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Sony Xperia 1 II vs Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S6 edge , Sony Xperia 1 II

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.1", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

Sony Xperia 1 II 2020 year of release, cpu Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585), screen 6.5", with resolution 1644x3840. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED OLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" inch 6.5" inch
Screen area 71.5 cm2 98.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 21:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.7% 84.0%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 1644 x 3840 px
PPI /points per inch/ 577 PPI 643 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 12 MP, Quad
Camera specs 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF 12 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.7'', dual pixel PDAF, OIS -12 MP, f/2.4, 70mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, PDAF, 3x optical zoom, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55'', Dual Pixel PDAF -0.3 MP, TOF 3D, (depth)
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS)
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm
DxOMark Main Score 82
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 83
Performance Operating system OS Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat); TouchWiz UI Android 10.0
Chipset Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585)
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 650
External memory No microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 83256
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1292
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4051
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2943
GeekBench 4 Battery 1586
GeekBench 5 Single Core 243
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 921
General specs Release date 2015, March 2020, February 24
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 Х 70.1 Х 7 mm 165.1 Х 71.1 Х 7.6 mm
Weight 132 g 181.4 g
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald Black, Purple
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 380 EUR 1200 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 18 h (3G) Music play - Up to 50 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850) Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 800 / 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), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46(5200), 66(1700/2100) -5G - 5G band 1(2100), 77(3700), 78(3500); NSA/Sub6
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat19 1600/150 Mbps, 5G (2+ Gbps DL)
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.1, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.58 W/kg (head)     1.34 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.33 W/kg (head)     0.59 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic DCI-P3 100% -HDR BT.2020 -90Hz
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 , Infrared port - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - Versions: G925F (Global), G925FQ (Turkey), G925I (LATAM, India, Australia), G925A (AT&T), G925T (T-Mobile), G925S/K/L (Korea), G9250 (China, HK) Sensors Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum - Fast battery charging -Wireless charging -USB Power Delivery - IP65/IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy S6 edge
  • Screen 5.1"
  • Main camera 16 MP
Reasons to buy Xperia 1 II
  • Screen 6.5"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) GB
  • RAM 8 GB