Sony Xperia ZL vs. Samsung Galaxy S3 Specs and Price Comparison in Australia

For readers who are considering buying the Sony Xperia ZL or the Samsung Galaxy S3, 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 Sony Xperia ZL comes with a 5 in TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a 4.8 in Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 720 x 1280 pixels resolution.

The Sony Xperia ZL comes with 131.6 x 69.3 x 9.8 mm dimensions and weighs 151 g. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm dimensions and is comparatively lighter, weighing 133 g.

Hardware and Operating System

The Sony Xperia ZL is equipped 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 Samsung Galaxy S3 is equipped with a 1.4 GHz quad core cortex A9 processor and Exynos 4412 Quad chipset. It comes in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB internal memory variants, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Sony Xperia ZL runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system, which can be upgraded to the KitKat version. The device has 2 GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy S3 runs on the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, which can be upgraded to the Jelly Bean version.

Camera

The Sony Xperia ZL sports a 13 MP camera with features like autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 2 MP. The Samsung Galaxy S3 sports an 8 MP primary camera with similar features and the secondary camera on the device is 1.9 MP.

Battery

The Sony Xperia ZL comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2370 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 13 hours on 3G. The Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a Li-Ion 2100 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 11 hours and 40 minutes on 3G.

Price in Australia

The Sony Xperia ZL C6502 is priced at around AU $439.95 and the C6503 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $599.95. The Samsung Galaxy S3 32 GB variant is priced at around AU $449.95 and the 32 GB 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $469.95 in Australia.

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