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Apple iPhone 8 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia U Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia XA1 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia XA1
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Hardware

Operating systemApple iOS 11Android 4.0Android 7.0
CPU clock speed2.5 GHz1.0 GHz2.3 GHz
CPU cores6-coreDual-core8-core
CPU modelApple A11 BionicST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500MediaTek MT6757
RAM memory2 GB512 MB3 GB
GPU model
N/A
ARM Mali-400ARM Mali-T880 MP2

Display

Screen size4.7 in3.5 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDLCD
Resolution750 x 1334 px854 x 480 px720 x 1280 px
Technology
  • IPS TFT
  • Retina HD display with IPS technology
N/A
IPS TFT
Pixel density326.0 ppi280.0 ppi294.0 ppi
Screen materialFingerprint-resistant coating
N/A
N/A
Dual screen supportnonono
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRyesnono
Multi touch
N/A
yes
N/A

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/3"
N/A
1/2.3"
Primary sensor resolution12.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx23.0 Mpx
Focus adjustmentAutomatic
N/A
N/A
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution3840 x 2160 px1280 x 720 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution60.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)240.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyes
N/A
N/A
Touch focusyesyes
N/A
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
Digital zoom
N/A
yes
N/A
Face detectionBody and face detectionyes
N/A
Panorama
N/A
yes
N/A
Smile detection
N/A
yes
N/A

Front camera

Primary resolution7.0 Mpx0.3 Mpx8.0 Mpx
Face detectionBody and face detectionyes
N/A
HDR modeAuto HDR mode
N/A
N/A
Lens apertureF/2.2
N/A
N/A
Light sourceRetina Flash
N/A
N/A

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • 64 GB
8 GB32 GB
Memory card readernonoyes
Types of memory card supported
N/A
No memory slot
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
Maximum card storage
N/A
N/A
256GB

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Gold
  • Grey
  • Red
  • Silver
  • Space grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Pink
  • White
  • Yellow
  • Rose Gold
  • Black
  • White
  • Gold
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Plastic
  • Aluminum
  • Plastic
Water resistantyesnono
Shock resistantnonono

Dimensions

Height5.45 in4.4 in5.71 in
Width2.65 in2.1 in2.64 in
Depth0.29 in0.5 in0.31 in
Weight5.22 oz3.88 oz5.04 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyes
N/A
Ambient light sensoryesyes
N/A
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
Gyroscopeyes
N/A
N/A
Barometeryes
N/A
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnono
  • no
  • yes
Sim card sizeNano-SIMMini-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiednoyesno
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version5.02.1 EDR4.2
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • AAC
  • SBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesnoyes
Charging connection
  • Lightning
  • USB
USBUSB
Video outputNoNoNo
Headphone connection
N/A
3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version
N/A
2.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
yesno

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmission
  • DC-HSDPA
  • EDGE
  • EV-DO
  • FDD-LTE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
  • LTE Advanced
  • TDD-LTE
  • VoLTE
  • VoWiFi
N/A
HSPA+
Navigation system
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
  • Galileo
  • QZSS
A-GPSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
N/A
3G UMTSyesyesyes
4G LTEyesnoyes
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
N/A
Mobile hotspot
N/A
yes
N/A
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast

Battery

Replaceable batterynoyesno
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ion
N/A
Battery capacity1820.0 mAh1290.0 mAh2300.0 mAh
Standby time24.0 h472.0 h603.0 h
Talk time14.0 h5.0 h10.1 h
Fast chargingyesnoyes
Wireless charging yesnono
Wireless charging standard
  • QI
  • Qi
N/A
N/A
Fast charging standard
N/A
N/A
Pump Express Plus 2.0

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