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Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Sony Xperia 5 II

 
Brief information about compared phones: Sony Xperia 5 II , Apple iPhone 8 Plus

Sony Xperia 5 II 2020 year of release, cpu - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 585), screen 6.1", with resolution 1080x2520. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Apple iPhone 8 Plus 2017 year of release, cpu Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral), screen 5.5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 7 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology OLED LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 6.1" inc 5.5" inch
Screen area 86.9 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 21:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 80.9% 67.4%
Screen resolution 1080 x 2520 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 6 Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Triple 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.7'', 1.8µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS -12 MP, f/2.4, 70mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, PDAF, 3x optical zoom, f/2.2, 124˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55'' 12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF -12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), 2x optical zoom, PDAF
Functions HDR Face detection, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 7 MP, Single
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard)
DxOMark Main Score 94
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 89
Performance Operating system OS Android 10, planned upgrade to Android 11 iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+) Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm)
Processor CPU - Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 585) Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral)
Graphics processor GPU - Adreno 650 Apple GPU (three-core graphics)
External memory microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) No
Internal memory 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 232145
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4224
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10193
Antutu 8 score 305167
GeekBench 4 Battery 2842
General specs Release date 2020, September 17 2017, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158 Х 68 Х 8 mm 158.4 Х 78.1 Х 7.5 mm
Weight 163 g 202 g
Colors Black, Grey, Blue, Pink Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red
Battery 4000 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable 2691 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 900 EUR 770 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 21 h (3G) Music play - Up to 60 h
Body build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame Front/back glass, aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Nano-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) -3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE -5G - SA/NSA Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB On-The-Go 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, aptX HD, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others - HDR BT.2020 -Triluminos display -X-Reality Engine -120Hz refresh rate Wide color gamut -3D Touch display & home button -True-tone
Other features Dop - Sensors - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fast charging 21W, 50% in 30 min -USB Power Delivery 3.0 - IP65/IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min -Qi wireless charging -Siri natural language commands and dictation - IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins) -Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) - Versions: A1864 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1897 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1898 (Japan)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Xperia 5 II
  • Screen 6.1"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) GB
  • RAM 8 GB
Reasons to buy iPhone 8 Plus
  • Screen 5.5"