Sony announced the Xperia Z, the latest flagship device at the IFA 2013 earlier this week. We already brought you the hands and some comparisons recently. We managed to compare the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest camera-centric smartphone with the HTC One, HTC’s latest flagship smartphone that was released earlier this year. Sadly we did not see the rumored HTC One Max at the IFA. Check out the quick hands on comparison below.
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The Sony Xperia Z1 has a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with X-Reality for Mobile and the HTC One has a 4.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with 468ppi pixel density. The HTC One has aluminium build with non-removable 2300 mAh battery, while the Xperia Z1 has a aluminium frame with tempered glass on the front and back. It packs a 3000mAh non-removable battery.
The Xperia Z1 has a 20.7MP rear camera with 1/2.3″ Exmos RS sensor, 27mm lens, f/2.0 aperture and a 2MP front-facing camera. Both supports full HD video recording. The HTC One has a 4MP UltraPixel rear camera with LED Flash, 1/3″ BSI Sensor, 28mm lens, f/2.0 aperture and Optical Image Stabilization. It supports 1080p video recording and has a 2.1MP front-facing camera.
The Xperia Z21 is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip with Adreno 330 GPU and the HTC One has a Snapdragon 600 chip clocked at 1.5 GHz with Adreno 320 GPU. Both these have a 2GB RAM. The Z1 has 16GB of internal memory and has up to 64GB expandable memory via a microSD card. The HTC One on the other hand has 32GB of internal storage without a SD card slot.
The Xperia Z1 has IP55 / IP58 rating for dust and water resistance, but the HTC One is not water or dust resistant, but has dual front-facing BoomSound speakers. We will bring you more comparison videos from the IFA 2013.