Sony Xperia XZ1 vs Apple iPhone 7 Plus Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XZ1

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Sony Xperia XZ1 or Apple iPhone 7 Plus Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XZ1 Apple iPhone 7 Plus
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Release date 2017, August 2016, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 148 x 73.4 x 7.4 mm | 5.83 x 5.83 x 2.89 in 158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm | 6.23 x 6.23 x 3.07 in
Weight 155 g | 5.47 oz 188 g | 6.63 oz
Body Build Front glass, aluminum body Front glass, body
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Colors Black, Warm Silver, Venus Pink, Moonlit Blue Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Red
Battery 2700 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 5.5" in
Screen area 74.5 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.6% 67.7%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - HDR10
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
- Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 19 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), 1/3'', OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.8, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.6'', 2x optical zoom, AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@240fps
DxOMark Main Score 88
DxOMark Photo 90
DxOMark Video 84
Front camera, selfie 13 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'' 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
Functions Face detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) iOS 10.0.1, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Apple A10 Fusion (16 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Quad-core 2.34 GHz (2x Hurricane + 2x Zephyr)
GPU Adreno 540 PowerVR Series7XT Plus (six-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 3 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 302609
Antutu 10 CPU 88654
Antutu 10 GPU 95382
Antutu 10 Mem 48875
Antutu 10 UX 88654
Antutu 8 Total 235957
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 398 807
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1262 1117
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1355
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 562
GeekBench 6 Metal 3814
GeekBench 5 Single Core 372 725
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1474 1295
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1880 3441
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6179 5797
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7775
GeekBench 4 Battery 2329

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - F8341, F8342 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G8341, G8342, G8342
-4G - LTE
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1661, A1784 
CDMA 800 / 1900 / 2100 - A1661
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1661, A1784 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO & TD-SCDMA - A1661
-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), 27(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1661, A1784
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 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, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 4.2, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 1.24 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 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
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XZ1 Dual F8342 with dual-SIM card slots

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