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Samsung I9103 Galaxy R vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
June 2011 February 2012
Status
Available - August 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
125 x 66 x 9.5 mm
(4.92 x 2.6 x 0.37 in )
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
135 g (4.76 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.2 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (222 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
60.93% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

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

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo 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, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA 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
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB ROM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1650 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 620 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 9 h Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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