Sony Xperia™ U Ready To Be Sold Online : Compare It To Xperia™ S
May 7, 2012 in Gadget Release
Searching for an Xperia phone less than 20 k ? Then , you should be happy as Sony Xperia U will soon be available in India.If you love to make online shopping, the option is open . The phone is available on Letsbuy and Flipkart at Rs17,399 and Rs16,499 respectively , reported firstpost .
Check out the Basic comparison between Xperia™ U and Xperia™ S;
| Features | Sony Xperia™ U | Sony Xperia™ S |
| OS and Processor | It is powered with GoogleTM AndroidTM 2.3 (Gingerbread) . It is powered with 1 GHz STE U8500 Dual Core super-fast processor . | Sony comes with Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is upgradeable to Android 4 ( Ice Cream Sandwich ) .It is powered with a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core processor. |
| Design | Dimensions are 112 x 54 x 12 mmThe weight is only 110 grams.
It’s a touch-screen phone and touch screen type is capacitive . It’s a multi-touch screen phone which supports 4 figures multi-touch .
Display resolution is 854×480 pixels .
However , the display of Sony Xperia™ U is scratch resistant and this is due to anti-reflection coating on mineral glass . |
Dimensions are 128.0mm x 64.0 mm x 10.6 mm.The weight of Xperia S is only 144 grams.
Screen type is TFT Touch Screen and the screen is scratch resistant. The screen resolution is 1280 x 720pixels |
| Camera | Sony Xperia™ U is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera which supports digital Zoom up to 16x .The camera supports Face detection , 3D Sweep panorama shooting , Geo-tagging , HD video recording , Red-eye reduction , self-timer .It is also equipped with a led flash for night photography. There is a front-facing 0.3 megapixel camera ( VGA )and this is due to video chat . It records video at 720p resolution.( For more details on Camera specifications, please visit the official website of Sony Ericsson ) | Sony Xperia S is equipped with a 12.1 megapixel camera which supports digital Zoom up to 16x . The Camera Supports auto focus. Aperture or F Number starts from f/2.4. The camera of Sony Xperia S is equipped with Sony’s Exmor™ R for mobile CMOS sensor. It also supports face and smile detection. It is also equipped with a led flash for night photography. There is a front-facing 1.3 megapixel camera and this is due to video chat and video calling. It supports HD video recording (1080p). Among other features 3D Sweep Panorama , Accelerated Adobe Flash Video etc. Are remarkable. To know more on the cam , please visit the official website |
| Connectivity | For Sony Xperia™ U the connectivity options are as follows :3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)aGPS
BluetoothTM wireless technology DLNA Certified® Media Transfer Protocol support Micro USB support Modem Native USB tethering Media GoTM* Synchronization via Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® USB High speed 2.0 support USB mass storage USB Host Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionality
( For more details on connectivity options , please visit the official website of Sony Ericsson ) |
For Sony Xperia S the connectivity options are as follows :USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support , WiFi and WiFi Hotspot functionality, HDMI Support , DLNA Certified , Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync, Google Sync and Facebook , aGPS , WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom , Bluetooth technology , Native USB tethering , NFC , 3.5 mm audio jack for headphones. |
| Memory Capacity | System Memory : 2 GBPhone Memory : 2 GBInternal Storage : 4 GB
It comes with 512MB of RAM . |
Built-in memory for Sony Xperia S is 1 to 1.5GB. There is 1GB of RAM. Total memory can be increased up to 32GB through eMMC. |
The device works with various network bands such as UMTS , HSPA , GSM , GPRS , EDGE etc. The data transfer speed is just awesome in this device .
It supports Up to 107 KBPS download speed and up to 85.6 KBPS upload speed at GPRS connection .
For EDGE , it supports up to 296 KBPS download speed and up to 236.8 KBPS upload speed.
For 3G connection ( UMTS | HSPA ), it supports data uploading at a speed up to 5.76 MBPS and data downloading up to 14.4 MBPS speed.
have a look at the battery backup of Sony Xperia™ U ;
- Talk time (GSM) : Up to 6 hours and 36 minutes.
- Standby time (GSM) : Up to 260 hours.
- Talk time (UMTS) : Up to 5 hours and 36 minutes .
- Standby time (UMTS) : Up to 472 hours .
- Music Playback time : Up to 45 hours
- Video playback time : Up to 6 hours
For more details , please visit the official website of Sony India. Image Source : Sony Official Website.
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