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| Global Score | |
| 71.8 | 84.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Apple |
| Android 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2020-04-27 | 2018-09-21 |
| 6.26 x 2.80 x 0.34 inches | 5.65 x 2.79 x 0.30 inches |
| 6.28 ounces | 6.24 ounces |
| Black and Blue | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Stainless steel |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 999.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.2 inches | 5.8 inches |
| 1680 x 720 pixels | 2436 x 1125 pixels |
| IPS LCD | OLED |
| 295 pixels per inch | 463 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.4 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Helio P22 MT6762 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 9.09 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.33 inches (1/3") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 8.03 | 10.12 |
| 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 | |
| 3580mAh Battery | 2659mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.52 | 4.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
Apple iPhone XS is much better than Sony Xperia L4, getting a score of 84.2 against 71.8. The Apple iPhone XS body is just a little bit lighter and somewhat thinner than the Sony Xperia L4, despite of the fact that it was released just a little more than a year before. The iPhone XS counts with a superior performance than Xperia L4, because although it has an inferior number of cores (although faster), it also counts with a 64-bit processing unit and a greater amount of RAM memory.
The Apple iPhone XS has an incredibly better looking screen than Sony Xperia L4, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a way better resolution of 1125 x 2436 and a much higher display pixels density. Apple iPhone XS has a greater camera than Sony Xperia L4, because although it has a less mega-pixels back-facing camera, it also counts with a lot higher video resolution, a larger camera aperture and a larger back-facing camera sensor which offers a higher photo and video quality.
The Sony Xperia L4 has much more memory for games and applications than Apple iPhone XS, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Sony Xperia L4 also has a slot for external memory cards that admits up to 512 GB. Xperia L4 features greater battery life than iPhone XS, because it has a 35% greater battery size.
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