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| Global Score | |
| 72.8 | 84.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Asus |
| 2017-05-05 | 2021-04-26 |
| 6.50 x 3.11 x 0.32 inches | 6.80 x 3.04 x 0.41 inches |
| 6.63 ounces | 8.40 ounces |
| Black, Gold, Pink and White | Phantom Black and Storm White |
| Aluminum | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) | 2448 x 1080 pixels |
| -- | AMOLED |
| 367 pixels per inch | 393 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1200 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.9 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek Helio P20 MT6757 chipset | Snapdragon 888 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2300 MHz) processor | Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T880 MP2 GPU | Adreno 660 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 + 16.00 MP | 64.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 24.00mm focal length | 11.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor | 0.59 inches (1/1.7") sensor |
| -- | 7680 x 4320 (30 fps) video resolution |
| -- | 1280 x 720 (480 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 8.91 | 12.87 |
| 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, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2700mAh Li - Ion Battery | 6000mAh Nano SIM Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 4.64 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Asus ROG Phone 5 is better than the Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra, with an 84.7 score against 72.8. Asus ROG Phone 5's construction is notably newer, but much thicker and notably heavier than Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra. The Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with a brighter display than Xperia XA1 Ultra, because it has a slightly higher 1080 x 2448 pixels resolution, a just a bit more pixels per screen inch and a little bigger screen.
Asus ROG Phone 5 has a bit better hardware performance than Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra, and although they both have 8 cpu cores, the Asus ROG Phone 5 also has 4 GB more RAM. The Asus ROG Phone 5 counts with more storage to install games and applications than Xperia XA1 Ultra, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with more internal memory.
Asus ROG Phone 5 captures much better photographs and videos than Xperia XA1 Ultra, because it has a camera in the back with much more megapixels, a way bigger back-facing camera sensor shooting lot better quality videos and pictures and a bigger camera aperture to take better low light images and videos.
The Asus ROG Phone 5 features a much longer battery lifetime than Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra, because it has a 6000mAh battery capacity instead of 2700mAh.
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