Phone Comparison - HTC Google Nexus One vs Sony Xperia U vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony Sony
Announced January 2010 February 2012 June 2013
Status Available - January 2010 Available - May 2012 Available - July 2013
Colors Brown (teflon coating) Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 59.8 x 11.5 mm
(4.69 x 2.35 x 0.45 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
(7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - for AT&T, Rogers Wireless
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - All Versions
4G Network - - LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 900 - C6806
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP58 Certified - Dust and Water-proof
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 200 Mali-400MP Adreno 330
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 2 GB
Internal Memory N/A 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 3.5 inches 6.44 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.82% 55.77% 69.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Factory locked by default, can Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2560x1920 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels)@min. 20fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 107 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1400 mAh 1320 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 hours (2G)
Up to 7 hours (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)