Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia ion vs Motorola Moto Maxx

Sony Xperia ion
sony xperia ion
Motorola Moto Maxx
motorola moto maxx
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Motorola
Announced January 2012 November 2014
Status Available - Q2 2012 Available - November 2014
Price - Rs. 16,990 ($249.85) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black Ballistic Nylon
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
143.5 x 73.3 x 8.3 - 11.2
(5.65 x 2.89 x 0.33 - 0.44)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 176 g (6.21 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 LTE 700 / 1700 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 (Bands 2, 3, 4, 7, 17)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Splash Resistant, Moto Display

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450, Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 220 [Similar] Adreno 420 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen OLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.55 inches [Similar] 5.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar] 1440 x 2560 pixels (565 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.02% -
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar] 21 MP (5248 x 3936), autofocus [Similar]
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer 2160p@24fps, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1900 mAh 3900 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
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