Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia U vs LG L40

Sony Xperia U
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LG L40
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony LG
Announced February 2012 February 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
109.4 x 59 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 114 g (4.02 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz [Similar]
GPU Mali-400MP [Similar] -
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 4 GB
External Memory No -

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors -
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.77% 56.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes
Wi-Fi 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, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support -
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No -
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion
Capacity 1320 mAh 1700/1540 mAh
Stand by Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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