Samsung Galaxy S8 Active vs Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra

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), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G3221, G3212; LTE frequency band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700), 29(700), 66 - G3223; LTE frequency band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - G3226
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

42.2 Mbps
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

5.76 Mbps
LTE-A speed

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat12, 600 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload

LTE-A, (2CA) Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel

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SIM

Nano-SIM

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

151.9 mm

165 mm
Width

74.9 mm

79 mm
Thickness

9.9 mm

8.1 mm
Weight

208.1 g

188 g
Payment

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)

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Waterproof

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes

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Dust proof

Yes, IP68

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MIL-STD-810G

Yes - dust, humidity, rain, salt, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

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Colors

Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold

Black, Gold, Pink, White

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.8 inches

6.0 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2560 pixels

1080 x 1920 pixels
Pixel density

506 ppi

367 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Scratch-resistant glass
Multitouch

Yes

Yes
Always on display

Yes

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3D touch

home button only

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Main camera
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm

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

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps

2160p@30fps
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

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Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus
Primary camera video dual video

dual-video record

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Primary camera video hdr

HDR

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Primary camera video stereo sound record

-

stereo sound record
Primary camera laser autofocus

-

laser autofocus
Camera features

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, 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

Type-C reversible connector

Type-C reversible connector
Bluetooth

v5.1

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

Yes

Yes
NFC

Yes

Yes
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

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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 Email
Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

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Java

No

No
Sensors

Iris scanner, accelerometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, compass, gyro, proximity