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Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia Z1 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia Z1
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 7.0Android 5.0Android 4.2
CPU clock speed1.9 GHz2.1 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880Samsung Exynos Octa 7420Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
GPU modelARM Mali-T830 MP2ARM Mali-T760Qualcomm Adreno 330
RAM memory3 GB3 GB2 GB

Display

Screen size5.2 in5.1 in5.0 in
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDLCD
Resolution1080 x 1920 px2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Full HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
  • Quad HD Super AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
N/A
Pixel density424.0 ppi576.0 ppi441.0 ppi
Touchscreen
N/A
yes
N/A
Screen material
N/A
Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Dual screen support
N/A
noyes
Scratch resistant display
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR
N/A
no
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx20.7 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomaticAutomatic
N/A
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps
N/A
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps60.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
Primary lens aperture
N/A
1.9 f2.0 f
Video recording
N/A
yes
N/A
Autofocus
N/A
yesyes
Burst Mode
N/A
yesyes
Digital zoom
N/A
yesyes
Face detection
N/A
yesyes
Geo-tagging
N/A
yesyes
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
LED Flash
N/A
yesyes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Slow-Mo
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yesyes
Touch focus
N/A
yesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical zoom
N/A
N/A
8x

Front camera

Primary resolution16.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx2.2 Mpx
Lens apertureF/1.9
N/A
N/A
Light sourceDisplay flash
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage32 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
Maximum card storage256GB
N/A
64GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slotmicroSD
Memory card reader
N/A
noyes

Dimensions

Height5.75 in5.59 in5.67 in
Width2.81 in2.76 in2.91 in
Depth0.31 in0.28 in0.33 in
Weight5.61 oz4.66 oz5.96 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyesyes
Barometeryesyes
N/A
Digital compass
N/A
yesyes
Ambient light sensor
N/A
yesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
yes
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yes
N/A
ANT+
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportyesnono
Sim card size
  • Nano SIM
  • Nano-SIM
Nano-SIMMicro-SIM
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.24.14.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • DIP
  • HFP
  • HID
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
N/A
Bluetooth codecSBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
N/A
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.0
N/A
Type of USB connectorUSB Type-CMicro-USBMicro-USB
USB On-The-Go (OTG)noyesyes
Video outputNoMHL
N/A
DLNA certified
N/A
yesyes

Cellular

Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
N/A
Data transmission
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • A-GPS
  • BeiDou
  • GLONASS
GPS
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
Streaming standardsGoogle CastGoogle Cast
N/A
Wireless network (Wi-Fi)
N/A
yesyes
2G GSM
N/A
yesyes
3G UMTS
N/A
yes
N/A
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTE
N/A
yesyes
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yesyes

Battery

Battery capacity3000.0 mAh2600.0 mAh3000.0 mAh
Talk time16.0 h18.0 h15.0 h
Replaceable battery
N/A
no
N/A
Battery type
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion
Standby time
N/A
302.0 h850.0 h
Fast charging
N/A
yes
N/A
Wireless charging
N/A
yes
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A

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