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HTC Vivid vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Sony
Announced
October 2011 February 2012
Status
Available - November 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, White Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm
(5.07 x 2.64 x 0.44 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
176.9 g (6.21.0.32 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
4G Network
LTE 700 -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
S-LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
256K colors 16M colors
Size
4.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
64.47% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
dual-LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, 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
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16GB storage, 1 GB 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
1620 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 288 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 7 h 40 min Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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