Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Sola vs Nokia Lumia 505

Sony Xperia Sola
sony xperia sola
Nokia Lumia 505
nokia lumia 505
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Nokia
Announced March 2012 December 2012
Status Available - Released May 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black, White, Red Black, White, Red, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116 x 59 x 9.9 mm
(4.57 x 2.32 x 0.39 in)
118.1 x 61.2 x 11.3 mm
(4.65 x 2.41 x 0.44 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz) 131 g (4.62 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900
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 7.8
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar] 800 MHz [Similar]
GPU Mali-400 [Similar] -
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 256 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB (5 GB user accessible) 4 GB
External Memory Yes, microSD No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 56K colors
Size 3.7 inches [Similar] 3.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.03% 53.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
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 Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 85.6 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5GB user accessible), 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 256 MB RAM
Expandable Storage Yes, microSD No

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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1320 mAh 1300 mAh (BP-3L)
Stand by Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 475 h (3G)
Up to 670 h (2G)
Up to 600 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h 15 min (3G)