Phone Comparison - HTC Explorer vs Sony Xperia V

HTC Explorer
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Sony Xperia V
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony
Announced September 2011 August 2012
Status Available - October 2011 Released - December 2012
Colors Active Black, Active Navy, Metallic Black, Metallic Navy Black, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9 mm
(4.05 x 2.25 x 0.51 in)
129 x 65 x 10.7 mm
(5.08 x 2.56 x 0.42 in)
Weight 108 g (3.81 oz) 120 g (4.23 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1
Processor 600 MHz Cortex A5, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (180 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.01% 60.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, 480p Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 90 MB storage, 512 MB ROM, 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1230 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 485 h (2G)
Up to 445 h (3G)
Up to 300 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 33 min (3G)
Up to 7 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)