For readers who are considering buying the Apple iPhone 4S or the Sony Xperia Z, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The iPhone 4S comes with a 3.5 inch LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 640 x 960 pixels resolution. The Sony Xperia Z comes with a 5 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The iPhone 4S comes with 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm dimensions and weighs 140 grams. The Sony Xperia Z comes with 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm dimensions and weighs 146 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The iPhone 4S is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor and Apple A5 chipset. It comes in 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory variants and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Sony Xperia Z comes with a 1.5 GHz quad core krait processor and Qualcomm MDM9215M / APQ8064 chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The iPhone 4S runs on the iOS 5 operating system, which can be upgraded to the iOS 6 and iOS 7 versions. The device has 512 MB of RAM. The Sony Xperia Z runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system, which can be upgraded to the KitKat version. The device has 2 GB of RAM.

Camera

The iPhone 4S sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera. The Sony Xperia Z sports a 13.1 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2.2 MP.

Battery

The iPhone 4S comes with a non-removable Li-Po 1432 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 8 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours. The Sony Xperia Z comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2330 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 14 hours on 3G or music play of about 40 hours.

Price in Australia

The iPhone 4S 8 GB variant is priced at around AU $549.95, the 16 GB variant is priced at around AU $709.95, the 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $719.95 and the 64 GB variant is priced at around AU $739.95. The Sony Xperia Z 3G C6602 is priced at around AU $519.95 and the 4G LTE C6603 is priced at around AU $499.95 in Australia.

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