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Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy A3

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
February 2012 October 2014
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - November 2014
Price
- Rs. 14,265 ($209.78) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Pearl White, Midnight Black, Platinum Silver, Soft Pink, Light B
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
130.1 x 65.5 x 6.9 mm
( 5.12 x 2.58 x 0.27 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 110.3 g (3.88.0.11 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77% 65.39%
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] Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] -
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 16 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Wide Selfie, Rear-cam Selfie
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [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, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, BLE, ANT+
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1320 mAh 1900 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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