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Sony Xperia M5 Dual vs Samsung Galaxy A9

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
August 2015 December 2015
Status
Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price
Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White, Gold Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
(5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
142.6 g (5.01.0.21 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5633, E5643, E5663 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5633
LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 28(700) - E5643
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5663
LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.89% 75.93%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor
Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR G6200 [Similar] Adreno 510 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936 [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash LED Flash
Features
Phase Detection Autofocus, 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
2160p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [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 85.6 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 236.8 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, LE, 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 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 200 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2600 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 495 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 11 h 49 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 11 min (3G)
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