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Apple iPhone 5s
CDMAA1533
| Global Score | |
| 75.5 | 77.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| iOS 8.x, 7.x | -- |
| 2013-09-10 | 2017-04-05 |
| 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches | 5.75 x 2.83 x 0.32 inches |
| 3.95 ounces | 5.68 ounces |
| Black, Gold and Gray | Black, Blue and Silver |
| Aluminium | Metal |
| -- | 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 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A7 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| 64-bit Cyclone ARMv8 (Dual-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Kryo, 64-bit (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| PowerVR G6430 (600 MHz) GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.7 | 8.88 |
| 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 (960 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1280 x 720 (120 fps) (HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 8.69 | 12.87 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| 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, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1570mAh Li-Ion Battery | 2900mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 250 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.36 | 4.88 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| 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
The Sony Xperia XZs has a global score of 77.2, which is a bit better than iPhone 5s's 75.5 overall score. The Sony Xperia XZs construction is noticeably newer than iPhone 5s's, but it's a little thicker and incredibly heavier. The Apple iPhone 5s has a little better performance than Xperia XZs, because although it has an inferior number of cores and slower and 3 GB less RAM, it also counts with an additional graphics processor and a 64 bits processing unit.
The Apple iPhone 5s has a little sharper display than Xperia XZs, although it has a just a little inferior pixels quantity per display inch, a really smaller screen and a lot worse 1136 x 640 resolution. The Xperia XZs has a bigger memory to store more games and applications than iPhone 5s, because although it has 0 less internal storage, it also counts with a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 256 GB.
The Xperia XZs features a much better battery life than iPhone 5s, because it has a 2900mAh battery capacity against 1570mAh. The Xperia XZs captures a lot better pictures and videos than iPhone 5s, because it has a back camera with much more mega-pixels, a way better (4K) video resolution, a larger diafragm aperture and a much larger back camera sensor shooting way higher quality videos and photographs.
Although Xperia XZs is a better device, it costs a lot more than iPhone 5s, and it doesn't have such a good relation between it's price and quality as the iPhone 5s. If you are trying to save some money, you can get iPhone 5s, giving up a few features and specifications, but you'll get the most out of your money.
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