Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 900 vs Nokia Lumia 920 vs Sony Xperia TL

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Sony
Announced January 2012 September 2012 October 2012
Status Available - May 2012 Available - November 2012 Released - November 2012
Colors Black, cyan Black, Gray, Red, Yellow Black, White, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc
(5.03 x 2.7 x 0.45 in, 3.54 cc)
130.3 x 10.7 x 10.7 mm
(5.13 x 0.42 x 0.42 in)
129.5 x 66 x 10.1 mm
(5.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 in)
Weight 160 g (5.64 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz) 136 g (4.8 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 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 / 900 / 2100 LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100
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 7.5 Mango Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 225 Adreno 225
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 32 GB storage N/A
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 4.5 inches 4.55 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (326 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.10% 401.28% 66.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS 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, Carl Zeiss optics, 3264 x 2448 pix 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, PureView Technology, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps [Similar] Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Class 33 Up to 70.4 kbps
Edge Class 33 Class 33 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps DL, 25 Mbps UL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 32 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 not supported NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) 2000 mAh 1850 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 450 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h Up to 17 h (2G)
Up to 10 h (3G)
Up to 7 h