, August 2014, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 129 x 64 x 9.3 mm | 5.08 x 5.08 x 2.52 in 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.85 in
Weight 140 g | 4.94 oz 145 g | 5.11 oz
Body Build Glass fiber reinforced plastic body Plastic body
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Colors Black, White Silver, Horizon Blue, Twilight Pink Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
Battery 2700 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2800 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 390 h
Talking time - Up to 21 h
Music play - Up to 67 h
Approximate price 330 EUR 250 EUR
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 4.6" in 5.1" in
Screen area 58.3 cm2 71.7 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.7% 69.6%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 319 PPI 432 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 19 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs -19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF -16 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, PDAF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
DxOMark Main Score 70
DxOMark Photo 68
DxOMark Video 75
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.4, 18mm, 1/4'' 2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide)
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow); TouchWiz UI
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 330
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 205147
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 411
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1414
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1400
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 564
GeekBench 5 Single Core 382 139
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1624 373
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1890 931
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6422 2412
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7814 2328
GeekBench 4 Battery 1119

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat15 800/75 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.20 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.56 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate , Infrared port
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- ANT+
-S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
-Air gestures
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: G900F (Europe), G900I (Asia, Australia), G900M (Vodafone), G900A (AT&T), G900T (T-Mobile), G900W8 (Canada), G900K/G900L/G900S (Korea)

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