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Sony Xperia Tipo vs Lenovo A859

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Lenovo
Announced
June 2012 January 2014
Status
Available - August 2012 Coming Soon - January 2014
Colors
Classic Black, Classic White, Deep Red, Navy Blue White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
103 x 57 x 13 mm
(4.06 x 2.24 x 0.51 in)
142 x 72.4 x 9.14 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.36 in)
Weight
99.4 g (3.49.0.14 oz) 163.3 g (5.75.0.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST21i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST21a
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
256K colors 16.7M colors
Size
3.2 inches [Similar] 5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
52.10% 66.91%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
800 MHz, Qualcomm MSM7227A [Similar] Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] Mali-400MP2 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available) 8 GB ROM, 1.0 GB for mass storage)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, VGA Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS FM Radio with Recording
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, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML HTML5

User Memory

Internal
2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1.0 GB for mass storage), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 2250 mAh
Stand by
Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 545 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
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