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Motorola DROID 3 vs Sony Xperia Sola

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola Sony
Announced
July 2011 March 2012
Status
Available - July 2011 Available - Released May 2012
Colors
Black Black, White, Red
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in)
116 x 59 x 9.9 mm
(4.57 x 2.32 x 0.39 in)
Weight
167 g (5.89 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.73% 55.03%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor
Dual-core 1GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB Yes, microSD

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Touch-focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 12 Yes
3G
Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (5GB user accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB Yes, microSD

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1540 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 475 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 9 h 16 min Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
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