Phone Comparison - HTC One XC vs HTC Desire 600 Dual SIM vs Sony Xperia C

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC HTC Sony
Announced June 2012 May 2013 June 2013
Status Available - August 2012 Available - June 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Black Black, Silver Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.8 x 69 x 9.5 mm
(5.31 x 2.72 x 0.37 in)
134.8 x 67 x 9.26 mm
(5.31 x 2.64 x 0.36 in)
141.5 x 74.15 x 8.88 mm
(5.57 x 2.92 x 0.35 in)
Weight 138.5 g (4.87.0.18 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail 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, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, MTK MT6589
GPU - Adreno 203 PowerVR SGX544
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 8 GB 4 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches 4.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.67% 61.69% 65.86%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio - 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 LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto Focus, 1/3.2' sensor size, 1.4µm pixel size, geo-tagging, face and smile detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video Yes, 1080p@24fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS - Yes Yes
Edge - Yes Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 42 Mbps, HSUPA 11.5 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 1860 mAh 2390 mAh
Stand by - Up to 539 h (2G)
Up to 577 h (3G)
Up to 605 h (2G)
Up to 588 h (3G)
Talk Time - Up to 11 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 11 h (3G)
Up to 14 h 4 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 25 min (3G)