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Sony Xperia Z Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Active

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
June 2013 June 2015
Status
Available - July 2013 Available - June 2015
Price
- Rs. 595 ($999.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White, Purple Yes
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
(7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in)
143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm
(5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight
212 g (7.48 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - All Versions HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 900 - C6806 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- IP58 Certified - Dust and Water-proof
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes
- Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation,

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
6.44 inches [Similar] 5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.15% 70.76%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar] Mali-T760 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 32/64/128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, OIS, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR 2160p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p@30fps [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, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, 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 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG
Supported Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
3050 mAh 2550 mAh
Stand by
Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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