Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Sony Tablet S 3G

Samsung Galaxy Nexus
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Sony Tablet S 3G
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony
Announced October 2011 August 2011
Status Available - November 2011 Available - September 2011
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 135.5 x 67.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.33 x 2.67 x 0.35 in)
241.2 x 174.3 x 10.1-20.6 mm
(9.5 x 6.86 x 0.4-0.81 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 625 g (22.05 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 (region specific) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, IM , EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, TI OMAP 4460 chipset [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar]
GPU No [Similar] ULP GeForce [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory No SD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.65 inches [Similar] 9.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (316 ppi) [Similar] 800 x 1280 pixels (161 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.72% 60.62%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1936 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2560х1920 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 0.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, barometer sensor Yes
Browser HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No SD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1750 mAh -
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 270 h (3G)
Up to 400 h
Talk Time Up to 17 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
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