Samsung Galaxy J5 vs Sony Xperia M2 Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy J5

Samsung Galaxy J5

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Sony Xperia M2

Sony Xperia M2

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Samsung Galaxy J5 or Sony Xperia M2 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy J5 Sony Xperia M2
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Release date 2015, June 2014, February
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.83 in 139.7 x 71.1 x 8.6 mm | 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.8 in
Weight 146 g | 5.15 oz 148 g | 5.22 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors White, Black, Gold Black, White, Purple
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
Stand by time - Up to 588 h (2G) / Up to 633 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 14 h 36 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 58 h 25 min
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 4.8" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 63.5 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.5% 63.9%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 540 x 960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 229 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF -8 MP, AF, f/2.4
Functions LED flash LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide) VGA
Functions LED flash
Video 480p

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
- Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm) (D2305)
CPU - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Adreno 306 Adreno 305
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 80
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 226
GeekBench 4 Single Core 491 341
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1201 849
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 869 631

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2303 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D2306 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D2305
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - D2303 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 17(700) - D2306
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2(D2303, D2306)/21.1(D2305)/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (market dependent) Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, aptX
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.80 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.70 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.77 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- ANT+

- ANT+
Versions
- Versions: J500F/J700FN (Global Single-SIM); J500F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); J500G/DS (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand); J500Y (Australia, New Zealand); J500M (LATAM); J500M/DS (Brazil); J500H/DS

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