Samsung S10 Vs Sony Xperia 1

Introduction

The Milky way S10+ and Xperia 1 are brand new flagships from Samsung and Sony, respectively. The Galaxy S10+ was announced a couple of days prior to the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019, while Sony landed during the MWC 2019 in Barcelona. Both of these phones are extremely powerful, only they're as well quite different. At the time of writing this article, nosotros did not really stop our reviews on either of the 2 phones, but nosotros take had a chance to play around with both phones, so comparing them is the natural thing to do. We will start this comparison by listing specifications of both devices, and become from there.

Specifications

Design

Both the Galaxy S10+ and Xperia 1 are made out of metal and glass, but they experience completely dissimilar in hand. These two phones sport considerably different display aspect ratios, the Milky way S10+ comes with a 19:9 display aspect ratio, while the Xperia 1 is the very offset smartphone with a 21:9 display attribute ratio.

They have like display sizes, but due to the brandish aspect ratio, the Xperia 1 is a considerably taller smartphone, information technology's taller by well-nigh 10mm, merely information technology'southward as well a scrap narrower than the Milky way S10+ (72mm vs 74.1mm). The Xperia ane is a millimeter thicker than the Galaxy S10+, and unlike the S10+ who sports an in-brandish fingerprint scanner, Xperia 1'due south fingerprint scanner is located on the right. The telephone also sports a dedicated photographic camera push button on the correct, which is also something that yous will probably feel when belongings the phone, at to the lowest degree at first. The in-manus feel is considerably dissimilar due to that divergence in height.

The Xperia 1 comes with thin bezels above and below the display, while the Galaxy S10+'southward bezels are thinner, only the device includes a display hole, unlike the Xperia 1, which comes without a display hole or notch. This is a different comparison to brand, every bit the two phones are quite different, but nosotros take to say that we do adopt the design of the Galaxy S10+ despite those camera holes, equally the phone is narrow enough, and yet information technology'south not equally tall. It will take you some time to go used to the Xperia 1's newfound tallness, that's for certain.

Winner: Samsung Galaxy S10+

Display

These 2 phones are at the very meridian of the nutrient concatenation when it comes to display quality. Both of these phones come with OLED panels, though they're somewhat dissimilar. The Milky way S10+ sports a QHD+ (3040 10 1440) Dynamic AMOLED display, while the Xperia i comes with a 4K (3840 ten 1644) OLED panel. The Milky way S10+ offers an 88.9-percent display aspect ratio, while the Xperia ane is at 82-percent. The Galaxy S10+'s brandish is curved, while the Xperia 1'southward is not. Now, these two panels are considerably dissimilar as far every bit form factors are concerned, Samsung'southward offer a 19:9 aspect ratio, while Sony'southward comes with 21:9 attribute ratio. This volition exist a thing of personal preference on your part, showtime and foremost, as both displays offer great dissimilarity, colors, and are more often than not great in terms of quality.

Viewing angles are great on both phones likewise, though nosotros accept to say that we preferred the Milky way S10+'southward panel a bit more, overall, both in terms of general output, and aspect ratio, as the 21:nine attribute ratio is still an acquired taste. On the other mitt, if you adopt wider displays, and are bothered by curved displays, the Xperia 1'southward panel will serve you lot simply fine… both of these are great displays, that's for sure. It is also worth saying that Sony's display doesn't default to 4K resolution, equally that would obliterate battery life, but y'all tin can sentry content in 4K if you have it available. Samsung's panel too doesn't default to QHD+, you can switch from fullHD+ to QHD+ in settings, though.

Winner: Samsung Galaxy S10+

Operation

In that location's aught to mutter about when it comes to performance on either of these two phones. Both devices are fueled by the Snapdragon 855, though the Milky way S10+ as well comes in a variant with Exynos 9820 in Europe and India. The Milky way S10+ comes in 8GB and 12GB RAM variants, while Sony opted to include 6GB of RAM in the Xperia one. Truth exist said, both phones are more or less equal in terms of performance, and 6GB of RAM is more than enough for the Xperia 1, and pretty much every phone.

It will be interesting to see how will these 2 phones perform after vi months, or a year, but at the moment, they're shiny and new, and they simply blast through anything you throw at them, with ease. The Snapdragon 855 is an extremely powerful processor, one of the best mobile fries in the market, if not the all-time i, and in combination with other powerful internals, Android ix Pie, Samsung'south and Sony's software optimizations… well, you're getting existent powerhouses here.

Winner: Necktie

Battery Life

It is worth noting that nosotros were not able to properly examination battery life on these two handsets prior to writing this comparison, and will update the comparison once we publish our reviews, but based on what we've seen thus far, the Galaxy S10+ has an edge here. The Galaxy S10+ actually offering really solid battery life with its 4,100mAh bombardment, as it volition go most of you v-vi hours of screen-on-time per twenty-four hours. The Xperia 1, on the other hand, has a rather humble battery size, having its brandish in mind, the Xperia 1's display is 0.one inches larger than the Galaxy S10+'s, and its bombardment is only 3,330mAh.

That doesn't have to mean that the phone's bombardment life will exist horrible, or anything of the sort, but it simply seems like information technology is too small-scale for a 6.5-inch display, despite all of Sony's optimizations and the Snapdragon 855'southward power saving features. The Milky way S10+ offers fast charging (15W), fast wireless charging (15W), and reverse wireless charging (9W). The Xperia ane, on the other paw, offers faster wired charging (18W), merely it lacks both wireless and reverse wireless charging. We will not really option a winner in this category, as we're looking to test their batteries farther, only it does seem like the Galaxy S10+ will take this 1.

Winner: TBA

Cameras

The Galaxy S10+'s camera is amongst the best on the market, simply comparison it to the Xperia 1's is not all the same possible. We had some time to use the Xperia 1, merely the final software was not installed on it, and Sony asked us not to take images just yet. In one case we get around to fully reviewing the telephone, we will update this category with our score, while we tin talk nigh the cameras in full general for the time beingness. The Milky way S10+ shoots well-balanced images, both during the day and night. It offers enough of particular, while the dynamic range is spot on. The Galaxy S10+ comes with a nighttime mode, but it activates but if you're shooting in pitch night atmospheric condition.

Sony is promising great photos and videos out of the Xperia 1, equally the visitor's "Blastoff team" worked on the telephone this time around, folk that ordinarily develop Sony'due south DSLRs. That sounds extremely promising, and we cannot wait to get our hands on the device even so again in social club to properly test those cameras. Both phones include iii cameras on the back, though those setups are somewhat different. They both include regular wide-angle, telephoto, and ultrawide lenses, but the sensors are different, the aforementioned goes for lenses. We volition exit this category wide open for now, but the Xperia i really needs to show its worth in guild to compete with the Milky way S10+.

Winner: TBA

Conclusion

In addition to everything we've talked virtually already, information technology is worth noting that both phones ship with stereo speakers. The Galaxy S10+ is capable of producing 32-bit/384kHz audio (with proper headphones), while Dolby Atmos and AKG were included in the development here. The Xperia 1, on the other hand, does not have a headphone jack, and tin produce 24-bit/192kHz sound, Dolby Atmos sound. The Xperia ane offers dynamic vibration system, though the Galaxy S10+ haptic feedback is nothing to belittle at. We will concur off on picking the ultimate winner for the time being, as two categories are still wide open, and the Xperia 1 can still win this if it beats the Galaxy S10+ in both bombardment and camera sections.

Winner: TBA