'Samsung Galaxy' J5 2016 vs 'Sony Xperia' X Compact: Which is Better? Impressive Specs, Features & Prices Compared!

Technology is not a race, there are no winner and losers. It is a palette of specifications and functionality and which one you chose comes from your personal needs as a user. At first glance, where one of the phones lacks, the other thrives. Samsung and Sony Mobile reveal the phones' specifications.

Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 has 5,2" screen, 13MP 1080p camera, 2GB of RAM and 3100mAh of Li-Ion battery. Sony Xperia X Compact favors itself as not the biggest, but the best. That is why its screen is 4,6", which is smaller than the Samsung Galaxy J5 2016's screen, but has a 23MP 1080p camera, 3GB of RAM, but lacks in battery where its limit is at 2700mAh.

Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 is shown as a more reliable phone, where the Sony Xperia X Compact is more tightly specialized in making high quality visual products. In features, Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 and Sony Xperia X Compact both run under "Android 6.0.1",offer document viewers, photo viewers and editors, music players which run various encodings (.WAV, .MP3, .FLAC etc.) and video players, to keep the users entertained. Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 gains an edge against its opponent by offering "ANT+" support and its ease of communication between supported devices.

Sony Xperia X Compact offers a fingerprint analyzer, color spectrum, gyroscope, compass, Quick Charge 3.0 technology and a barometer which the Samsug Galaxy J5 2016 lacks. A weak point of both phones is that they support HTML5, but have no support on Java VM, which makes all Java related plugins and apps obsolete on these phones.

Performance is probably the most important part of phone's specifications. On GSM Arena, the results from performance tests is reported. Sony Xperia X Compact has some impressive qualities. It can hold up to 14 hours of talk time, its screen contrast ratio is 1225 (nominal) and 3.694 (sunlight). It scores 1738 on Basemark OS II 2.0 and 15415 on Basemark X benchmarks.These are results which should not be taken lightly.

Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 however, can hold up to 21 hours of talk time, its screen contrast ratio is "infinite" (nominal) and 2,378 (sunlight).It scores 2180 on Basemark OS II 2.0 benchmark. Last in the list is prices, Samsung Galaxy J5 2016 is considered relatively cheap, on the average price of $280, while Sony Xperia X Compact's average price is $500, which is almost double the price of Samsung's model, but is easily explained by the additional technology implemented in it. In conclusion, both phones perform well within their price range and have formidable qualities when pinned against each other.

Samsung's Galaxy J5 2016 is suggested to those who need a reliable, fast machine which can hold on for long hours without a charge. While Sony's Xperia X Compact is suggested to those, who are interested in photography or video making and need a compact, high quality product, which offers a large quantity of special photography and editing features and can charge fast.