Sony Xperia XA1 vs Samsung Galaxy J2 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 27, 2017	Oct 11, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
$299

Design

Dimensions
5.71 x 2.64 x 0.31 inches 145 x 67 x 8 mm	5.37 x 2.72 x 0.33 inches 136.5 x 69 x 8.4 mm
Weight
5.04 oz / 143.0 g	4.59 oz / 130.0 g
Materials
	Back: Plastic
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, White	Black, Gold

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 70.87% screen-to-body	4.7-inch, 64.62% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1280x720px, 16:9 ratio, 294 PPI	960x540px, 234 PPI
Colors
	16 777 216

PhoneArena Display Test

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

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P20 MT6757	Samsung Exynos
Processor
Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Quad-core 1300 MHz
GPU
Mali-T880 MP2	Yes
Memory
3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB	1GB/8GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
2300 mAh, Li - Ion	2000 mAh
Charging
MediaTek Pump Express

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
23 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3"	5 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps) EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	720p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
8 MP (Autofocus) Video capture: 1080p	2 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n	b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
FM

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 28, 29	1, 3, 5, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands
	40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	5, 8, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS	LTE, HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Micro SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
	Haptic feedback
Other features
	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Aug 16, 2017 FCC ID value: PY7-98591H
Measured SAR
Head: 0.55 W/kg Body: 1.10 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.39 W/kg

Alternative variants

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

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Dual SIM	Yes

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

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 3, 5, 7, 28
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

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