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Samsung Galaxy Note II CDMA vs Sony Xperia UL

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
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
151.1 x 80.5 x 9.4 mm
(5.95 x 3.17 x 0.37 in)
135 x 71 x 10.5 mm
(5.31 x 2.8 x 0.41 in)
Weight
179.4 g (6.31.0.14 oz) 145 g (5.11 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 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C6502, C6506
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 MHz Class 13 - SCH-I605, SCH-R950 LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display, Mobile Bravia Engine 2
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.5 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
68.57% 71.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1.x (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP4 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

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, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 Up to 70.4 kbps
Edge
Yes - SCH-I605, SPH-L900 Up to 236.8 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, 5.76 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, dual-band, 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 and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
3100 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 250 h (2G)
Up to 300 h (3G)
Up to 480 h (3G)
Up to 440 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 15 h Up to 15 h 10 min
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