Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 820 vs Sony Xperia U vs Nokia Lumia 620

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony Nokia
Announced Expected September 2012 February 2012 December 2012
Status Available - November 2012 Available - May 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black, Gray, Red, Yellow, White, Blue, Violet Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 123.8 x 68.5 x 9.9 mm
(4.87 x 2.7 x 0.39 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm
(4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in)
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz) 127 g (4.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 2100/ 900 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
GPU Adreno 225 Mali-400MP Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.5 inches 3.8 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 62.04% 55.77% 58.06%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Carl Zeiss Tessa 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 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
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Class B
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Class B
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps
HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB
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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1650 mAh 1320 mAh 1300 mAh (BL-4J)
Stand by Up to 330 h (2G)
Up to 330 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 330 h
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 14 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 50 min (3G)