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| Global Score | |
| 73.7 | 85.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Sony | Samsung |
| Android 5.0 | -- |
| 2015-05-26 | 2018-11-15 |
| 5.76 x 2.83 x 0.27 inches | 6.40 x 3.03 x 0.31 inches |
| 5.08 ounces | 6.46 ounces |
| Black, Brown, Green and White | Bubblegum pink, Caviar black and Lemonade blue |
| Glass; metal | Glass and Metal |
| $ 170.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.2 inches | 6.3 inches |
| 1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD) | 2220 x 1080 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 424 pixels per inch | 392 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 8 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SDM660 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 2000 MHz) processor | Kryo 260, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 2200 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (1600 MHz) RAM | 6 GB RAM |
| Adreno 430 GPU | Adreno 512 GPU |
| 8.37 | 9.27 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 14.14 |
| Camera | |
| 20.70 MP + 5.00 MP | 24.00 MP + 24.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.70 aperture |
| 25.00mm focal length | 27.00mm focal length |
| 0.43 inches (1/2.3") sensor | 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (60 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | -- |
| 10.45 | 10.45 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 2930mAh Battery | 3800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 590 hours standby time 17 hours talk time | -- |
| 4.88 | 5.76 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) has a global score of 85.2, which is better than Sony Xperia Z3+'s score of 73.7. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) is a incredibly newer cellphone than the Sony Xperia Z3+, but it is thicker and way heavier. The Xperia Z3+ has a much better screen than Galaxy A9 (2018), because although it has a quite smaller screen and a little lower resolution of 1920 x 1080, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch in the display.
The Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018) features a quite better processing power than Xperia Z3+, because it has a larger amount of RAM memory and a greater number of faster cores. Galaxy A9 (2018)'s camera is just as good as Xperia Z3+'s camera, because although the Galaxy A9 (2018) has a smaller camera sensor which gives a lower image and video quality, and they both have the same video resolution and the same 30 frames per second video frame rates, it also counts with a bigger camera aperture and a camera in the back with more mega pixels.
Galaxy A9 (2018) features a much greater storage to store more games and applications than Xperia Z3+, because it has 96 GB more internal memory capacity and a SD memory card expansion slot that allows a maximum of 512 GB. Galaxy A9 (2018) has superior battery duration than Sony Xperia Z3+, because it has 3800mAh of battery capacity instead of 2930mAh.
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