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Samsung Galaxy Camera GC100 vs Sony Xperia A

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
August 2012 May 2013
Status
Available - November 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors
Black, White Black, White, Pink, Mint
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm
(5.07 x 2.79 x 0.75 in)
131 x 67 x 10.5 mm
(5.16 x 2.64 x 0.41 in)
Weight
305 g (10.76 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.69% 66.57%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP, autofocus [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
21x optical zoom LED flash
Features
Wide-angle 23mm Lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Optical Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Smile Shutter, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720x480@120fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Up to 107 kbps
Edge
No Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE (optional) HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Phonebook
N/A Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
N/A Practically unlimited
Internal
8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-ion Battery
Capacity
1650 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 168 h Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 390 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
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