Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 5 vs Sony Xperia U

Apple iPhone 5
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Sony Xperia U
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony
Announced September 2012 February 2012
Status Available - September 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, White Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 112 g (3.95 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 6 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX 543MP3 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory No No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.84% 55.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, Lightning Port Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No No
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1440 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by Up to 225 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)