Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 61.9 | 67.9 |
| Basic Information | |
| Blackberry | Sony |
| BlackBerry 10.3, 10.2, 10 | -- |
| 2013-01-30 | 2016-06-20 |
| 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.35 inches | 5.65 x 2.63 x 0.31 inches |
| 4.85 ounces | 4.85 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Gold, Green and White |
| -- | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 300.00 | $ 192.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.2 inches | 5 inches |
| 768 x 1280 pixels | 1280 x 720 pixels (HD) |
| IPS LCD | -- |
| 355 pixels per inch | 294 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.5 | 7.4 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 chipset | MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 chipset |
| Krait (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (500 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 225 (400 MHz) GPU | Mali-T860 MP2 GPU |
| 8.46 | 9 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 7.16 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.37 | 8.03 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM and CDMA | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1800mAh Battery | 2300mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 316 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.68 | 4.24 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Sony Xperia XA has a global score of 67.9, which is a little bit better than the BlackBerry Z10's overall score of 61.9. The Sony Xperia XA design has the same weight than the BlackBerry Z10, but it's somewhat thinner. BlackBerry Z10 has a better display than Sony Xperia XA, because although it has a bit smaller display, it also counts with a quite better amount of pixels per screen inch and a quite better resolution of 1280 x 768px.
The Sony Xperia XA features a better storage capacity to install applications and games than BlackBerry Z10, and although they both have the same 16 GB internal memory capacity, the Sony Xperia XA also has an external SD slot that admits a maximum of 200 GB. The Sony Xperia XA counts with a bit faster processor than BlackBerry Z10, because although it has doesn't have an additional GPU, and they both have 2 GB of RAM memory, the Sony Xperia XA also counts with a larger number of cores.
Xperia XA has greater battery lifetime than BlackBerry Z10, because it has a 28 percent more battery capacity. The Sony Xperia XA features a slightly better camera than BlackBerry Z10, because it has a bigger diafragm aperture and a camera in the back with lot more MP.
Even being the best phone between the ones we are comparing, the Xperia XA is also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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