Sony Xperia Z2 vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Octa-Core

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony	Samsung
Announced
February 2014	March 2014
Status
Available - April 2014	Available - April 2014
Colors
Black, White, Purple	Black, White, Blue, Gold
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
146.8 x 73.3 x 8.2 mm (5.78 x 2.89 x 0.32 in)	142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight
163 g (5.75 oz)	145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 20(800) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) - D6543	LTE (market dependent)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
IP58 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes	-

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat), Planned upgrade to Android 5.1 Lollipop	Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 800 [Similar]	Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5422 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar]	Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB	16/32 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB	microSD, up to 128 GB

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.2 inches [Similar]	5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar]	1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.16%	69.63%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
20.7 MP, autofocus [Similar]	16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	phase detection auto
Features
Auto focus, 1/2.3'' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama	1/2.6' Sensor Size, 1.12 µm Pixel Size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, video stabilization, HDR	Yes, 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, video stabilization, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]	Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps	Yes
Edge
Up to 296 kbps	Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL	HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP	Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go	Yes, microUSB v3.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5