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Samsung Galaxy Note II CDMA vs Sony Xperia A

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
Q3 2012 May 2013
Status
Released - November 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors
Titanium Gray, Marble White Black, White, Pink, Mint
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
131 x 67 x 10.5 mm
(5.16 x 2.64 x 0.41 in)
Weight
179.4 g (6.31.0.14 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SCH-I605, SPH-L900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - SCH-I605, SPH-L900, SCH-R950
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - SCH-I605, SCH-R950 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.5 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
68.57% 66.57%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.x (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP4 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 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 Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS - SCH Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 Up to 296 kbps
3G
EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL; HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0, USB Host support Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB No
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-ion Battery
Capacity
3100 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 250 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 390 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 15 h Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
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