Sony Xperia 1 vs Motorola Edge (2021) Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia 1

Sony Xperia 1

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Motorola Edge (2021)

Motorola Edge (2021)

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Sony Xperia 1 or Motorola Edge (2021) Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia 1 Motorola Edge (2021)
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Release date 2019, February 2021, August 19
Dimensions (HxWxD) 167 x 72 x 8.2 mm | 6.57 x 6.57 x 2.83 in 169 x 75.6 x 9 mm | 6.65 x 6.65 x 2.98 in
Weight 178 g | 6.28 oz 200 g | 7.05 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 6) & aluminum frame Glass front, plastic back
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Colors Black, Gray, Purple, White Nebula Blue
Battery 3330 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 5000 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable
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Screen

Technology OLED LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6.8" in
Screen area 98.6 cm2 109.8 cm2
Screen format 21:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.0% 85.9%
Screen resolution 1644 x 3840 px 1080 x 2460 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 0 PPI 395 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Other specs - DCI-P3 100%
-HDR BT.2020
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
- 144Hz
-HDR10
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 108 MP, Triple
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/2.6", 1.4µm, predictive Dual Pixel PDAF, 5-axis OIS
- 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, predictive PDAF, 2x optical zoom, 5-axis OIS
- 12 MP, f/2.4, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.4", 1.0µm
-108 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.52", 0.7µm, PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 119˚ (ultrawide), 1.12µm, AF
-2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@24/30fps HDR, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/120fps
DxOMark Main Score 94
DxOMark Photo 99
DxOMark Video 84
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 32 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm 32 MP, f/2.3, (wide), 0.7µm
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Selfie Score 78
DxOMark Photo 82
DxOMark Video 72

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 11
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - Qualcomm SM7325 Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485) - Octa-core (4x2.4 GHz Kryo 670 & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo 670)
GPU Adreno 640 Adreno 642L
External memory microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 9 Total 514003
Antutu 8 Total 372456
GeekBench 6 Single Core 933
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2619
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 2446
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 2225
GeekBench 5 Single Core 720 872
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2614 2214

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
Bands -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 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), 46, 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 66
-5G - SA/NSA/Sub6
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat19 1600/150 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps, 5G
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/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host USB Type-C 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.2, A2DP, LE

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 18W (USB Power Delivery 2.0)
- USB Power Delivery
- IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

- Fast charging 30W
- Water-repellent design
Versions
- Previously known as Sony Xperia XZ4

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