Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia ion vs Huawei Ascend Y300 vs Lava Iris 504Q

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Huawei Lava
Announced January 2012 March 2013 June 2013
Status Available - Q2 2012 Available - March 2013 Available - June 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White Grey
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
124 x 63.8 x 11.2 mm
(4.88 x 2.51 x 0.44 in)
142.9 x 72.9 x 8.4 mm
(5.63 x 2.87 x 0.33 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (Dual Standby)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Gesture Recognition

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon 1 GHz Dual-core Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz ARM V7
GPU Adreno 220 Adreno 203 -
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB 4 GB (more than 2 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, OGS Technology
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.55 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.02% 57.68% 66.03%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Focus, Face And Smile Detection, BSI, Beauty mode, Panorama Shot, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 480p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, 2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB (more than 2 GB user available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1900 mAh 1730 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Up to 320 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 230 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 15 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)