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Samsung Google Nexus S vs Sony Xperia Z1S

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
December 2010 Expected Announcement - Q4 2013
Status
Available - December 2010 Rumored - Q4 2013
Colors
Black, White Black, White, Purple
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
127 x 64.9 x 9.4 mm
(5 x 2.56 x 0.37 in)
Weight
129 g (4.55 oz) -
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen, TRILUMINOS™ Display for Mobile with X-Reality™
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.46% 83.46%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels [Similar] 20.7 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama, Exmor RS Sensor
Video
Yes, WVGA@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, ANT+
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
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