| Manufacturer | |
| Samsung | Sony |
| Announced | |
| March 2015 | August 2015 |
| Status | |
| Available - April 2015 | Available - August 2015 |
| Price | |
| Rs. 34,900 ($513.24) [Similarly Priced] | Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] |
| Colors | |
| White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum | Black, White, Gold |
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar |
| Dimension | |
|
142 x 70.1 x 7.1 mm (5.59 x 2.76 x 0.28 in) |
145 x 72 x 7.6 mm (5.71 x 2.83 x 0.3 in) |
| Weight | |
| 132 g (4.66 oz) | 142.5 g (5.01.0.18 oz) |
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G925V CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G925V, G925P, G925R |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G925V | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - E5603, E5653 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - E5606 |
| 4G Network | |
| LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G925V | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - E5603 LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 28(700) - E5606 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 40(2300) - E5653 |
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM |
| Build Features | |
| - Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) |
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| OS | |
| Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) | Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) |
| Processor | |
| Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar] | Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 [Similar] |
| GPU | |
| Mali-T760MP8 [Similar] | PowerVR G6200 [Similar] |
| RAM | |
| 3 GB [Browse Similar] | 3 GB [Browse Similar] |
| Internal Memory | |
| 32/64/128 GB | 16 GB |
| External Memory | |
| No | microSD, up to 200 GB |
| Type | |
| Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Curved Edge Screen | IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass |
| Colors | |
| 16M colors | 16M colors |
| Size | |
| 5.1 inches [Similar] | 5.0 inches [Similar] |
| Resolution | |
| 1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar] | 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] |
| Screen-to-Body Ratio | 72.01% | 65.89% |
| Multi-Touch | |
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| Rear Camera | |
| 16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels [Similar] | 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936 [Similar] |
| Flash | |
| LED Flash | LED Flash |
| Features | |
| OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama | Phase Detection Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama |
| Video | |
| 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. | 2160p@30fps, HDR |
| Front Camera | |
| 5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar] | 13 MP, autofocus; 1080p@30fps video [Similar] |
| 3.5mm Jack | |
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| Radio | |
| No | FM radio with RDS |
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable |
| Loud Speaker | |
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| GPRS | |
| Yes | Up to 85.6 kbps |
| Edge | |
| Yes | Up to 236.8 kbps |
| 3G | |
| HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps |
| Bluetooth | |
| v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X | v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| USB | |
| microUSB v2.0, USB Host | microUSB v2.0 |
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS |
| Browser | |
| HTML5 | HTML5 |
| Internal | |
| 32/64/128 GB, 3 GB RAM | 16 GB, 3 GB RAM |
| Expandable Storage | |
| No | microSD, up to 200 GB |
| USB OTG | |
| Supported | - |
| Fingerprint | |
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| Proximity Sensor | |
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| Accelerometer Sensor | |
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| NFC | |
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| Type | |
| Non-removable Li-Ion Battery | Non-removable Li-Ion Battery |
| Capacity | |
| 2600 mAh | 2600 mAh |
| Stand by | |
| - | Up to 671 h (2G) Up to 656 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 26 h (3G) | Up to 11 h 49 min (2G) Up to 12 h 11 min (3G) |