Sony Xperia 10 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia 10

Sony Xperia 10

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Samsung Galaxy A7

Samsung Galaxy A7

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Sony Xperia 10 or Samsung Galaxy A7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia 10 Samsung Galaxy A7
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Release date 2019, February 2015, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 155.7 x 68 x 8.4 mm | 6.13 x 6.13 x 2.68 in 151 x 76.2 x 6.3 mm | 5.94 x 5.94 x 3 in
Weight 162 g | 5.71 oz 141 g | 4.97 oz
Body Build Aluminum frame, plastic back
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Colors Black, Navy, Silver, Pink Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Battery 2870 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 54 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors Type IPS L 16M
Screen size 6" in 5.5" in
Screen area 84.1 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 79.4% 72.5%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2520 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 0 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 4
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Dual 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/2.0, 27mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.12µm, PDAF
-5 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.4µm
-13 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Qualcomm SDM630 Snapdragon 630 (14 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)
- Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) - A700F
CPU - Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 - Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53) - A700FD
-Octa-core (4x1.8 Cortex-A15 GHz & 4x1.3 Cortex-A7 GHz) - A700F
GPU Adreno 508 Adreno 405 - A700FD
Mali-T628 MP6 - A700F
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 3 GB RAM 4 GB (for China only) 16 GB, 2 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 184 315
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 790 839
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 453
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 905
GeekBench 5 Single Core 175 296
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 928 973
GeekBench 4 Single Core 568
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1471
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 1984

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-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 - I3113, I4113, I4193 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - I3123
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600) - I3113, I4113 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 25(1900), 28(700), 29(700), 66(1700/2100) - I3123 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - I4193
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - A700FD, A700F
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - A700F 
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - A700FD
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat12 600/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes Yes
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.05 W/kg (head)     0.80 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.55 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- Fast battery charging 18W (Quick Charge 3.0)
-USB Power Delivery

- ANT+
-S-Voice
Versions
- Previously known as Sony Xperia XA3

- Versions: A700F (EMEA), A700FD (Malaysia, Pakistan), A700K/A700S/A700L (Korea)

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