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Sony Xperia U vs Sony Xperia SP

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Sony
Announced
February 2012 Available - April 2013
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black, White, Red
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 155 g (5.47 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
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77% 66.67%
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 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 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 And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
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 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
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 and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
Supported -

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1320 mAh 2370 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
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