If you want to buy an affordable Sony Xperia SP or the high-end Xperia Z, here are the specs and price comparison of the two devices in Australia. These will help you make an informed decision.

Display And Design

The Sony Xperia SP comes with a 4.6-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution. The Xperia Z comes with a 5-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.

The Sony Xperia SP comes with 130.6 x 67.1 x 10 millimeters dimensions and weighs 155 grams. The Xperia Z comes with 139 x 71 x 7.9 millimeters dimensions and is comparatively lighter, weighing 146 grams.

Hardware And Operating System

The Sony Xperia SP is equipped with a 1.7 GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 8GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 32GB using a micro SD card.

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

Both the devices run on the Android platform and come loaded with the Jelly Bean operating system. The Sony Xperia SP comes with 1GB of RAM and the Xperia Z comes with 2GB of RAM.

Camera

The Sony Xperia SP sports an 8MP primary camera with features like autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is a VGA camera. The Xperia Z sports a 13.1MP primary camera with similar features. The secondary camera in the device is 2.2MP.

Battery

The Sony Xperia SP comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2370 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 19 hours on 3G or music play of up to 39 hours. The 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 14 hours.

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Australian Price

The Sony Xperia SP C5302 costs around AU$339.95 and the 4G LTE variant of the device is around AU$299.95. The Xperia Z 3G C6602 is priced at AU$499.95.