Sony Xperia 5 V vs Samsung Galaxy S21

1,049 USD

1,050 USD

Available

Available

Sony Mobiles

Samsung Mobile

DE54

Galaxy S21

2023, September 01

2021, February 06

GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

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

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

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

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

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, 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

5G SA/NSA

HSPA, LTE-A, 5G

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

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

182 g (6.42 oz)

171 g (6.03 oz)

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

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)

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

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

Black, Blue, Platinum Silver

Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink

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

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

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

6.9 Inches

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

1440 x 3200 Pixels (~509 PPI)

Android 13

Android 11, One UI 3.0

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

Exynos 990 (7 nm+)

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

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

Adreno 740

Mali-G77 MP11

8GB

8GB

128GB/256GB

256GB

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HDR

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

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

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

Li-Po 5000 mAh, non-removable

Li-Po 4000 mAh, non-removable

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

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

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

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

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes

Yes 24-bit/192kHz audio Dynamic vibration system

Yes

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

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

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

v5.1 with A2DP, LE, apt-X

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

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

USB Type-C 3.2, OTG, DisplayPort

3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Yes

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