Phone Comparison - HTC Wildfire S vs Sony Xperia U

HTC Wildfire S
htc wildfire s
Sony Xperia U
sony xperia u
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony
Announced February 2011 February 2012
Status Available - May 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, Silver, Brown, Lilac Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4 mm
(3.99 x 2.34 x 0.49 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 105 g (3.7 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 or HSDPA 2100 (Australia)
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor 600MHz ARM 11 processor, Qulacomm MSM7227 chipset [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.83% 55.77%
Multi-Touch no yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes 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 LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 114 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge Up to 560 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR 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 HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM (418 MB user-available) 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included 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 360 h (2G)
Up to 570 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 50 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)