Phone Comparison - HTC Butterfly vs Sony Xperia SP vs Sony Xperia C3

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony Sony
Announced December 2012 Available - April 2013 July 2014
Status Available - January 2013 Available - April 2013 Available - August 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Red Black, White, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 143 x 70.5 x 9.08 mm
(5.63 x 2.78 x 0.36 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
156.2 x 78.7 x 7.6 mm
(6.15 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 149.7 g (5.26.0.25 oz)
2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850/2100 MHz HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 320 Adreno 305
RAM 2 GB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super LCD 3 with Corning® Gorilla® Glass 2 TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5 inches 4.6 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels (440 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.54% 66.67% 67.85%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash 5 Level LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Slow motion video capture, Continuous shooting Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps HD recording, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSPA+; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with aptX™ enabled Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot; WiMAX 802.16 e Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2020 mAh 2370 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 1040 h (2G)
Up to 1000 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)