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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 78.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2017-09-19 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.83 x 2.87 x 0.29 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.50 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue, Pink and Silver |
| Aluminium | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 205.00 | $ 700.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 5.2 inches |
| 640 x 1136 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| 326 pixels per inch | 424 pixels per inch |
| 500 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 MSM8998 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo 280, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2450 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 540 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1,95 TB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 14.66 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 1.20 MP | 19.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 29.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.69 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 2700mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 4.64 |
| 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 XZ1 is a little bit better than the Apple iPhone 5s, with a 78.3 score against 75.5. Sony Xperia XZ1's design is notably newer and just a little bit thinner than Apple iPhone 5s's, although it is way heavier. The Xperia XZ1 counts with a bit superior processing unit than Apple iPhone 5s, because although it has a 32-bits processor instead of 64-bits and doesn't have an additional GPU, it also counts with 6 more cpu cores and more RAM memory.
IPhone 5s has a little bit better looking display than Xperia XZ1, although it has a way lower resolution of 1136 x 640, a lot smaller screen and a quite worse count of pixels per inch in the display. The Xperia XZ1 features a much better camera than Apple iPhone 5s, because it has a much larger sensor which gives a way higher photo and video quality, a bigger diafragm aperture, a lot higher (4K) video resolution and a back camera with much more megapixels.
The Sony Xperia XZ1 features a very superior memory capacity for games and applications than iPhone 5s, and although they both have exactly the same 64 GB internal memory capacity, the Sony Xperia XZ1 also has an external memory slot that allows up to 1,95 TB. Xperia XZ1 counts with a way better battery duration than iPhone 5s, because it has 2700mAh of battery capacity instead of 1570mAh.
Although Xperia XZ1 is a better device, it costs a lot more money than the Apple iPhone 5s, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the Apple iPhone 5s. So if you need that extra features and specs, you can buy the Xperia XZ1, else you can save some dollars and get the Apple iPhone 5s, letting go a couple features and specifications.
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