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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 5.2-inch Sony Xperia XZ1 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835) that was released on August 31, 2017, against the Samsung Galaxy S8, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 8895 and came out 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone

Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia XZ1

  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Stereo speakers
  • 15% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 393 and 343 points
  • The phone is 6-months newer

Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S8

  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Thinner bezels – 14.38% more screen real estate
  • Shows 20% longer battery life (25:33 vs 21:18 hours)
  • 34% higher pixel density (570 vs 424 PPI)
  • Supports Qi/PMA wireless charging up to
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Comes with 300 mAh larger battery capacity: 3000 vs 2700 mAh
  • Super AMOLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 1440p

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Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Type IPS LCD Super AMOLED
Size 5.2 inches 5.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels 1440 x 2960 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:9 18.5:9
PPI 424 ppi 570 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Max rated brightness 575 nits 540 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 69.22% 83.6%
Display features - - Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM 2358 Hz 250 Hz
Response time 33.4 ms 4.4 ms
Contrast 785:1 ∞ Infinity

Peak brightness test (auto)

Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Height 148 mm (5.83 inches) 148.9 mm (5.86 inches)
Width 73 mm (2.87 inches) 68.1 mm (2.68 inches)
Thickness 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 155 gramm (5.47 oz) 155 gramm (5.47 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Metal Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Pink Black, Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue, Red, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in home button Yes, rear

Tests of Sony Xperia XZ1 and Samsung Galaxy S8 in the benchmarks

SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895
Max. clock 2450 MHz 2300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
- 4 cores at 2.45 GHz: Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)
- 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.3 GHz: Exynos M2
Lithography process 10 nanometers 10 nanometers
Graphics Adreno 540 Mali-G71 MP20
GPU clock 710 MHz 546 MHz
FLOPS ~558 GFLOPS ~349 GFLOPS
Memory
RAM size 4 GB 4 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1866 MHz 1794 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 2.0 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max. size Up to 256 GB Up to 256 GB

CPU 71625 80858
GPU 90079 111879
Memory 37155 43386
UX 68655 55707
Total score 269114 292493

3DMark Wild Life Performance

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Operating system Android 8.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 9.0) Android 7.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 9.0)
ROM - One UI
OS size 13 GB 11.7 GB

Specifications
Capacity 2700 mAh 3000 mAh
Charge power 18 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes, Qi/PMA
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes, Quick Charge 3.0 (50% in 45 min) Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (40% in 30 min)
Full charging time 2:30 hr 1:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:11 hr 08:42 hr
Watching video 08:38 hr 11:12 hr
Gaming 03:19 hr 04:31 hr
Standby 77 hr 85 hr

Specs and camera test of smartphones

Main camera
Matrix 19 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 5000 x 3500 4000 x 3000
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1 (19 MP) 1 (12 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 19 MP - Aperture: f/2.0 - Focal length: 25 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/2.3" (CMOS) - Laser autofocus - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.7 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX333 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization
Camera features - Pro mode - Pro mode
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S8 from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 13 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.7
Focal length 22 mm 25 mm
Pixel size - 1.22 microns
Sensor type CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3" 1/3.6"
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1440p at 30 FPS

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct

- Wi-Fi Hotspot

- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct

- Wi-Fi Hotspot

Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features SPP, PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, HDP, GAP, GAVDP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.1
USB features - Charging - USB-Storage mode

- OTG

- Charging - USB-Storage mode

- OTG

GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 16 16
5G support No No

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced August 2017 March 2017
Release date October 2017 April 2017
SAR (head) 0.8 W/kg 0.315 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.22 W/kg 1.27 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass

- Fingerprint

- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass

- Fingerprint

*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S8 is definitely a better buy.

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