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Sony Xperia U vs Sony Xperia tipo dual

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Sony
Announced
February 2012 June 2012
Status
Available - May 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Serene black, Classic silver
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
103 x 57 x 13 mm
(4.06 x 2.24 x 0.51 in)
Weight
110 g (3.88 oz) 99.4 g (3.49.0.14 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST21i2
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST21a2
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 256K colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 3.2 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.77% 52.10%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] 800 MHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM7225AA [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 200 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available)
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB

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, Touch Focus
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, VGA
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] No [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 Up to 86 kbps
Edge
Up to 296 kbps Up to 237 kbps
3G
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR
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 v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available), 512 MB 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1320 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 350 h (2G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 5 h (2G)
Up to 6 h (3G)
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