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HTC One V vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Sony
Announced
February 2012 February 2012
Status
Available - April 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, Brown Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
120.3 x 59.7 x 9.2 mm
(4.74 x 2.35 x 0.36 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
115 g (4.06 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
54.32% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

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

User Memory

Internal
4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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