Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Go vs Nokia Lumia 800

Sony Xperia Go
sony xperia go
Nokia Lumia 800
nokia lumia 800
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general General Info

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

hardware Hardware and OS

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

display Display

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

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

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

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Call Records Practically unlimited Yes
Internal 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM 16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1305 mAh 1450 mAh (BV-5JW)
Stand by Up to 520 h (2G)
Up to 460 h (3G)
Up to 265 h (2G)
Up to 335 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 13 h (2G)
Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)