Phone Comparison - Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX vs Motorola DROID RAZR HD vs Sony Xperia U

general General Info

Manufacturer Motorola Motorola Sony
Announced January 2012 September 2012 February 2012
Status Available - January 2012 Available - October 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors Black Black, White Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.7 x 68.9 x 9 mm
(5.15 x 2.71 x 0.35 in)
131.9 x 67.9 x 8.4 mm
(5.19 x 2.67 x 0.33 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 145 g (5.11 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
4G Network LTE 700 LTE 700 MHz Class 13 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.6 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 225 Mali-400MP
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 12 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Advanced capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.7 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 56.67% 68.20% 55.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 12 Class 12 Up to 296 kbps
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSPA+ HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/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 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1GB RAM 12 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included microSD, up to 32GB No
USB OTG - - 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 3300 mAh 2530 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by Up to 368 h Up to 286 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 21 h Up to 24 h Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)