Phone Comparison - HTC Rhyme vs Sony Xperia Go

HTC Rhyme
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Sony Xperia Go
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony
Announced September 2011 May 2012
Status Available - October 2011 Available - July 2012
Colors Clearwater, Hourglass, Plum White, Black, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 119 x 60.8 x 10.9 mm
(4.69 x 2.39 x 0.43 in)
111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
(4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)
Weight 130 g (4.59 oz) 110g (3.88oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 205 [Similar] Mali-400 [Similar]
RAM 768 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 4 GB storage 8 GB storage (4 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 54.38%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB storage, 768 MB RAM 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 8GB card included microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1600 mAh 1305 mAh
Stand by Up to 295 h (2G)
Up to 340 h (3G)
Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 20 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)