Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Sony Xperia XZ Premium Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 8 Plus or Sony Xperia XZ Premium Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 8 Plus Sony Xperia XZ Premium
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Release date 2017, September 2017, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 3.07 in 156 x 77 x 7.9 mm | 6.14 x 6.14 x 3.03 in
Weight 202 g | 7.13 oz 195 g | 6.88 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5)
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Colors Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red Luminous Chrome, Deepsea Black, Bronze Pink, Rosso (red)
Battery 2691 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3230 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
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Screen

Technology LED-backlit IPS LCD IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.46" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 82.2 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.4% 68.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 3840 x 2160 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 807 PPI
Screen protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
- HDR10
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 19 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), 2x optical zoom, PDAF
-19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', predictive PDAF & laser AF
Functions Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps, HDR
DxOMark Main Score 94 83
DxOMark Photo 96 82
DxOMark Video 89 84
Front camera, selfie 7 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Specifications 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard) 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.12µm
Functions Face detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3 Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie)
Chipset - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU Apple GPU (three-core graphics) Adreno 540
External memory No microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only
Internal memory 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 378011
Antutu 10 CPU 118857
Antutu 10 GPU 118036
Antutu 10 Mem 60136
Antutu 10 UX 118857
Antutu 8 Total 302943 201987
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1050 392
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2162 1251
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1349
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 560
GeekBench 6 Metal 5298
GeekBench 5 Single Core 917 372
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1993 1460
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4224 1886
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10193 6156
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7782
GeekBench 4 Battery 2842 3759

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G8141Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G8142
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-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), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G8142
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G8141, G8142
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G8141, G8142
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (side-mounted, region dependent), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Versions: A1864 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1897 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1898 (Japan)

- Also known as Sony Xperia XZ Premium Dual with dual-SIM card slots

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