Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia ray vs Samsung S5250 Wave525 vs Sony Xperia SP

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Samsung Sony
Announced June 2011 June 2010 Available - April 2013
Status Available - August 2011 Available - October 2010 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, Gold, White, Pink Various; La Fleur edition Black, White, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 111 x 53 x 9.4 mm
(4.37 x 2.09 x 0.37 in )
109.5 x 55 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.17 x 0.47 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
Weight 100 g (3.53 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST18i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST18a
N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE
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 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 bada OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon - Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 205 - Adreno 320
RAM 512 MB N/A N/A
Internal Memory 1 GB (300 MB user available) 100 MB 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included microSD, up to 16 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches 3.2 inches 4.6 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (297 ppi) 240 x 400 pixels (146 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 50.96% 48.25% 66.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 720p, video light Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps N/A HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 1 GB (300 MB user available), 512 MB RAM 100 MB 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included microSD, up to 16 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1200 mAh 2370 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 440 h (3G)
Up to 1200 h Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 14 h Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)