Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4 CDMA vs Sony Xperia SP

Apple iPhone 4 CDMA
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Sony Xperia SP
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general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony
Announced January 2011 Available - April 2013
Status Available - February 2011 Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White Black, White, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 4.2.5, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Apple A4 [Similar] Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX535 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 66.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera 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, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, LED video light, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes, videocalling over Wi-Fi only [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1420 mAh 2370 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)