Sony Xperia Z3 vs Samsung Galaxy S6 (CDMA)

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony	Samsung
Announced
September 2014	March 2015
Status
Available - September 2014	Available - April 2015
Price
-	Rs. 29,999 ($441.16) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White, Copper, Silver Green	White Pearl, Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
146 x 72 x 7.3 mm (5.75 x 2.83 x 0.29 in)	143.5 x 70.6 x 6.9 mm (5.65 x 2.78 x 0.27 in)
Weight
152 g (5.36 oz)	140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6603, D6643, D6653, D6616	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G920V, G920P CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - G920V, G920P, G920R
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6603, D6643, D6653, D6616	HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G920V
4G Network
LTE 700 / 800 / 1700 / 1800 / 2600 - D6603 LTE 800 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - D6643 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - D6653 LTE 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6616	LTE band 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 13(700) - G920V
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
IP58 certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes	- Corning Gorilla Glass 4 back panel - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified) - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine	Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
5.2 inches [Similar]	5.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (424 ppi) [Similar]	1440 x 2560 pixels (576 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
70.79%	70.76%
Multi-Touch

OS
Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)	Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 [Similar]	Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar]	Mali-T760MP8 [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar]	3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB	32/64/128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB	No

Rear Camera
20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels [Similar]	16 MP, 2988 x 5312 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash	LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, 1/2.3'' sensor size, ISO 12,800, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, image stabilization, HDR, panorama	OIS, Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video
2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR	2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]	5 MP, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto [Similar]

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps	Yes
Edge
Up to 296 kbps	Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0, A2DP	v4.1, A2DP, LE, apt-X
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host	microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5	HTML5