Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia C3 Dual vs Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM vs Apple iPhone 7

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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Microsoft Apple
Announced July 2014 April 2015 September 2016
Status Available - August 2014 Available - May 2015 Available - September 2016
Price - Rs. 8,100 ($119.12) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 60,000 ($882.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Mint Orange, white, black, cyan Jet Black, Black, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.2 x 78.7 x 7.6 mm
(6.15 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
144 x 73.7 x 9.4 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.37 in)
138.3 x 67.1 x 7.1 mm
(5.44 x 2.64 x 0.28 in)
Weight 149.7 g (5.26.0.25 oz) 152 g (5.36 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
SIM Type - - Nano SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700)
SAR US - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.19 W/kg (head)
1.19 W/kg (body)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
- W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.38 W/kg (head)
1.34 W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint with Force Touch
- IP67 certified - dust and water resistant
- Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim iOS 10
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 Quad-core, Apple A10 Fusion
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 302 6 core
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 8 GB 32/128/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 LED-backlit IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, 3D Touch Display, Ion-strengthened Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) 750 x 1334 pixels (326 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.85% 64.82% 65.45%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 12 MP
Flash LED flash LED flash Quad-LED (dual tone)
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Sensor size: 1/4 inch, f/2.2 aperture Phase Detection Autofocus, f/1.8, OIS, Geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 1080p, HDR 480p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps,1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 7 MP, 1080p@30fps, 720p@240fps, face detection, HDR, panorama [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Up to 236 kbps Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 v2.0, reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5 (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/128/256 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery
Capacity 2500 mAh 2200 mAh 1960 mAh
Stand by Up to 1040 h (2G)
Up to 960 h (3G)
Up to 576 h -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)
Up to 26.2 h (2G)
Up to 14.8 h (3G)
Up to 14 h