Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia SP vs BlackBerry 9720 vs Microsoft Lumia 435

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony BlackBerry Microsoft
Announced Available - April 2013 August 2013 January 2015
Status Available - April 2013 Available - August 2013 Available - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 5,350 ($78.68) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Purple, Blue, Pure Pink Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
114 x 66 x 12 mm
(4.49 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
118.1 x 64.7 x 11.7 mm
(4.65 x 2.55 x 0.46 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz) 134.1 g (4.73.0.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 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, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) BlackBerry OS 7.1 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon 806 MHz Tavor MG1 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8210 Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 320 - Adreno 302
RAM N/A 512 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 512 MB ROM 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 2.8 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 480 x 360 pixels (214 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.67% 32.35% 59.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] VGA, 480p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

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 not present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2370 mAh 1450 mAh 1560 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 432 h Up to 504 h (2G)
Up to 504 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 7 h Up to 21 h (2G)
Up to 11 h 45 min (3G)