Phone Comparison - ZTE Blade vs Sony Xperia M

ZTE Blade
zte blade
Sony Xperia M
sony xperia m
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general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Sony
Announced October 2010 June 2013
Status Available - November 2010 Available - August 2013
Colors Black Black, White, Purple, Yellow
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116 x 56.5 x 11.8 mm
(4.57 x 2.22 x 0.46 in)
124 x 62 x 9.3 mm
(4.88 x 2.44 x 0.37 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - Both Versions
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - C1905
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C1904
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8227 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 150 MB storage 4 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type AMOLED or LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.02% 57.31%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 237 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, ANT+
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 4 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included microSD, up to 32 GB

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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1250 mAh 1700 mAh
Stand by Up to 192 h Up to 498 h (2G)
Up to 454 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h Up to 10 h 16 min (2G)
Up to 9 h (3G)