Sony Xperia XA2 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Jan 08, 2018	Aug 05, 2020
Prices (MSRP)
	12GB/128GB - $1300 12GB/256GB - €1266 12GB/512GB - $1450

Design

Dimensions
6.42 x 3.15 x 0.37 inches 163 x 80 x 9.5 mm	6.49 x 3.04 x 0.32 inches 164.8 x 77.2 x 8.1 mm
Weight
7.80 oz / 221.0 g	7.34 oz / 208.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic Frame: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus) Frame: Stainless steel
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
	Stylus
Keys
Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold, Silver, Blue	Mystic black, Mystic bronze, Mystic white

Display

Size
6.0-inch, 76.07% screen-to-body	6.9-inch, 91.63% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD, 500 nits	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1920x1080px, 16:9 ratio, 367 PPI	3088x1440px, 19.3:9 ratio, 496 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
2 (Good)	1.6 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 630 SDM630 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 865+ SM8250-AB (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 1x3.1GHz Kryo 585 3x2.42GHz Kryo 585 4x1.80GHz Kryo 585
GPU
Adreno 508	Adreno 650
Memory
4GB (LPDDR4)/32GB 4GB/64GB	12GB (LPDDR5)/128GB (UFS 3.0) 12GB/256GB 12GB/512GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo)	Android (13, 12, 11, 10)

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GeekBench 6 Single
Untested	1208
GeekBench 6 Multi
Untested	3047
3D Mark High
Untested	1510
3D Mark Low
Untested	1097

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Battery

Type
3580 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charging Qi and Powermat wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

4h 37min

Browsing

9h 33min

Video

7h 0min

Gaming

7h 17min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
23 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	108 MP (OIS, Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/1.33" Pixel size: 0.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide, Autofocus) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 13 mm Sensor size: 1/2.55" Pixel size: 1.4 μm
Third camera
	12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F3.0 Focal Length: 120 mm Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps), 720p (120 fps) HDR, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps), 720p (960 fps) OIS, HDR, Time-lapse video, Hyperlapse, Object tracking, EIS
Front
16 MP (Dual-Camera, OIS, Wide Angle, Autofocus, Flash) Video capture: 1080p	10 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Step detector, Step counter, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T3
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
aptX-HD	32-Bit DAC, Dolby Atmos, aptX, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n2, n5, n41, n66, n71, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 25, 28, 29, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 12/13 (600/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM
HD Voice
	Yes

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: May 25, 2018 FCC ID value: PY7-67442A	Date approved: Jul 06, 2020 FCC ID value: A3LSMN986U
Measured SAR
Head: 0.50 W/kg Body: 0.49 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.57 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.00 W/kg	Head: 0.78 W/kg Body: 1.04 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.18 W/kg Phablet: 3.92 W/kg

Alternative variants

Dual SIM

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands	38
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Dual SIM	Yes

for Europe

System chip	Samsung Exynos 990 (7 nm)
Processor	Octa-core 2x2.73GHz Exynos M5 2x2.5GHz Cortex-A76 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55
GPU	Mali G77 MP11
Memory	256GB
Prices (MSRP)	€1266

Dual SIM and 64 GB storage

Memory	64GB
4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1
Dual SIM	Yes

with 512GB storage

Memory	512GB
Prices (MSRP)	$1450

4G (FDD) Bands	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
4G (TDD) Bands	38
3G Bands	5, 8, 2, 1

for Verizon

5G Bands	n260, n261, mmWave
4G (FDD) Bands	2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands	38, 39, 40, 41, 46

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