Sony Xperia 1 vs Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia 1

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Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G

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Sony Xperia 1 or Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia 1 Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G
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Release date 2019, February 2022, January 07
Dimensions (HxWxD) 167 x 72 x 8.2 mm | 6.57 x 6.57 x 2.83 in 155.7 x 74.5 x 7.9 mm | 6.13 x 6.13 x 2.93 in
Weight 178 g | 6.28 oz 177 g | 6.24 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 6) & aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), plastic back, aluminum frame
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Colors Black, Gray, Purple, White White, Graphite, Lavender, Olive
Battery 3330 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4500 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable
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Screen

Technology OLED Dynamic AMOLED 2X
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.5" in 6.4" in
Screen area 98.6 cm2 103.9 cm2
Screen format 21:9 (height:width) 20:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 82.0% 89.6%
Screen resolution 1644 x 3840 px 1080 x 2400 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 0 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Other specs - DCI-P3 100%
-HDR BT.2020
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
- 120Hz
-HDR10+
-Always-on display
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 12 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
-12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
-8 MP, f/2.4, 76mm (telephoto), 1/4.5", 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
-12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 123˚ (ultrawide), 1/3.0", 1.12µm
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking LED flash, auto-HDR, panorama
Video 2160p@24/30fps HDR, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, gyro-EIS
DxOMark Main Score 94 120
DxOMark Photo 99 126
DxOMark Video 84 104
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 32 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm 32 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/2.74", 0.8µm
Functions HDR HDR
Video 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) Yes
DxOMark Selfie Score 78
DxOMark Photo 82
DxOMark Video 72

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 12, One UI 4
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8150 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) - Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)
- Exynos 2100 (5 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 485) - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680) - Snapdragon
Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - Exynos
GPU Adreno 640 Adreno 660 - Snapdragon Mali-G78 MP14 - Exynos
External memory microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 724813
Antutu 10 CPU 206713
Antutu 10 GPU 193030
Antutu 10 Mem 172723
Antutu 10 UX 206713
Antutu 9 Total 742147
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 1068
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2614 3209

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / 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 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
 
CDMA 800 / 1900 & TD-SCDMA
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100  
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
-4G - LTE
-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), 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/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.77 W/kg (head) 0.90 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - 0.95 W/kg (head) 1.48 W/kg (body)

Music and Audio

Radio 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 (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
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)

- Bixby natural language commands and dictation
-Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- Fast charging 25W, 50% in 30 min
-Fast wireless charging 15W
-Reverse wireless charging
-USB Power Delivery 3.0
- IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Versions
- Previously known as Sony Xperia XZ4

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