Compare Sony Xperia Z and IPhone 5

It's no secret that every smartphone manufacturer dreams of this success, which has iPhone. But only a series of smartphones Samsung Galaxy S up close by popularity to the "apple" device. But there is one company that is serious about compete with such giants as the Galaxy S III and iPhone 5. This, of course, talking about Sony and its new flagship steep Xperia Z . Does this device chance against the iPhone 5 ? Let's see.

IPhone 5 will get more than the previous generation of these devices, but still so much smaller Xperia Z. Some buyers are large screen size Xperia Z may not like, but there are those who would like more room to work. We encourage you to hold both units, and already decide what you closer.

IPhone 5 weighs much less. Xperia Z turned heavier due to the difference of the glass back cover. But at the same time it gives a sense of quality and device premiumnyh. Apple, in turn, decided to give the new device from the glass cover and made an all-aluminum unit.

Both devices are just gorgeous displays. Xperia Z joined in such models as Droid DNA (HTC Butterfly) and Huawei Ascend D2, whose displays have a pixel density of 440ppi. In addition Sony went to see the trend and set a 5-inch Full HD Reality display with a resolution of 1080p and technology Mobile Bravia Engine 2, which is designed to significantly increase the quality and sharpness. Apple, in turn, uses the familiar Retina display with 326ppi pixel density and increased compared to the previous model, resolution. Here it is 1136 x 640 pixels. While it is difficult to say whether the extra pixels screen Xperia Z will get brighter the experience. Let's see, in practice, when the device goes on sale.

The new flagship of Sony uses the same chipset Snapdragon S4 Pro, which can be found in devices such as the Google Nexus 4 and LG Optimus G. And it really is very powerful. In turn, Apple A6 processor on paper does not look as impressive, but thanks to the serious work on the optimization and literally "sharpening" the OS and applications for iron, rare to find people who would be unhappy with a capacity iPhone 5.
Apple iPhone 5 offers 1 GB of RAM. Xperia Z from Sony is equipped with 2 GB of RAM.

iPhone 5 offers various configurations of memory (16, 32 and 64 GB), but it does not support SD cards. Xperia Z in turn offers many options with 16 GB of permanent storage. For the flagship, I think, could select and more. But the device has support from Sony SD-cards. Officially supports cards up to 32 GB, unofficially - to 64 GB.
Both devices offer support for the new standard, LTE. But will it work - it depends on local operators.

Battery Xperia Z to get more capacity, but it has to feed a large display, which has a million pixels more than the iPhone 5. But the flagship Sony offers a pretty interesting mode Stamina, which is designed to extend the time. In general, you need to wait until the device goes on sale and then have to run tests.

The number of megapixels, of course, is not the only important element to obtain high-quality images, but Xperia Z in this regard clearly beat iPhone 5.


Xperia Z certified IP55/IP57, and it means that his case has been dustproof and water resistant. The device can be immersed in water to a depth of 0.91 meters on 30 minutes, and he did with it will not. Perhaps it will be very handy if you like to spend time at the beach, or if you often work in the rain.

If your primary indicator is the ease of device, the iPhone 5 - your choice. He is 34 grams lighter than the Xperia Z, a little thinner and generally more compact.

Who is cooler? "Simple as two fingers," a stylish and fast iPhone 5 or big and powerful Xperia Z? We leave that choice up to you. Suffice it to say that if you often work with documents, watch movies and play games, you probably want to get the screen bigger? Then we advise to pay attention to four devices like Nexus, Galaxy S III, and of course Sony Xperia Z.