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Sony Xperia Z vs Samsung Galaxy Note8

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
January 2013 August 2017
Status
Released - February 2013 Coming Soon - September 2017
Colors
Black, White, Purple Black, Blue Coral, Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
139 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.47 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight
146 g (5.15 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type
- Single/Dual SIM
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - C6602, C6603 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - C6603
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C6602
HSDPA
4G Network
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - C6603 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- - IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
Notification LED
- Yes

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 6.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.70% 83.03%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2.0 Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9215M / APQ8064 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 6 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar] Dual 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
Barometer Sensor
Heart-rate Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable, Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
2330 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 550 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
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