Sony Xperia XZ Premium vs Samsung Galaxy J7 Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XZ Premium

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Sony Xperia XZ Premium or Samsung Galaxy J7 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XZ Premium Samsung Galaxy J7
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Release date 2017, February 2015, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 156 x 77 x 7.9 mm | 6.14 x 6.14 x 3.03 in 152.2 x 78.7 x 7.5 mm | 5.99 x 5.99 x 3.1 in
Weight 195 g | 6.88 oz 171 g | 6.03 oz
Body Build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5) Plastic body
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Colors Luminous Chrome, Deepsea Black, Bronze Pink, Rosso (red) White, Black, Gold
Battery 3230 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 76 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.46" in 5.5" in
Screen area 82.2 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 68.4% 69.6%
Screen resolution 3840 x 2160 px 720 x 1280 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 807 PPI 267 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Other specs - HDR10
-Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 19 MP, Single 13 MP, Single
Camera specs -19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', predictive PDAF & laser AF -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR LED flash, panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
DxOMark Main Score 83
DxOMark Photo 82
DxOMark Video 84
Front camera, selfie 13 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Specifications 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.12µm 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) - Exynos 7580 Octa
- Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 (28 nm)
CPU - Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) - Octa-core (4x1.4 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53)
-Octa-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 201987
GeekBench 6 Single Core 392
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 1251
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 1349
GeekBench 6 Vulkan 560
GeekBench 5 Single Core 372 117
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1460 434
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1886 693
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6156 3327
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7782 1997
GeekBench 4 Battery 3759

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G8141Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G8142 Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G8142
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G8141, G8142
-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) - G8141, G8142
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 MbpsHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (Snapdragon model only)
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 4.1, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.25 W/kg (head)     1.36 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.50 W/kg (head)     0.37 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No FM radio, RDS, recording
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted, region dependent), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum - Accelerometer, proximity
Other extras
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 3.0)
- IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

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Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XZ Premium Dual with dual-SIM card slots

- Versions: J700F (India, Thailand); J700M (LATAM); J700M/DS (Brazil); J700H with no LTE (South Africa, Pakistan, Vietnam, Philippines, Russia); J700T (T-Mobile, Metro PCS); J700P (Virgin Mobile, Boost)

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