Phone Comparison - Samsung I9000 Galaxy S vs Sony Ericsson Zylo vs Samsung Google Nexus S

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony Ericsson Samsung
Announced March 2010 April 2010 December 2010
Status Available - June 2010 Available - July 2010 Available - December 2010
Colors Black, White Jazz Black, Chacha Silver, Swing Pink, Energetic Black, Meteorit Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.82 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
103 x 52 x 16 mm
(4.06 x 2.05 x 0.63 in)
123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm
(4.88 x 2.48 x 0.43 in)
Weight 119 g (4.2 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.3 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), not upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird
GPU PowerVR SGX540 PowerVR SGX540
RAM 512 MB N/A 512 MB
Internal Memory 8 GB/16 GB storage 260 MB 16 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 16GB No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches 2.6 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (154 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.07% 39.01% 58.46%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes no yes
Radio FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes Yes, incl. motion-based + down Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Geo-tagging, Videocalling Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, WVGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge Class 12 Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) No Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, USB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe flash WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront), RSS reader HTML, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall 2000 entries, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited Yes Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB/16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 260 MB 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 16GB No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 750 h (2G)
Up to 576 h (3G)
Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 713 h (2G)
Up to 428 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 13 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 6 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 4 h (2G)
Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)