Phone Comparison - ZTE Blade vs Sony Xperia U

ZTE Blade
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Sony Xperia U
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general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Sony
Announced October 2010 February 2012
Status Available - November 2010 Available - May 2012
Colors Black Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116 x 56.5 x 11.8 mm
(4.57 x 2.22 x 0.46 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
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, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor 600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 200 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 150 MB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No

display Display

Type AMOLED or LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.02% 55.77%
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, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 150 MB storage, 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No
USB OTG - Supported

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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1250 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by Up to 192 h Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)