Phone Comparison - HTC Desire C vs Sony Xperia U

HTC Desire C
htc desire c
Sony Xperia U
sony xperia u
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony
Announced May 2012 February 2012
Status Available - June 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors Polar White, Stealth Black, Flamenco Red Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 107.2 x 60.6 x 12.3 mm
(4.22 x 2.39 x 0.48 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor 600 MHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM N/A 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.03% 55.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio TBD Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1230 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)