Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Xperia mini vs HTC Desire 500 vs Sony Xperia E3

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson HTC Sony
Announced May 2011 July 2013 September 2014
Status Available - August 2011 Available - September 2013 Available - September 2014
Colors Black, White, Blue, Dark pink Black, White Black, White, Lime, Copper
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 88 x 52 x 16 mm
(3.46 x 2.05 x 0.63 in)
131.8 x 66.9 x 9.9 mm
(5.19 x 2.63 x 0.39 in)
137.7 x 69.4 x 8.5 mm
(5.42 x 2.73 x 0.33 in)
Weight 99 g (3.49 oz) 123 g (4.34 oz) 143 g (5.04 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D2203, D2206, D2243, D2202
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - D2203
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D2202
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - D2203
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Shatter Proof Glass

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense, HTC BlinkFeed Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8255 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A5, Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 Quad-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8926-2
GPU Adreno 205 Adreno 203 Adreno 305
RAM 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory N/A 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.0 inches 4.3 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (192 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (217 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.74% 59.67% 58.23%
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 with RDS
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Smile And Face Detection, Touch Focus Auto focus, 1/3.2' Sensor Size, 1.4�m Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Up to 237 kbps Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 512 MB RAM, 320MB storage 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 64 GB 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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1200 mAh 1800 mAh 2330 mAh
Stand by Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 435 h (2G)
Up to 401 h (3G)
Up to 706 h
Talk Time Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h 48 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 1 min (3G)
Up to 12 h 20 min