Phone Comparison - HTC Sensation XE vs Sony Xperia U vs Huawei Ascend G510

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony Huawei
Announced September 2011 February 2012 January 2013
Status Available - October 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
(4.96 x 2.57 x 0.44 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
134 x 64.7 x 9.9 mm
(5.28 x 2.55 x 0.39 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 220 Mali-400MP Adreno 203
RAM 768 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB (1 GB user available) 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 3.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.88% 55.77% 64.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1940 pixels
Flash dual-LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound recording Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 80 kbps Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB (1 GB user available), 768 MB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1730 mAh 1320 mAh 1700 mAh
Stand by Up to 310 h (2G)
Up to 540 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 340 h
Talk Time Up to 9 h 16 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 20 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 6 h