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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua vs Samsung Galaxy A9

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
March 2015 December 2015
Status
Available - April 2015 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price
Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White, Copper, Silver Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
136 g (4.8 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes -

Display

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
67.44% 75.93%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor
1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 405 [Similar] Adreno 510 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video
1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio with RDS FM radio with RDS; recording
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, apt-X v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2400 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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