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Motorola DROID RAZR XT912 vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
Motorola 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
130.7 x 68.9 x 7.1 mm
(5.15 x 2.71 x 0.28 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
127 g (4.48 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
4G Network
LTE 700 -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.3 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
56.67% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.5 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [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, 16GB card included No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Touch-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, 480p@120fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
2 MP, 720p videos [Similar] Yes, VGA [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 107 kbps
Edge
Class 12 Up to 296 kbps
3G
Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE, HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with LE+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, 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
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB storage, 1GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 16GB card included No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1780 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 204 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 12 h 30 min Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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