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Sony Xperia C vs Samsung Galaxy S6 edge

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

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 C 2013 year of release, cpu Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, screen 5", with resolution 540x960. Smartphone has 0 megapixel front camera and 8 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.1" inch 5" inch
Screen area 71.5 cm2 68.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 71.7% 65.6%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 540 x 960 px
PPI /points per inch/ 577 PPI 220 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Yes
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Camera specs 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF 8 MP, AF, f/2.6
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash, HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) VGA
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 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Mediatek MT6589 (28 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T760MP8 PowerVR SGX544
External memory No microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 83256 13245
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1292 328
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4051 1141
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2943
GeekBench 4 Battery 1586
GeekBench 5 Single Core 243
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 921
General specs Release date 2015, March 2013, June
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 Х 70.1 Х 7 mm 141.5 Х 74.2 Х 8.9 mm
Weight 132 g 153 g
Colors White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Green Emerald Black, White, Purple
Battery 2600 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2390 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 380 EUR 220 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 18 h (3G) Music play - Up to 50 h Stand by time- Up to 588 h (2G) / Up to 605 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 12 h 25 min (3G) Music play - Up to 111 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Dual SIM (Micro-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 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/11.5 Mbps
GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.0, A2DP
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)     SAR - 0.54 W/kg (head)     0.36 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.52 W/kg (head)    
Music and Audio Radio No Stereo FM radio, RDS
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
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 Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Also known as Sony Xperia C HSPA+ C2305

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 C
  • Screen 5"
  • External memory microSD GB