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Meizu MX quad-core vs Sony Xperia A

General Info

Manufacturer
Meizu Sony
Announced
April 2012 May 2013
Status
Available - August 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors
Black (front)/ white, green, blue, pink, violet (back) Black, White, Pink, Mint
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
121.3 x 63.3 x 10.3 mm
(4.78 x 2.49 x 0.41 in)
131 x 67 x 10.5 mm
(5.16 x 2.64 x 0.41 in)
Weight
139 g (4.9 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
ASV capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 960 pixels (288 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
62.24% 66.57%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core Cortex-A9, Exynos Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Smile Detection, Wide Dynamic Mode 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 Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA 21.6 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-ion Battery
Capacity
1700 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 390 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
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