Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Sony Xperia 5

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung	Sony
Announced
July 2015	September 2019
Status
Available - August 2015	Coming Soon - October 2019
Price
Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]	-
Colors
Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold	Blue, Red, Black, Grey
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm (6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)	158 x 68 x 8.2 mm (6.22 x 2.68 x 0.32 in)
Weight
151 g (5.33 oz)	164 g (5.78 oz)
SIM Type
-	Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE	LTE 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), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 32(1500), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 46, 66(1700/2100)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor	- Fingerprint Sensor(side-mounted) IP65/IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) 24-bit/192kHz audio Dynamic vibration system Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic Dolby Atmos sound

OS
Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)	Android 9.0 (Pie)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]	Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 485 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4x1.78 GHz Kryo 485), Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855 (7 nm) [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 405 [Similar]	Adreno 640 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar]	6GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB	128GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen	Full HD+ OLED Capacitive Touchscreen Corning Gorilla Glass 6 DCI-P3 100% HDR BT.2020 Triluminos display X-Reality Engine
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.7 inches [Similar]	6.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar]	1080 x 2520 pixels (449 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
73.99%	81.06%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]	12 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR	12 MP, f/1.6, 26mm (wide), 1/2.6", 1.4µm, predictive Dual Pixel PDAF, 5-axis OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, predictive PDAF, 2x optical zoom, 5-axis OIS 12 MP, f/2.4, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/3.4", 1.0µm Panorama, HDR, Eye Tracking
Video
1080p@30fps	2160p@24/30fps HDR, 1080p@60fps, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS), 1080p@960fps
Front Camera
5 MP, 1080p [Similar]	8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm, HDR, 1080p@30fps (5-axis gyro-EIS) [Similar]

GPRS
Yes
Edge
Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat19 1600/150 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE	5.0, A2DP, aptX HD, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0	3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser
HTML5	Yes

Internal
16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM	128GB, 6GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)	microSD, up to 1 TB (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
USB OTG
-	Supported