Phone Comparison - HTC Windows Phone 8S vs Sony Xperia U vs Huawei Ascend G510

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony Huawei
Announced September 2012 February 2012 January 2013
Status Released - November 2012 Available - May 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Atlantic blue, domino, high-rise grey Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 120.5 x 63 x 10.3 mm
(4.74 x 2.48 x 0.41 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 113 g (3.99 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 / 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 Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
GPU Adreno 225 Mali-400MP Adreno 203
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 4 GB 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB 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 4.0 inches 3.5 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.11% 55.77% 64.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1940 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 720p
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps Yes
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 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 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 1700 mAh 1320 mAh 1700 mAh
Stand by - Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 340 h
Talk Time - Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 6 h