Every manufacturer in the market today is concentrated on achieving a success like iPhone but only Samsung Electronics was able to stand up to the mark. Now, Sony has entered the race with its new flagship device Xperia Z. Although, iPhone 5 is much larger as compared to the previous devices of the company but still it is smaller in comparison to the Sony’s Xperia Z smartphone.
Display
Apple however came out with 4 inches display in iPhone 5 that was much bigger than its other flagships but still there are many bigger screens available in the market. Sony’s Xperia Z is one the high end smartphones that is having 5 inches display which is quite bigger to iPhone 5.
Xperia Z has 3 times higher resolution compared to iPhone 5. While Xperia Z can give a resolution of 1920 X 1080 pixels, iPhone 5 can show around 1136 X 640 pixels. Sony’s flagship shows around 60 per cent crisper display of images, text and videos with 44 pixels while iPhone has 325 pixel density.
Build and Appearance
Sony has used an all glass design in Xperia Z that makes it a much better looking handset while iPhone 5 has replaced the all glass back that was used in the predecessor phones with dark aluminium body that is surrounded by smaller pieces of glass.
Dimensionally Xperia Z measures 139 X 71 while iPhone 5 measures about 123.8 X 58.6. Thus, Xperia Z is a larger handset and also it is almost as thin as iPhone 5 at 7.9 mm. Also, iPhone 5 is a lighter smartphone with 112g weight while Xperia z weighs around 146 g.
Processing Performance
While Apple uses its A6 Chip on ARM Cortex A9 processor that is cloaked at 1.3 GHz, Xperia Z is powered with 1.5 GHz Quad core processor with Adreno 320 graphics. There is an in-Built 2 GB RAM in Xperia Z while iPhone 5 has 1 GB RAM.
The Apple iPhone 5 can be purchased with different internal storage capacities while Xperia Z’s storage can be expanded to 16 GB. Sony Xperia Z gives more battery life with 2330 mAh while iPhone 5 is powered with 1440 mAh battery. Thus, Sony is delivering more capacity and stamina with an improved stand by capacity.
Software
iPhone 5 runs on its own iOS 6 operating system while Xperia Z has android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. Both of these operating systems are a really good choice made by the manufacturers. These are amongst the most popular Operating Systems in the market currently. Android is customized and has more feature and apps while iOS is simple to play on, easy to use and is more reliable.
Camera and Connectivity
Although, Apple iPhone 5 has a high end camera at 8 MP but still Xperia Z leaves it behind in the race of mega pixels with a 13 MP rear camera. Both these cameras are capable of recording HD videos with resolution 1080 pixels. While Xperia Z has a high resolution front facing camera at 2.2 MP, Apple iPhone is stuck at 1.2 MP secondary camera that is limited to 720 pixels.
Both these devices include the standard connectivity features like Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA certification and also sport 4G connectivity. Xperia Z supports Near Field Communication while iPhone 5 doesn’t. Another difference is that Apple’s flagship has lightning connector while Sony has included micro USB.
Apple’s flagship is unified, simple and gives a familiar experience while Sony has introduced a much powerful phone with gigantic size.