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Samsung i927 Captivate Glide vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
October 2011 February 2012
Status
Available - November 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
124 x 64 x 13 mm
(4.88 x 2.52 x 0.51 in )
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
147 g (5.19 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 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
57.50% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (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
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face&smile 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, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [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, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB 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, 1 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 396 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 8 h Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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