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Apple iPhone 5 vs Sony Xperia UL

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Sony
Announced
September 2012 May 2013
Status
Available - September 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors
Black, White Black, White, Pink
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm
(4.87 x 2.31 x 0.3 in)
135 x 71 x 10.5 mm
(5.31 x 2.8 x 0.41 in)
Weight
112 g (3.95 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - for Verizon
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C6502, C6506
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 2100 - for AT&T LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display, Mobile Bravia Engine 2
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 1136 pixels (326 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.84% 71.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 6 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Apple A6 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX 543MP3 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, Backside Illumin [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Smile Shutter, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging, face detection Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No -
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 70.4 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G
DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 73 Mbps; Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Plus Cellular Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, Lightning Port Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1440 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 225 h Up to 480 h (3G)
Up to 440 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h Up to 15 h 10 min
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