Phone Comparison - HTC U vs Sony Xperia XZ Premium

HTC U
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Sony Xperia XZ Premium
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony
Announced Expected Announcement - April 2017 February 2017
Status Rumored Coming Soon - Q2 2017
Colors Various Luminous Chrome, Deepsea Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 156 x 77 x 7.9 mm
(6.14 x 3.03 x 0.31 in)
Weight - 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM), Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Notification LED Yes Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
User Interface Sense UI -
Processor Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar] Octa-core (4x2.45 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 540 [Similar] Adreno 540 [Similar]
RAM 4 GB [Browse Similar] 4 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 64 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 256 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD5 Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (534 ppi) [Similar] 3840 x 2160 pixels (801 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 69.43%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP [Similar] 19 MP [Similar]
Flash Dual-LED (dual Tone) LED Flash
Features Laser Autofocus, f/1.8, 26mm, OIS, 1/2.5'' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Phase Detection And Laser Autofocus, EIS (gyro), 1/2.3" Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 2160p@30fps, 720p@960fps
Front Camera 16 MP, 1/3.1" sensor size, 1080p [Similar] 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm, 1/3" sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, aptX v4.2, A2DP, aptX, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB microSD, up to 256 GB
USB OTG Not Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor not present barometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3000 mAh 3230 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -