Phone Comparison - LG Optimus LTE Tag vs Sony Xperia U

LG Optimus LTE Tag
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Sony Xperia U
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general General Info

Manufacturer LG Sony
Announced February 2012 February 2012
Status Available - Q3 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, White Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 126.5 x 67.9 x 9.5 mm
(4.98 x 2.67 x 0.37 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 141.7 (4.97.0.25) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
4G Network LTE 800 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradeable to 4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.25% 55.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, LED video light Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 107 kbps
Edge No Up to 296 kbps
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, LTE HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1700 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 5 h Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)