Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia ion vs Xolo A500S vs Samsung Galaxy Star Pro S7262

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Xolo Samsung
Announced January 2012 August 2013 October 2013
Status Available - Q2 2012 Available - August 2013 Available - October 2013
Colors Black, White Black White, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
125 x 63.2 x 8.98 mm
(4.92 x 2.49 x 0.35 in)
121.2 x 62.7 x 10.6 cm
(4.77 x 2.47 x 0.42 cm)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) - 121 g (4.27 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 2100 No
4G Network LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, MediaTek MT6572W 1 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 220 Mali-400MP -
RAM 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB 4 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.55 inches 4.0 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.02% 57.76% 60.05%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Fixed Focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 720p Yes
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [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, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v3.0 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB ROM, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 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 not 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1900 mAh 1400 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Up to 492 h (2G)
Up to 470 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 15 h