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Sony Xperia SP vs Nokia Lumia 1520

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Nokia
Announced
Available - April 2013 October 2013
Status
Available - April 2013 Available - November 2013
Colors
Black, White, Red Yellow, white, black, red
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7 mm
(6.41 x 3.36 x 0.34 in)
Weight
155 g (5.47 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.6 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.67% 71.44%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Amber
Processor
Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 20 MP, Carl Zeiss optics [Similar]
Flash
LED flash Dual-LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama 1/2.5' Sensor Size, PureView Technology, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, video light, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p [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
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (BV-4BW)
Capacity
2370 mAh 3400 mAh
Stand by
Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 768 h (2G)
Up to 768 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 27 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)
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