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Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Samsung
Announced
February 2012 June 2013
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - July 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)
125.5 x 63.5 x 15.4 mm
(4.94 x 2.5 x 0.61 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 208 g (7.34 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 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE - Region Dependent
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
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% 64.04%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, Pega-Dual +XMM6262 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 8 GB (5 GB user available)
External Memory
No microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, autofocus [Similar]
Flash
LED flash Xenon Flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 10x Optical Zoom (24-240mm, F3.1-F6.3), Optical Image Stabilization, HDR, SMART Modes
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [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 107 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
Supported Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1320 mAh 2330 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
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Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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