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Samsung Galaxy Beam vs Sony Xperia acro HD SOI12

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
February 2012 May 2012
Status
Available - July 2012 Available - Q4 2012
Colors
Black White, Black, Rouge
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
124 x 64.2 x 12.5 mm
(4.88 x 2.53 x 0.49 in)
126 x 66 x 11.9 mm
(4.96 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
Weight
145 g (5.11 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1x
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, 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
4.0 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
57.32% 61.13%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, NovaThor U8500 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM
768 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 11 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS Yes
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
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps Rev. A+, up to 9.2 Mbps, HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS 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 Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8GB storage, 768 MB RAM 11 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
2000 mAh 1900 mAh (CDMA mode)
Stand by
Up to 760 h (2G)
Up to 760 h (3G)
Up to 330 h
Talk Time
Up to 20 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 9 h 30 min
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