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Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 2

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Xiaomi
Announced
January 2011 August 2015
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - August 2015
Price
- Rs. 9,700 ($141.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Midnight Blue, Misty Silver Black, White, Yellow, Mint Green, Blue
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
125 x 63 x 8.7 mm
(4.92 x 2.48 x 0.34 in )
152 x 76 x 8.3 mm
(5.98 x 2.99 x 0.33 in)
Weight
117 g (4.13 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT15i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 800 - LT15a
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100, TD-SCDMA
4G Network
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.2 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
61.86% 72.02%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) based MIUI 7
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Mediatek MT6795 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] PowerVR G6200 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
320 MB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included Yes

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Phase Detection Auto focus (PDAF), Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps TD-SCDMA
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
320 MB storage, 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 8 GB included Yes
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 3060 mAh
Stand by
Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
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