For readers who are considering buying the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom or the Sony Xperia Z1, 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 Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom comes with a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 540 x 960 pixels resolution. The Sony Xperia Z1 comes with a 5 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom comes with 125.5 x 63.5 x 15.4 mm dimensions and weighs 208 grams. The Sony Xperia Z1 comes with 144 x 74 x 8.5 mm dimensions and weighs 170 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core cortex A9 processor and Pega-Dual +XMM6262 chipset. It comes with 8 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Sony Xperia Z1 is equipped with a 2.2 GHz quad core krait 400 processor and Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset. It comes with 16 GB of RAM, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

Both the devices run on the Android platform and come loaded with the Jelly Bean operating system. The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom has 1.5 GB of RAM whereas the Sony Xperia Z1 has 2 GB of RAM.

Camera

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom sports a 16 MP primary camera with autofocus, 10x optical zoom, optical image stabilization and Xenon flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.9 MP. The Sony Xperia Z1 sports a 20.7 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2 MP.

Battery

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom comes with a Li-Ion 2330 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 13 hours on 3G or music play of about 46 Hours. The Sony Xperia Z1 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 15 hours on 3G or music play of about 110 hours.

Price in Australia

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is priced at around AU $399.95 and the 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $419.95. The Sony Xperia Z1 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $639.95 in Australia.

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