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Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy Express

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
February 2012 January 2013
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - March 2013
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
132.2 x 69.1 x 9.3 mm
(5.2 x 2.72 x 0.37 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 139.1 g (4.9.0.04 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 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77% 63.29%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
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] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 8 GB storage
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 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, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r
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 HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

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

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1320 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 830 h (2G)
Up to 770 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 22 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 11 h 30 min (3G)
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