Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia ion LTE vs Sony Xperia C vs Huawei Ascend Y520

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Sony Huawei
Announced January 2012 June 2013 December 2014
Status Available - June 2012 Available - July 2013 Available - December 2014
Price - - Rs. 15,500 ($230.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black, White, Purple Black, White, Blue, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
141.5 x 74.15 x 8.88 mm
(5.57 x 2.92 x 0.35 in)
134.2 x 67 x 10.2 mm
(5.28 x 2.64 x 0.4 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 153 g (5.4 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Y520-U03, Y520-U33
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Y520-U12, Y520-U22
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.x (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz, MTK MT6589 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6572
GPU Adreno 220 PowerVR SGX544 Mali-400
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16 GB 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 4.55 inches 5.0 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.02% 65.86% 61.89%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash 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, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 1080p 480p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] VGA [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 Mbps, HSUPA 11.5 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP 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, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB 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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1900 mAh 2390 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Up to 605 h (2G)
Up to 588 h (3G)
-
Talk Time Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
Up to 14 h 4 min (2G)
Up to 12 h 25 min (3G)
-