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Motorola DROID 3 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola Sony Ericsson
Announced
July 2011 June 2010
Status
Available - July 2011 Available - September 2010
Colors
Black White, Dark Blue/ White, Aqua Blue/ White, Pink/ White, Silver/
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in)
99 x 54 x 15 mm
(3.9 x 2.13 x 0.59 in)
Weight
167 g (5.89 oz) 104 g (3.67 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 3.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (192 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.73% 50.28%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v1.6 (Donut), upgradable to v2.1
Processor
Dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 168 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 128 MB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Up to 236.8 kbps
3G
Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 128 MB storage, 168 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po
Capacity
1540 mAh 1200 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h Up to 446 h (2G)
Up to 476 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 9 h 16 min Up to 4 h 45 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
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