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Sony Xperia Z3+ vs Samsung Galaxy A9

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
May 2015 December 2015
Status
Available - June 2015 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price
Rs. 49,999 ($735.28) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
White, black, copper, aqua green Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
146 x 72 x 6.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.83 x 0.27 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
144 g (5.08 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
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Display

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.2 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.79% 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
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 430 [Similar] Adreno 510 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32 GB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face 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, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
5.1 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [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 Cat6 300/50 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/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32 GB, 3 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
2930 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 580 h (2G)
Up to 590 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)
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