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Motorola DROID 4 XT894 vs Sony Xperia ion LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola Sony
Announced
January 2012 January 2012
Status
Available - February 2012 Available - June 2012
Colors
Black Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
127 x 67.3 x 12.7 mm
(5 x 2.65 x 0.5 in)
133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
Weight
178.9 g (6.28.0.32 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.55 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
51.74% 63.02%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [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 Up to 86 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Up to 237 kbps
3G
Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSUPA HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with LE+EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1785 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by
Up to 204 h Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 12 h 30 min Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
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