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Sony Xperia Ion
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| Global Score | |
| 61.3 | 83.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Samsung |
| Android 4.1.2, 4.0, 2.3 | -- |
| 2012-01-09 | 2019-03-15 |
| 5.20 x 2.68 x 0.42 inches | 6.24 x 2.93 x 0.30 inches |
| 5.08 ounces | 5.86 ounces |
| Black | Black, Blue, Coral and White |
| -- | Plastic |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 210.00 | $ 202.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4.5 inches | 6.4 inches |
| 720 x 1280 pixels (HD) | 2340 x 1080 pixels |
| TFT | Super AMOLED |
| 326 pixels per inch | 403 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.1 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 9610 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1500 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 10 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G72 MP3 GPU |
| 8.1 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 5.72 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 12.10 MP + 1.30 MP | 25.00 MP + 25.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (240 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 6.82 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 5.8 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1900mAh Battery | 4000mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 400 hours standby time 10 hours talk time | -- |
| 3.76 | 5.92 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | FM Radio |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy A50 has a general score of 83.8, which is much better than the Xperia Ion's global score of 61.3. Samsung Galaxy A50's construction is way newer and notably thinner, but also somewhat heavier than the Xperia Ion. Galaxy A50 counts with a better hardware performance than Xperia Ion, because it has a higher number of cores and more RAM memory.
Xperia Ion features a slightly better display than Galaxy A50, although it has a way worse resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, a really smaller screen and a little lower quantity of pixels per inch in the screen. Galaxy A50 captures greater photos and videos than Xperia Ion, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same video resolution, the Galaxy A50 also has a much more mega-pixels camera.
The Samsung Galaxy A50 counts with a much greater storage for games and applications than Sony Xperia Ion, because it has an external memory slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB and more internal storage capacity. Samsung Galaxy A50 features a much longer battery performance than Sony Xperia Ion, because it has 4000mAh of battery capacity against 1900mAh.
In addition to being the best phone between the ones we are comparing here, the Galaxy A50 is also cheap compared to the Sony Xperia Ion.
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