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Samsung I8190 Galaxy S III mini vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
October 2012 February 2012
Status
Available - November 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors
White Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
121.6 x 63 x 9.9 mm
(4.79 x 2.48 x 0.39 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
111.5 g (3.92.0.18 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
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] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
59.57% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8420 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio with RDS 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 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 450 h (2G)
Up to 430 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h 10 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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