Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Sola vs Apple iPhone vs Asus Fonepad

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Apple Asus
Announced March 2012 January 2007 February 2013
Status Available - Released May 2012 Discontinued Available - April 2013
Colors Black, White, Red Black Titanium Gray, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116 x 59 x 9.9 mm
(4.57 x 2.32 x 0.39 in)
115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
196.4 x 120.1 x 10.4 mm
(7.73 x 4.73 x 0.41 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 135 g (4.76 oz) 340 g (11.99 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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 SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 3.1.3 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 412 MHz ARM 11 1.2 GHz, Intel Atom Z2420
GPU Mali-400 PowerVR MBX PowerVR SGX540
RAM 512 MB N/A 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5 GB user accessible) 4/8/16 GB 8/16 GB
External Memory Yes, microSD No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.7 inches 3.5 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.03% 51.89% 60.03%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash LED flash No autofocus (selected
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization - Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light No Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA - HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.0, headset support only Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5GB user accessible), 512 MB RAM 4/8/16 GB 8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage Yes, microSD No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable, Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (16 Wh)
Capacity 1320 mAh - 4270 mAh
Stand by Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 475 h (3G)
Up to 250 h -
Talk Time Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 8 h Up to 9 h