Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 73.7 | 76 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | OnePlus |
| Android 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat | -- |
| 2017-09-21 | 2020-04-21 |
| 6.10 x 2.95 x 0.34 inches | 6.31 x 2.87 x 0.31 inches |
| 6.70 ounces | 6.35 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Gold and Pink | Glacial green |
| Aluminum and Plastic | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 380.00 | $ 330.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.5 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | AMOLED |
| 401 pixels per inch | 405 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1100 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.1 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Helio P20 MT6757 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SM8250 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Kryo 585, 64-bit, 7 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP2 GPU | Adreno 650 GPU |
| 9.27 | 9.63 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.88 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 23.00 MP + 8.00 MP | 48.00 MP + 16.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 24.00mm focal length | 25.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor | 0.5 inches (1/2") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 9.79 | 11.88 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3430mAh Li - Ion Battery | 4300mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.44 | 6.16 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
The OnePlus 8 has an overall score of 76, which is slightly better than the Xperia XA1 Plus's score of 73.7. OnePlus 8 is a way newer phone, and it is also just a little lighter and a bit thinner than Xperia XA1 Plus. The OnePlus 8 has a better display than Xperia XA1 Plus, because it has a bit higher resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, a bigger display and a bit better pixels amount per screen inch.
OnePlus 8 counts with a bigger storage capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Sony Xperia XA1 Plus, because although it has no SD memory card expansion slot, it also counts with 96 GB more internal memory. The OnePlus 8 features a little better hardware performance than Xperia XA1 Plus, and although they both have the same number of cores, the OnePlus 8 also has a larger amount of RAM.
The OnePlus 8 has a very superior camera than Xperia XA1 Plus, because it has a larger camera aperture to take better low light images and video, a lot higher resolution back facing camera, a much better 3840x2160 video quality and a bigger sensor taking higher quality videos and photographs. The OnePlus 8 has superior battery life than Xperia XA1 Plus, because it has 4300mAh of battery capacity instead of 3430mAh.
The OnePlus 8 is not only the best phones of the ones we are comparing here, but it's also the cheapest.
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