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Sony Xperia U vs LG L40

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony LG
Announced
February 2012 February 2014
Status
Available - May 2012 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
109.4 x 59 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 114 g (4.02 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors -
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77% 56.39%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] -
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 4 GB
External Memory
No -

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS -
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 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support -
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
No -
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion
Capacity
1320 mAh 1700/1540 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
-
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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