Sony Xperia E5 vs Sony Xperia M2 Aqua Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia E5

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Sony Xperia M2 Aqua

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Sony Xperia E5 or Sony Xperia M2 Aqua Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia E5 Sony Xperia M2 Aqua
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Release date 2016, May 2014, August
Dimensions (HxWxD) 144 x 69 x 8.2 mm | 5.67 x 5.67 x 2.72 in 140 x 72 x 8.6 mm | 5.51 x 5.51 x 2.83 in
Weight 147 g | 5.19 oz 149 g | 5.26 oz
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Colors Graphite Black, White Black, White, Copper
Battery 2300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 2300 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 511 h (2G) / Up to 518 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 11 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 65 h
Stand by time - Up to 595 h (2G) / Up to 641 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 11 h 23 min (2G) / Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)
Music play - Up to 37 h 11 min
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD IPS LCD
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 69.4% 63.0%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 540 x 960 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 229 PPI
Screen protection Scratch-resistant glass Scratch-resistant glass
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, AF, f/2.0 -8 MP, AF, f/2.4
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.4 VGA
Video 480p

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset - Mediatek MT6735 (28 nm) - Qualcomm MSM8926-2 Snapdragon 400 (28 nm)
CPU - Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
GPU Mali-T720MP2 Adreno 305
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 4 Single Core 555
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1476
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 961 549

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-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 - F3311 
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - F3313
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - F3311 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 17(700), 28(700) - F3313
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all models
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2403 
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D2406
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - D2403 
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 7(2600), 17(700) - D2406
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/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 Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, aptX 4.0, A2DP, aptX, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.08 W/kg (head)     1.34 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.46 W/kg (head)     0.46 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.69 W/kg (head)     1.25 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.66 W/kg (head)     0.86 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

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

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- ANT+
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

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