Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia U vs Xiaomi Redmi 1S vs Micromax Canvas Nitro A310

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Xiaomi Micromax
Announced February 2012 May 2014 September 2014
Status Available - May 2012 Available - May 2014 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black, Chinese Red, Metallic Gray/ blue, green, yellow panels Pristine White, Mesmerising Blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
137 x 69 x 9.9 mm
(5.39 x 2.72 x 0.39 in)
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Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 158 g (5.57 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Oleophobic Coating/ Anti-finger Print

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8228 Snapdragon Octa-core 1.7 GHz, Mediatek MT6592
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 305 Mali-450MP4
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 8 GB 8 GB (5.68 GB for mass storage)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.7 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.77% 64.61% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 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, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, 1.4 µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR Auto focus, Sony IMX135 CMOS Sensor, f/2.2 Aperture, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Cinemagraph, Object Eraser
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 5 MP, 720p, OV5648 Sensor, f/2.4 Ap [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (5.68 GB for mass storage), 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported -

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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh 2000 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
- Up to 320 h
Talk Time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
- Up to 10 h