Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z3 Compact vs Motorola DROID Turbo vs Sony Xperia Z3+

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Motorola Sony
Announced September 2014 October 2014 May 2015
Status Available - September 2014 Coming Soon - October 2014 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 16,999 ($249.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 49,999 ($735.28) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Green, Orange Metallic Red, Metallic Black White, black, copper, aqua green
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 127.3 x 64.9 x 8.6 mm
(5.01 x 2.56 x 0.34 in)
143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2 mm
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44 in)
146 x 72 x 6.9 mm
(5.75 x 2.83 x 0.27 in)
Weight 129 g (4.55 oz) 169 g (5.96 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D5803
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D5833
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 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)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features IP68 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes - Water resistant - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 420 Adreno 430
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 32/64 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 5.2 inches 5.2 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.72% 70.83% 70.79%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels 21 MP 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels
Flash LED flash Dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps, 2160p@24fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Front Camera 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5.1 MP, 1080p@30fps, HDR [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.1, A2DP, 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3900 mAh 2930 mAh
Stand by Up to 880 h (2G)
Up to 920 h (3G)
- Up to 580 h (2G)
Up to 590 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
- Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 17 h (3G)