Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z vs Huawei Ascend G510 vs Samsung Google Nexus S

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Huawei Samsung
Announced January 2013 January 2013 December 2010
Status Released - February 2013 Available - April 2013 Available - December 2010
Colors Black, White, Purple Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.47 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
134 x 64.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.28 x 2.55 x 0.39 in)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight 146 g (5.15 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - C6602, C6603 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - C6603
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C6602
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - C6603 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9215M / APQ8064 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird
GPU Adreno 320 Adreno 203 PowerVR SGX540
RAM 2 GB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches 4.5 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.70% 64.19% 58.46%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1940 pixels 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 720p Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 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
Browser HTML5 HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB 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 Non-removable, Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2330 mAh 1700 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 550 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Up to 340 h Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 6 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)