The Sony Xperia Z1 against Samsung Galaxy S4, the next-gen comes

Many are already looking forward to meeting some detail, however small it may be, the new Samsung Galaxy S5. However, while Samsung users will have to wait some time yet, Sony has come up with its new smartphone, the Sony Xperia Z1. The specifications of what already belongs to the "next-gen", ie the new generation, are still somewhat unknown to all, so that's always good to compare this type of news with a product that they know well, the Samsung Galaxy S4.


Both the Sony Xperia Z1 as the Samsung Galaxy S4 belong to the high-end mobile phones. However, for technology, time passes quickly and we have news almost daily level processors, screens, RAM and other aspects that make up the whole of what is in itself a smartphone. These two smartphones have a difference of approximately six months, long enough for the high-end has passed to use, for example, 600 to incorporate Qualcomm Snapdragon Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, which is a significant difference at all levels.
So, as we mentioned, it is always good to put the data on the table and make a contrast target on the specifications of each other terminals, reference around trying to have a terminal that is well known in the experience offered to the user and others , as is the case Galaxy S4.

In favor of the Samsung Galaxy S4

• A polycarbonate body, which although not appeal to many people for offering a lower quality appearance to that of the competition, it also gives your device a special resistance when it happens that nobody wants, that the device hits the ground and others.
• Galaxy weight 10 grams S4 is smaller than the Sony Xperia Z1, which may seem small, but using 10 grams ended noting those perfectly, furthermore, the two screens incorporate very similar and, therefore, also an size that makes them very different, so the less weight issue is something that also has to do with the material in which it is manufactured.
• The software of the Samsung is criticized by many Android lovers Stock, but if there is a company that makes really good things in software issues, that is Samsung. TouchWiz offers an interface that works well and is quite fluent in the use but also offers a number of features that Android Stock not incorporated and, of course, Sony has not implemented the any terminal, for example, the scroll with the head or Samsung S mart Pause.

In favor of the Sony Xperia Z1

• The Xpria Sony Z1, as we mentioned above, is a terminal that has just been introduced and that, obviously, incorporates a number of innovations that the Samsung Galaxy S4 could not incorporate in the date of your marketing because they simply were not those processors, for example. Therefore, for the Sony Xperia play Z1 generally a great point, which is the hardware. Since the sensor main camera, which is 20.7 megapixels versus 13 megapixels of Samsung Galaxy S4 (besides being "G Lens"), to a generation of Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 800 that exceeds the performance to the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Sony Xperia Z1 presents technical specifications far superior to the Samsung Galaxy S4, of course.

Am I worth changing?

Although this is a much more subjective, if you currently are a satisfied user of Samsung Galaxy S4, you should not switch to a Sony Xperia Z1. Simply because however much more powerful hardware and modern, the Samsung Galaxy S4 perfectly still at the height of the new high-end smartphone that is coming. For the processor, for example, there is no application that will require (at least for now) the power of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and yet at the level of quality of the camera, we are dealing with a terminal (the Sony Xperia Z1) yes you might be interested to offer quality in their pictures much larger than the Samsung Galaxy S4.
One of the strengths of the Sony Xperia Z1, out of what has been said, is the ability to submerge. However, if you currently have a Samsung Galaxy S4, also had the chance, which is why I made you a Sony Xperia Z. Therefore, if you have a Samsung Galaxy S4 hardly catches your eye or plantearte worth the difference between these two terminals as justification for a change. Now, objectively speak of a terminal that is far superior to Samsung Galaxy S4 in terms of the same technical specifications.