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Sony Xperia 1 II vs Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 , Sony Xperia 1 II

Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 2013 year of release, cpu Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, screen 5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 2 megapixel front camera and 13 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" inch 6.5" inch
Screen area 68.9 cm2 98.6 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 21:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 72.3% 84.0%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1644 x 3840 px
PPI /points per inch/ 441 PPI 643 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 12 MP, Quad
Camera specs 13 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.14µm, 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 HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS)
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 8 MP, Single
Specifications 2 MP, f/2.4, 27mm (wide) 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4'', 1.12µm
Performance Operating system OS Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to 5.0.1 (Lollipop); TouchWiz UI Android 10.0
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 (28 nm) Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+)
Processor CPU Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 330 Adreno 650
External memory microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)
Internal memory 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 256GB 8GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 38560
General specs Release date 2013, Q3 2020, February 24
Dimensions (HxWxD) 136.6 Х 69.8 Х 7.9 mm 165.1 Х 71.1 Х 7.6 mm
Weight 130 g 181.4 g
Colors White Frost, Black Mist (I9506)/ Arctic Blue, Red Aurora, Rose Gold White, Rose Gold Black, deep black (SHV-E330S) Black, Purple
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 390 EUR 1200 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 370 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 17 h (3G) Music play - Up to 62 h
Body build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Micro-SIM Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - I9506  GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SHV-E330S -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - I9506  HSDPA 1900 / 2100 - SHV-E330S -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - I9506  LTE band 5(850), 9(1800) - SHV-E330S 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 Cat4 150/50 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, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC Yes Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 (MHL 2 TV-out), USB Host 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB On-The-Go
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX 5.1, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.93 W/kg (head)     1.39 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic DCI-P3 100% -HDR BT.2020 -90Hz
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, temperature, humidity, gesture, Infrared port - Qi wireless charging (market dependent) -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation -Air gestures - Also known as: Samsung Galaxy S4 Advance in UK Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+ Available as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A for SK Telecom 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 I9506 Galaxy S4
  • Screen 5"
  • External memory microSD GB
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