Razer Phone vs Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Comparison and Differences

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Razer Phone or Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Razer Phone Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium
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Release date 2017, November 2018, April
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.5 x 77.7 x 8 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 3.06 in 158 x 80 x 11.9 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 3.15 in
Weight 197 g | 6.95 oz 236 g | 8.32 oz
Body Build Aluminum body
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Colors Black Chrome Black, Chrome Silver
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 3540 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
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Screen

Technology IGZO IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" in 5.8" in
Screen area 89.6 cm2 91.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.7% 72.4%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 3840 x 2160 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 515 PPI 765 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - Wide Colour Gamut
-120 Hz
-380 nits
- HDR10
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 19 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.4µm, Dual pixel PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, 2x optical zoom, PDAF
-19 MP, f/1.8, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', 1.22µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
-12 MP B/W, f/1.6, 1/2.3'', 1.55µm, predictive PDAF & laser AF
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps, HDR
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.12µm
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS)

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.1 (Oreo) Android 8.0 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 630
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 64 GB, 8 GB RAM 64 GB, 6 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 265122
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 411 548
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1474 1943
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1262 2092
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 1989
GeekBench 5 Single Core 380 508
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1685 2207
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1913
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6604
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7908

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM 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
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1800 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE
Speed HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 24W (Quick Charge 4+)

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
-Qi wireless charging
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Dual with dual-SIM card slots

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