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Sony Xperia TX vs Lava Iris 501

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Lava
Announced
August 2012 January 2013
Status
Available - October 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors
Black, White, Pink Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
131 x 68.6 x 8.6 mm (5.16 x 2.70 x 0.34 in)
(5.16 x 2.7 x 0.34 in (0.2 x 0.11 x 0.01 in))
148.5 x 79 x 10.5 mm
(5.85 x 3.11 x 0.41 in)
Weight
127 g (4.48 oz) (4.48 oz (0.14.1.69 oz)) -
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.55 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
63.42% 60.39%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1
Processor
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX531 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB 4 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes
Front Camera
Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [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 Class 12
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Class 12
3G
HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.1 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1750 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 620 h
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 7 h
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