Sony Xperia XZs vs Apple iPhone 6 Comparison and Differences

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Sony Xperia XZs or Apple iPhone 6 Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Sony Xperia XZs Apple iPhone 6
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Release date 2017, February 2014, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 146 x 72 x 8.1 mm | 5.75 x 5.75 x 2.83 in 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm | 5.44 x 5.44 x 2.64 in
Weight 161 g | 5.68 oz 129 g | 4.55 oz
Body Build Plastic frame, aluminum back Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Black, Warm Silver, Ice Blue Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Battery 2900 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1810 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Stand by time - Up to 250 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 50 h
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Screen

Technology IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.2" in 4.7" in
Screen area 74.5 cm2 60.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.9% 65.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 750 x 1334 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 424 PPI 326 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Triluminos display
-X-Reality Engine
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 19 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3'', predictive PDAF & laser AF -8 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.5µm, PDAF
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps, HDR 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
DxOMark Main Score 73
DxOMark Photo 70
DxOMark Video 78
Front camera, selfie 13 MP, Single 1.2 MP, Single
Specifications 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3'', 1.12µm 1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard)
Functions face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) iOS 8, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) - Apple A8 (20 nm)
CPU - Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo) - Dual-core 1.4 GHz Typhoon (ARM v8-based)
GPU Adreno 530 PowerVR GX6450 (quad-core graphics)
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 32 GB, 4 GB RAM - G8231
64 GB, 4 GB RAM - G8232
16/32/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3

Benchmark

Antutu 8 Total 127678
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 291
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 582
GeekBench 6 OpenCL 615
GeekBench 5 Single Core 294 305
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 729 563
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1610
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3696
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7390

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM) - G8231Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - G8232 Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (G8232)
-3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - G8231, G8232
-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) - G8231, G8232
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1549 (GSM), A1549 (CDMA), A1586 
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1549 (CDMA), A1586
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1549 (GSM), A1549 (CDMA), A1586 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1549 (CDMA), A1586 
TD-SCDMA - A1586
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700) - A1549 GSM, A1549 CDMA 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1586
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (Apple Pay only)
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, aptX, LE 4.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.18 W/kg (head)     1.18 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head)     0.97 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - 24-bit/192kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- 16-bit/44.1kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

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

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
--Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Also known as Sony Xperia XZs Dual with dual-SIM card slots

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