Phone Comparison - Nokia N900 vs Sony Xperia S

Nokia N900
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Sony Xperia S
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony
Announced August 2009 January 2012
Status Available - November 2009 Available - Q1 2012
Colors Black Silver, Black
Form Factor Side-Slider Candybar
Dimension 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
(4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
128 x 64 x 10.6 mm
(5.04 x 2.52 x 0.42 in)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT26i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - LT26a
Messaging SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Maemo 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB No

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.40% 62.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio (via third par Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Up to 86 kbps
Edge Class 32 Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB 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 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 450 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)