Sony and HTC have been on the forefront in producing next generation phones. Through the Xperia and One series of Sony and HTC respectively, they have been able to showcase their flagship in the world of smartphones. When glancing over Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, you may probably ask why Sony would produce two similar spec smartphones.
Xperia Z and Xperia ZL smartphones were officially unveiled at CES held in Las Vegas on 7 January. These phones are expected to be released in Q1 of 2013. In November 2012, HTC released an advanced One series phone dubbed One X+.
Sony Xperia ZL vs HTC One X Plus+ : Weight, Dimensions and Display
Sony’s Xperia ZL smartphone comes with a weight of 150 grams. The handset also has a thickness of 9.8 mm. On the other hand, HTC’s One X+ weighs 135gm meaning that it is lighter by 16g. It thickness is 8.9 meaning it is slimmer.
Xperia ZL has a measurement of 131.6 x 69.3 x 9.8 mm whilst One X+ is 134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm. Moreover, Xperia ZL has a 5-inch screen incorporating 1080 pixels full high definition display. In addition, this smartphone supports a pixel density of 441 ppi. Furthermore, Xperia ZL has a multi touch screen with shatterproof protection as well as scratch resistance glass. Timescape user interface powers the display coupled with a Sony Mobile Bravia engine 2.
HTC’s One X+ has a super LCD2 screen and hosts a native resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. Its multi touch screen display supports a density of 312 pixels per inch. For an advanced protection against scratches, superficial damage and smudges, the One X+ phones use Corning Gorilla Glass 2 technology. Moreover, the new Sense v4+ user interface has been integrated in this phone for improved performance. If you are purchasing a smartphone, you may consider these brands particularly the design aspects and enhancement features.
Sony Xperia ZL vs HTC One X Plus : Operating System, Processor and Memory
Both Sony’s Xperia ZL and HTC’s One X+ smartphones run on Android 4.1 operating system and users will be able to upgrade to Android 4.2. Some of the Jelly Beam apps, which are featured in these phones, are such as photosphere, a new Quick Settings option, Gesture Typing, multi user support, a lock-screen widget, an improved Google Now, miracast display, a new daydream feature, and a new camera app among others.
In addition, both phones have advanced processors and memory with a quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait-processor based on Qualcomm’s MSM8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset used to power Xperia ZL phone. To enhance gaming and browsing experience, Sony has adopted the Adreno 320 chipset graphic processing platform.
Qualcomm’s Adreno graphics solution enables users to safe power as they stream their 2D and 3D games in smartphones. Adreno 320 is expected to support the next generation 3D graphics APIs. It will allow users to have more realistic 3D graphical images with excellent effects. This attribute is achieved through hardware acceleration of advanced rendering such as occlusion queries, instancing, and multiple render targets. Users will surely enjoy this enhanced games’ streaming tool while still saving power on their smartphones.
On the other hand, One X+ uses the ULP GeForce 2 chipset in its game playing application. This phone is powered by a quad-core 1.7 GHz processor featured as Nvidia Tegra 3 AP37. Nvidia Tegra 3 takes mobile performance to another level. This tool is extremely multitasking and offers console quality gaming experience to users. In addition, this technology offers the best battery saving advantage coupled with ultra smooth browsing capability.
Xperia has a RAM of 2GB and One X+ gives users a 1 GB RAM. This means that HTC’s One X+ has a lower random access memory when compared to its competitor Xperia ZL.
Sony Xperia ZL vs HTC One X Plus : Storage, Connectivity, Camera and Battery
Whereas HTC’s One X+ smartphone features two storages of 32 and 64GB, Sony’s Xperia ZL only offers a single storage of 16GB. This means that users will be able to enjoy much more inbuilt storage capacity in the HTC phone.
Although the Sony’s phone has less inbuilt storage capacity, it also provides a microSD slot, which means that users can expand the capacity to 64GB with a microSD disc. The HTC phone has no microSD slot.
On the aspect of internet connectivity, HTC supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and offers Near Field Communication-NFC capability. Sony offers Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n standards as well as NFC. In addition to these connectivity features, both phones also support 4G LTE bands.
On the camera frontier, Xperia ZL comes with a 13-megapixel camera of 4128 x 3096 pixels. Sony also ascertains that it has incorporated the world’s first image sensor in Xperia ZL smartphones in order to support High Dynamic Range (HDR) video capability.
Moreover, the Sony’s ZL primary camera supports 1080p video recording, which is based at 30 frames per second. It also has a front facing camera of 2-megapixel, which is capable of capturing 720p video at 30 fps. On the other hand, HTC’s One X+ has an 8-megapixel camera of 3264 x 2448 pixels and which offers a concurrent HD video and image recording capability.
The HTC’s primary camera can support 1080p video recording though on a reduced 28 fps. Its front facing 1.6 megapixel camera can offer a video capture of 720p at a frame rate of 30 fps.
Which one has a better battery life – Sony Xperia ZL vs HTC One Plus + ?
Last but not least, while Sony battery power has not been revealed, there are claims that it may offer 10 hours talktime and 500 hours standby time. But for the HTC phone, the battery has a power of 2100mAh and this can provide a 13 hour talktime and close to 360 standby hours in a any given complete single charge.
