Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Sony Xperia XZ

Samsung Galaxy Note 4

Sony Xperia XZ

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 800, 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100
4G network

-

LTE frequency 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), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE speed

LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload

LTE, Cat9, 450 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
SIM

Micro-SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Height

153.5 mm

146 mm
Width

78.6 mm

72 mm
Thickness

8.5 mm

8.1 mm
Weight

176 g

161 g
Waterproof

-

1.5m and 30 minutes
Colors

Blossom Pink, Bronze Gold, Charcoal black, Frosted white

Deep pink, Forest blue, Mineral black, Platinum

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.7 inches

5.2 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

515 ppi

424 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass
Multitouch

-

Yes, max 10 fingers

Hardware
CPU

-

Quad-core
CPU

Quad-core 1.3 GHz ARM Cortex-A53

Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo
CPU(second)

Quad-core 1.9 GHz ARM Cortex-A57

dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)

Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
GPU

Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)

Adreno 530
Memory RAM

3 GB

3 GB
Internal storage

32 GB

32, 64 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD
Memory card max

128 GB

256 GB

Main camera
Camera type

Photo / Video

-
Main camera

16 MP

23 MP, f/2.0 , 24 mm
Primary camera resolution

5312 x 2988 pixels

-
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps

2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 1080p@60fps
Primary camera Autofocus

autofocus

-
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera video optical stabilization

optical stabilization

-
Primary camera image stabilization

optical image stabilization

-
Primary camera phase detection autofocus

-

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

dual-video record

-
Primary camera laser autofocus

-

laser autofocus
Camera features

Dual Shot, HDR, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

1/2.3" sensor size, HDR, face detection, geo-tagging, panorama, touch focus

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
WLAN DLNA

-

Yes
USB

microUSB 2.0

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB host

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth

v4.1

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth EDR

Yes

-
Bluetooth AptX

-

Yes
Infrared

Yes

-
NFC

-

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GPS Navigator

Beidou

-
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

SMS(threaded view)
Messaging MMS

MMS

MMS
Messaging Email

Email

Email
Messaging IM

IM

IM
Messaging Push Email

Push Mail

Push Email
Java

Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

No
Sensors

Accelerometer, SpO2, UV, barometer, compass, gesture, gyro, heart rate, proximity

Fingerprint, accelerometer, barometer, color spectrum, compass, gyro, proximity