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Sony Xperia ion vs Samsung Galaxy Ace 2

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
January 2012 February 2012
Status
Available - Q2 2012 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, White Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
118.3 x 62.2 x 10.5 mm
(4.66 x 2.45 x 0.41 in)
Weight
144 g (5.08 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.55 inches [Similar] 3.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (246 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
63.02% 55.64%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 800 MHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 220 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 4 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB

Camera

Rear Camera
12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support Yes, v2.0 microUSB
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1900 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
Up to 16 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
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