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Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Wi-Fi OnlyC6833
| Global Score | |
| 68.7 | 73.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Samsung |
| Android 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo |
| 2013-06-25 | 2018-07-13 |
| 7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 inches | 6.03 x 3.00 x 0.34 inches |
| 7.48 ounces | 6.38 ounces |
| Black, Purple and White | Blue |
| Glass | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 165.00 | $ 107.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.4 inches | 5.5 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 1280 x 720 pixels (HD) |
| TFT | TFT |
| 344 pixels per inch | 267 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 chipset |
| Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (800 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Adreno 330 (450 MHz) GPU | Mali-T830 MP1 GPU |
| 9.18 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot |
| 6.16 | 9.44 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 13.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.70 aperture |
| -- | 28.00mm focal length |
| -- | 0.33 inches (1/3.06") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.6 | 9.13 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.9 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3050mAh Li-Ion Battery | 3300mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 870 hours standby time 14 hours talk time | -- |
| 5.04 | 5.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy J7 Star is a bit better than the Xperia Z Ultra, getting a 73.1 score against 68.7. Galaxy J7 Star is a noticeably newer and lighter cellphone than Xperia Z Ultra, but it is thicker. These devices use Android OS, but the Galaxy J7 Star has a newer 9.0 Pie version and Xperia Z Ultra has Android 4.4, so it counts with a couple additional features.
Sony Xperia Z Ultra features a much better looking screen than Galaxy J7 Star, because it has a much higher resolution of 1920 x 1080px, a larger display and a better pixels count per display inch. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra features a bit better performance than Galaxy J7 Star, because although it has a lower number of cores , and they both have a 2 GB RAM memory, the Sony Xperia Z Ultra also counts with an additional GPU.
The Samsung Galaxy J7 Star features a very superior camera than Xperia Z Ultra, and although they both have the same video frame rates and the same (Full HD) video definition, the Samsung Galaxy J7 Star also has a way higher resolution back facing camera. The Galaxy J7 Star has a lot bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Xperia Z Ultra, because it has 32 GB internal memory and a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 400 GB.
The Galaxy J7 Star features a little better battery duration than Sony Xperia Z Ultra, because it has an 8% bigger battery capacity.
Even being the best phone of the ones we compare here, Galaxy J7 Star is also by far the cheapest one.
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