Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 84.2 | 82.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Sony |
| 2018-09-21 | 2018-07-30 |
| 5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches | 6.22 x 3.15 x 0.47 inches |
| 6.24 ounces | 8.32 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | 16 777 216 |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Aluminum and Glass |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 999.00 | $ 1000.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.8 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 2436 x 1125 pixels | 3840 x 2160 pixels (4K) |
| OLED | IPS LCD |
| 463 pixels per inch | 760 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | 900 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 10.4 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SDM845 chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | Kryo 385, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2800 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 630 GPU |
| 10.26 | 9.63 |
| 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 | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 19.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (960 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.12 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2659mAh Li - Ion Battery | 3540mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 4.64 | 5.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Apple iPhone XS has a global score of 84.2, which is a bit better than the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium's 82.2 score. The Apple iPhone XS is a a lot thinner and lighter phone than the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium, even when both were released with only 2 months difference. IPhone XS counts with a little bit better processing power than Xperia XZ2 Premium, because although it has an inferior number of cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64 bits processing unit.
Xperia XZ2 Premium features a more vivid screen than Apple iPhone XS, and although they both have a screen with the same size, the Xperia XZ2 Premium also has a brighter screen, a lot higher resolution of 2160 x 3840 pixels and a lot more pixels per inch in the screen. The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium features a lot bigger storage capacity for games and applications than iPhone XS, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium also has a slot for an SD memory card that supports up to 400 GB.
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium has longer battery lifetime than iPhone XS, because it has 3540mAh of battery capacity instead of 2659mAh. Xperia XZ2 Premium features a little bit better camera than iPhone XS, because although it has slower 30 fps video frame rate, and they both have a F1.8 camera aperture and the same video definition, the Xperia XZ2 Premium also counts with a bigger back camera sensor providing a higher image quality and a back-facing camera with way more MP.
The Apple iPhone XS is not only the best phones of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also cheap compared to the other phone.
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