Sony Xperia L1 vs Sony Xperia 1 III Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 20, 2017	Apr 14, 2021
Prices (MSRP)
	$1300

Design

Dimensions
5.94 x 2.91 x 0.34 inches 151 x 74 x 8.7 mm	6.50 x 2.80 x 0.32 inches 165 x 71 x 8.2 mm
Weight
6.35 oz / 180.0 g	6.60 oz / 187.0 g
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP65/68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key, Other
Colors
Black, Pink, White	Black, Grey, Purple

Display

Size
5.5-inch, 74.78% screen-to-body	6.5-inch, 90.99% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1280x720px, 16:9 ratio, 267 PPI	3840x1644px, 21:9 ratio, 643 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	3.6 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6737T (28 nm)	Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1450 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core Kryo 680
GPU
Mali-T720 MP2	Adreno 660
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	12GB/256GB (UFS) 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (13, 12, 11)

Battery

Type
2620 mAh	4500 mAh
Charging
	USB Power Delivery Qi wireless charging, Reverse wired charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 30.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

4h 14min

Browsing

9h 4min

Video

6h 5min

Gaming

7h 2min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Quad camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 16 mm Sensor size: 1/2.6"
Third camera
	12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.3 Focal Length: 70 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9"
Fourth camera
	ToF 3D depth sensing (Depth information, ToF 3D depth sensing)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes Object tracking, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) OIS, HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
5 MP (Wide Angle) Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (EIS, HDR) Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

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Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 17, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Sep 26, 2017 FCC ID value: PY7-10720X
Measured SAR
Head: 0.51 W/kg Body: 0.66 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.15 W/kg

Alternative variants

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Dual SIM	Yes

With 512GB internal storage

Memory	512GB

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1