Sony Xperia XZ vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Sep 01, 2016	Oct 04, 2023
Prices (MSRP)
	$599

Design

Dimensions
5.75 x 2.83 x 0.32 inches 146 x 72 x 8.1 mm	6.22 x 3.01 x 0.32 inches 158 x 76.5 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.68 oz / 161.0 g	7.37 oz / 209.0 g
Materials
Back: Aluminum	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP68	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Optical in-screen fingerprint
Keys
Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gray, Pink, Blue

Display

Size
5.2-inch, 71.00% screen-to-body	6.4-inch, 83.24% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR, 1450 nits
Resolution
1920x1080px, 424 PPI	2340x1080px, 29.5:9 ratio, 403 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 4	Corning Gorilla Glass 5

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 (14 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 2150 MHz Kryo	Octa-core 1x2.8GHz Cortex-X2 3x2.50G​Hz Cortex-A710 4x1.8​GHz Cortex-A510
GPU
Adreno 530	Adreno 730
Memory
3GB/32GB 3GB/64GB	8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (14, 13)

Battery

Type
2900 mAh	4500 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0	Fast charging Qi wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 25.0W Wireless: 15.0W

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 18min

Browsing

16h 15min

Video

8h 3min

Gaming

8h 50min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
23 MP (Laser and PDAF) Aperture size: F2.0 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/2.3"	50 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.8 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Third camera
	8 MP (Ultra-wide) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Pixel size: 1.0 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps), 1080p (60 fps) Time-lapse video, Object tracking, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing	8K UHD (24 fps), 4K UHD (60 fps)
Front
13 MP (Wide Angle) Video capture: 1080p	10 MP

PhoneArena Camera Tests

N/A

Overall

N/A

Photo

N/A

Video

137

Overall

146

Photo

128

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.3
WLAN
a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Step detector, Step counter, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
DLNA,Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
Noise cancellation	Noise cancellation

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, n77, n78, 5G Ready
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 26, 28, 29	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 39, 40, 41	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
6, 5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 9 (450/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
Date approved: Feb 14, 2017 FCC ID value: PY7-29752M
Measured SAR
Head: 0.53 W/kg Body: 0.35 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.47 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.80 W/kg

Alternative variants

Memory	64GB
Dual SIM	Yes

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

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