Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia U vs Sony Xperia E

Sony Xperia U
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Sony Xperia E
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Sony
Announced February 2012 December 2012
Status Available - May 2012 Available - March 2013
Colors Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black, Pink, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
113.5 x 61.8 x 11 mm
(4.47 x 2.43 x 0.43 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 115.7 g (4.06.0.25 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 900 / 2100 - C1505
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - C1504
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 4 GB (2 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K 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% 51.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS 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, FWVGA
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Up to 86 kbps
Edge Up to 296 kbps Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 4 GB (2 GB user available), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB
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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1320 mAh 1530 mAh
Stand by Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 530 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 12 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 18 min (3G)