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Apple iPhone 5
LTE and GSM A1428A1428
| Global Score | |
| 71.7 | 79.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iOS 7.x, 6.1, 6 | -- |
| 2012-09-12 | 2018-04-05 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 6.02 x 2.83 x 0.44 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 6.98 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Green, Pink and Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum and Glass |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 195.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.7 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 2160 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | 700 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A6 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| Apple Swift (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 1016 MB (1066 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR SGX543MP3 GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 8.19 | 9.54 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 11.34 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 19.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 33.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.31 inches (1/3.2") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.47 | 10.67 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EV-DO A, EV-DO B, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.2 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1440mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 3180mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 225 hours standby time 8 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.2 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Sony Xperia XZ2 is much better than the Apple iPhone 5, getting a 79.1 score against 71.7. The Sony Xperia XZ2 body is incredibly newer than Apple iPhone 5's, although it's much thicker and heavier. IPhone 5 features a little sharper display than Xperia XZ2, although it has much less brightness, a way lower 1136 x 640 resolution, a just a bit worse display density and a much smaller display.
Sony Xperia XZ2 counts with a better hardware performance than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a greater amount of RAM and more cpu cores. The Xperia XZ2 counts with a lot better camera than Apple iPhone 5, because it has a lot bigger camera sensor taking way higher quality photographs and videos, a bigger diafragm aperture to take better low-light images, a way more MP back facing camera and a way better (4K) video definition.
The Xperia XZ2 features a lot bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Apple iPhone 5, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal storage, the Xperia XZ2 also has a slot for an external memory card that admits a maximum of 400 GB. The Xperia XZ2 features a superior battery life than iPhone 5, because it has 3180mAh of battery capacity instead of 1440mAh.
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