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Nokia E71 vs Sony Xperia S

General Info

Manufacturer
Nokia Sony
Announced
June 2008 January 2012
Status
Available - July 2008 Available - Q1 2012
Colors
White Steel, Grey Steel, Black, Red Silver, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
114 x 57 x 10 mm, 66 cc
(4.49 x 2.24 x 0.39 in, 2.6 cc )
128 x 64 x 10.6 mm
(5.04 x 2.52 x 0.42 in)
Weight
127 g (4.48 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT26i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - LT26a
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
2.36 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 240 pixels (169 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
26.70% 62.05%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor
369 MHz ARM 11 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM
128 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
110 MB storage 16/32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 8GB, hotswap No

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, QVGA@15fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera
Videocall camera [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio (E71 only); Visual ra Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 32, 100 kbps Up to 86 kbps
Edge
Class 32, 296 kbps Up to 237 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
110 MB storage, 128 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 8GB, hotswap No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh (BP-4L) 1750 mAh
Stand by
Up to 410 h (2G)
480 h (3G)
Up to 450 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h 30 min (2G)
4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)
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