Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia SP vs Sony Xperia C vs Amazon Fire Phone

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Sony Amazon
Announced Available - April 2013 June 2013 June 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Available - July 2013 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Purple Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
141.5 x 74.15 x 8.88 mm
(5.57 x 2.92 x 0.35 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz, MTK MT6589 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
GPU Adreno 320 PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 330
RAM N/A 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 4 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.67% 65.86% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA 42 Mbps, HSUPA 11.5 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2370 mAh 2390 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 605 h (2G)
Up to 588 h (3G)
Up to 285 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 14 h 4 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 25 min (3G)
Up to 22 h