Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia SP vs Huawei Ascend Mate7

Sony Xperia SP
sony xperia sp
Huawei Ascend Mate7
huawei ascend mate7
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general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Huawei
Announced Available - April 2013 September 2014
Status Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - Q3 2014
Colors Black, White, Red Obsidian black, Moonlight silver, Amber gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
157 x 81 x 7.9 mm
(6.18 x 3.19 x 0.31 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, HiSilicon Kirin 925 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 320 [Similar] Mali-T628 [Similar]
RAM N/A 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB Yes, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.6 inches [Similar] 6.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (368 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 66.67% 77.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 42 Mbps, HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat6, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) microUSB v2.0, USB Host, USB On-the-go
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM (3GB on 32GB model)
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB Yes, up to 32 GB
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2370 mAh 4100 mAh
Stand by Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 648 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
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