Samsung Galaxy S21 vs Sony Xperia 5 V

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Samsung Mobile

Sony Mobiles

Galaxy S21

DE54

2021, February 06

2023, September 01

SIM1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 SIM2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66 - Europe 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66 - Asia

5G SA/NSA

1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA - Europe 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA - Asia

GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

HSPA, LTE-A, 5G

151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm (5.97 x 2.80 x 0.31 in)

154 x 68 x 8.6 mm (6.06 x 2.68 x 0.34 in)

171 g (6.03 oz)

182 g (6.42 oz)

Corning Gorilla Glass 6 , Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame, IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), glass back, aluminum frame

Hybrid Dual SIM, Dual Standby, (Nano-SIM)

Nano-SIM and eSIM or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink

Black, Blue, Platinum Silver

Dynamic AMOLED 2X Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors, Multitouch

OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR10, BT.2020

6.9 Inches

6.1 inches, 86.9 cm2 (~83.0% screen-to-body ratio)

1440 x 3200 Pixels (~509 PPI)

1080 x 2520 pixels, 21:9 ratio (~449 ppi density)

Android 11, One UI 3.0

Android 13

Exynos 990 (7 nm+)

Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm)

Octa-core (2 x 2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.60 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4 x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)

Octa-core (1x3.2 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)

Mali-G77 MP11

Adreno 740

8GB

8GB

256GB

128GB/256GB

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS

48 MP, f/1.9, 24mm (wide), 1/1.35", 1.12µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS

64 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (telephoto), 1/1.76", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom

12 MP, f/2.2, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.5", Dual Pixel PDAF

12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video

LED Flash, Optical Zoom, Digital Zoom. Steady Mode, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama,

Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking

8K@30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS

4K@24/25/30/60/120fps HDR, 1080p@30/60/120fps; 5-axis gyro-EIS, OIS

10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF

12 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/2.9", 1.25µm

Panorama, Burst Mode, Continuous Shooting,Dual video call, Auto-HDR, Beauty Mode, etc

HDR

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps

4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS

Li-Po 4000 mAh, non-removable

Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable

Fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0 Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.5W

30W wired, PD3.0, PPS, 50% in 30 min (advertised) Wireless Reverse wireless

Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), Gyro, Proximity, SpO2, Bixby natural language commands and dictation

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum Native Sony Alpha camera support

Yes

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes

Yes 24-bit/192kHz audio Dynamic vibration system

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA

v5.1 with A2DP, LE, apt-X

5.3, A2DP, LE Audio, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive

Yes + A-GPS support & Glonass, BDS, GALILEO

GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS

Yes

3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

USB Type-C 3.2, OTG, DisplayPort

AnTuTu: 946039 (v9), 1117716 (v10) GeekBench: 4546 (v5.5), 5059 (v6.0) GFXBench: 99fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)

Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal)

-26.3 LUFS (Good)

Endurance rating 130h