Sony Xperia XA1 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 27, 2017	Sep 30, 2016

Design

Dimensions
6.50 x 3.11 x 0.32 inches 165 x 79 x 8.1 mm	6.17 x 3.02 x 0.28 inches 156.6 x 76.8 x 7.2 mm
Weight
6.63 oz / 188.0 g	6.42 oz / 182.0 g
Materials
Frame: Aluminum	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Pink, White	Gold, Silver, Blue

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 76.10% screen-to-body	5.7-inch, 74.51% screen-to-body
Type
	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 367 PPI	1920x1080px, 386 PPI
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

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

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P20 MT6757	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7420 (14 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2300 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2100 MHz ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T880 MP2	Yes
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/32GB 4GB/64GB	3GB (LPDDR4)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat)	Android (6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
2700 mAh, Li - Ion	3300 mAh, Li - Ion
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"	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes HDR, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
16 MP (OIS, Autofocus, Flash) Video capture: 1080p	8 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	4.1
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	microUSB, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, 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
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation, Video recording	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 17, 28, 29	1, 3, 5, 7, 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
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Alternative variants

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

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

Memory	64GB
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

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