Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia acro S vs Apple iPad mini Wi-Fi vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Apple Samsung
Announced May 2012 October 2012 May 2013
Status Available - August 2012 Available - November 2012 Available - July 2013
Colors White, Black, Pink Black/Slate, White/Silver White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 126 x 66 x 11.9 mm
(4.96 x 2.6 x 0.47 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.28 in)
124.6 x 61.3 x 8.94 mm
(4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
Weight 147 g (5.19 oz) 308 g (10.86 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9190
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE - GT-I9195
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) iOS 6 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait 200, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 220 PowerVR SGX543MP2 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 7.9 inches 4.3 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (162 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.13% 71.76% 66.82%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps No Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps No Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps No HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB 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 not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1910 mAh 16.3 Wh 1900 mAh
Stand by Up to 290 h (2G)
Up to 310 h (3G)
- Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 10 min (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 12 h (3G)