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Elephone U5 vs Sonim XP5plus

Elephone U5

Sonim XP5plus

Elephone U5

Sonim XP5plus

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 900, 1900, 2100

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

LTE frequency band 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41

LTE frequency band 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 29, 30, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71
HSDPA speed

21.1 Mbps

-
HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

-
LTE speed

LTE, Cat6, 301 Mbps download, 51 Mbps upload

LTE
GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Availability
Oficially announced

2020-08

2022-07
Status

2020-08

2022-07

Design
Build

Plastic, metal

-
SIM

Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

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

157 mm

148.7 mm
Width

75.9 mm

65.9 mm
Thickness

8.5 mm

21 mm
Weight

180 g

275 g
Waterproof

-

IP68/IPX9K (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
Dust proof

-

IP68
Colors

Black, Blue

Black

Display
Display type

IPS LCD

TFT LCD
Physical size

6.4 inches

2.8 inches
Resolution

1080 x 2340 pixels

240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density

403 ppi

143 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

-

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

Octa-core
CPU

Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A73

Quad-core 2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold
CPU(second)

quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53

quad-core 1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver
Chipset

MediaTek Helio P60 MT6761

Qualcomm SM6115 Snapdragon 662
GPU

Mali-G72 MP3

Adreno 610
Memory RAM

4 GB

2 GB
Internal storage

128 GB

16 GB
Memory card

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC

microSDXC
Memory card max

256 GB

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OS
OS

Android 10

Sonim OS (based on AOSP Android 11)

Main camera
Camera type

Quad

Single
Main camera

48 MP, 1/1.2" , 0.8 µm

8 MP
13 MP, 120˚ , 26 mm
2 MP
2 MP
Primary camera resolution

8000 x 6000 pixels

-
Primary camera video

1080p@30fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Camera features

Autofocus, continuous shooting, digital zoom, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode, macro-mode, night mode 2.0

-

Selfie camera
Selfie camera type

Single

-
Selfie camera

24 MP
Selfie camera features

Face detection, face unlock, HDR

-
Selfie camera video

1080p@30fps

-

Sound
3.5mm jack

No

No
Loudspeaker

Yes

Yes, with dual speakers
Earpiece

Yes

Yes
Headphone adapter

Yes

-

Multimedia
Radio

FM Radio

FM Radio

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5GHz

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

-
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

Type-C 2.0

Type-C
USB On-The-Go

Yes

-
Bluetooth

v5.0

v5.0
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
NFC

Yes

No
GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

-

Yes
BDS

-

Yes

Features
Sensors

Accelerometer, compass, fingerprint, gyroscope, light, proximity

Accelerometer, barometer

Browser
HTML

HTML5

HTML5

Battery
Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Ion
Battery capacity

4000 mAh

3500 mAh
Battery removable

Non-removable

Removable
Fast battery charging

Yes

-

Tests and performance
Antutu

182300 (v8)

-
Geekbench(single-core)

305 (v5.2)

-
Geekbench(multi-core)

1225 (v5.2)

-

Cost
Price

140 USD

305 USD

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