Phone Comparison - Nokia Lumia 800 vs Nokia Lumia 900 vs Sony Xperia Go

general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Nokia Sony
Announced October 2011 January 2012 May 2012
Status Available - November 2011 Available - May 2012 Available - July 2012
Colors Black, Cyan, Magenta Black, cyan White, Black, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 76.1 cc
(4.59 x 2.41 x 0.48 in, 3 cc)
127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm, 90 cc
(5.03 x 2.7 x 0.45 in, 3.54 cc)
111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
(4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 in)
Weight 142 g (5.01 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 110g (3.88oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Processor 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon 1.4 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8055 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 205 Mali-400
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16 GB storage 8 GB storage (4 GB user available)
External Memory No No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 4.3 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 54.72% 60.10% 54.38%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash Carl Zeiss optics Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, VGA@30fps [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 33 Class 33 Up to 86 kbps
Edge Class 33 Class 33 Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps DL, 25 Mbps UL HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML5, RSS feeds HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1450 mAh (BV-5JW) 1830 mAh (BP-6EW) 1305 mAh
Stand by Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 7 h Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)