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Sony Xperia T3 vs Samsung Galaxy A9

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
June 2014 December 2015
Status
Coming Soon - Q3 2014 Coming Soon - January 2016
Price
- Rs. 33,000 ($499.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White, Purple Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
150.7 x 77 x 7 mm
(5.93 x 3.03 x 0.28 in)
161.7 x 80.9 x 7.4 mm
(6.37 x 3.19 x 0.29 in)
Weight
148 g (5.22 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - D5103
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D5102
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D5106
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - D5103 LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, Mobile BRAVIA engine 2 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.3 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (277 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
66.78% 75.93%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), planned upgrade to v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928-2 Snapdragon 400 (D5103/D5106)/ Qualcomm MSM8228 (D5102) [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A72 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8976 Snapdragon 652 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 510 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB 32 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9, OIS, 1/3'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 1.1 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio with RDS FM radio with RDS; recording
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps (21 Mbps - D5102); HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat7 350/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
2500 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 639 h (2G)
Up to 688 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 12 h 46 min (2G)
Up to 14 h 47 min (3G)
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