Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia SP Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy S4

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Sony Xperia SP

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Samsung Galaxy S4 or Sony Xperia SP Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy S4 Sony Xperia SP
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Release date 2013, March 2013, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.38 x 5.38 x 2.75 in 130.6 x 67.1 x 10 mm | 5.14 x 5.14 x 2.64 in
Weight 130 g | 4.59 oz 155 g | 5.47 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors White Frost, Black Mist, Arctic Blue, Black Edition Black, White, Red
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 2370 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 370 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
Stand by time - Up to 635 h (2G) / Up to 734 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 10 h 25 min (2G) / Up to 19 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 39 h
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 4.6" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 58.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.3% 66.6%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 319 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, AF -8 MP, AF, f/2.4
Functions LED flash, HDR LED flash, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm (standard) VGA
Functions Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradаble to 4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset - Exynos 5410 Octa (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon S4 Pro
CPU - Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A7) - Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait
GPU PowerVR SGX544MP3 Adreno 320
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (5.8 GB user available), 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 149 109
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 475 201
GeekBench 4 Single Core 683 745
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1696 1094
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 1533 926
GeekBench 4 Battery 460

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Micro-SIM Micro-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - C5303 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C5302 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - C5306
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - C5303 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850) - C5306
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out)
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.85 W/kg (head)     1.55 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.42 W/kg (head)     0.54 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.63 W/kg (head)     1.08 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.79 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture , Infrared port - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Other extras
- ANT+
-Air gestures
- Qi wireless charging (market dependent)
Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia SP HSPA C5302, Sony Xperia SP LTE C5303, Sony Xperia SP LTE C5306

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