Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia ion vs Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Samsung
Announced January 2012 August 2015 September 2014
Status Available - Q2 2012 Available - August 2015 Available - September 2014
Price - - Rs. 7,499 ($110.28) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm
(5.7 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 156 g (5.5 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900) - G530F
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G530FZ
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 28(700) - G530Y
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800),
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7580 Octa Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400
GPU Adreno 220 Mali-T720MP2 Adreno 305
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.55 inches 5.1 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (432 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.02% 69.63% 66.19%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels 16 MP, f/1.9 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPAHSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG Supported - 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion 2800 mAh Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1900 mAh - 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
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