Samsung Galaxy S6 vs Sony Xperia Z4 Specs, Price Comparison: Features Review - Galaxy S6 Faster

Virginia D'Cruz Monday, April 27, 2015

The Sony Xperia Z4 (left) versus the Samsung Galaxy S6 (right) | SONY/SAMSUNG

This year Samsung took a gamble and upgraded its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, with premium materials and the latest specs. At the same time, Sony decided to stick with its tried and tested design and only upgraded the specs in the Xperia Z4. Here is how the two phones compare.

Design

With its upgraded design, the Galaxy S6 no longer relies on plastic but has a premium metal frame along with Gorilla 4 glass on its back panel. It comes in four eye-catching colors: white pearl, blue topaz, black sapphire, and gold platinum. As for the Xperia Z4, it looks similar to its predecessor, the Z3, and has an aluminum frame along with a glass back panel. It comes in four colors: copper, aqua green, white, and black. Unlike the Galaxy S6, the Experia Z4 is waterproof, which means it can safely be immersed into a depth of 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes.

Display

In terms of display, the Galaxy S6 is unlikely to find any competitor as it has a Super AMOLED screen measuring 5.1 inches with a great resolution of 1440 x 2560 pixels and a density of 577 pixels per inch. As for the Xperia Z4, it has an IPS LCD screen measuring 5.2 inches with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and a density of 424 pixels per inch.

Specs

The Galaxy S6 beats other smartphones in terms of speed, thanks to its Exynos 7420 chipset, which is coupled with an octa-core CPU with four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz, four Cortex-A57 cores clocked at 2.1 GHz, and a Mali-T760MP8 GPU. Compared to this, the Xperia Z4 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset, and a CPU with four Cortex-A53 cores, four Cortex-A57 cores, and an Adreno 430 GPU.

Memory

The Xperia Z4 has a memory slot enabling external storage of up to 128 GB. The Galaxy S6 does not have one. Coming to RAM, both devices have 3 GB onboard.

Price

The 32 GB version of the Galaxy S6 costs $199 with a two-year contract, while the Sony Xperia Z4 could cost $900 without a contract once it is released in the United States.