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Sony Xperia U vs HTC Sensation 4G

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony HTC
Announced
February 2012 April 2011
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - June 2011
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - For Bell (Canada)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen S-LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77% 61.88%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 768 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 1 GB storage
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash dual-LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 107 kbps Up to 114 kbps
Edge
Up to 296 kbps Up to 560 kbps
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 1 GB storage, 768 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 32 GB, 8 GB included
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1320 mAh 1520 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 20 min (3G)
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