Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia V vs Lava Iris 501

Sony Xperia V
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Lava Iris 501
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Lava
Announced August 2012 January 2013
Status Released - December 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black, White, Pink Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129 x 65 x 10.7 mm
(5.08 x 2.56 x 0.42 in)
148.5 x 79 x 10.5 mm
(5.85 x 3.11 x 0.41 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX531 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.63% 60.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Class 12
Edge Yes Class 12
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 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, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 620 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 7 h