Sony Xperia Ion LTE vs Lava Iris 406q

Comparing the Sony Xperia Ion LTE vs Lava Iris 406q across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Sony Xperia Ion LTE runs at a higher processing speed of 1.5 GHz, while Lava Iris 406q runs at 1.2 GHz, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE the better performer.

Display: Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers a screen size of 4.6 inches, while Lava Iris 406q offers 4 inches, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE the larger display of the two. Sony Xperia Ion LTE features a LCD display compared to Lava Iris 406q's TFT, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12.1 MP, while Lava Iris 406q offers 5 MP, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Sony Xperia Ion LTE and Lava Iris 406q feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers a higher battery capacity with 1900 mAh, while Lava Iris 406q offers 1700 mAh, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE better for longer battery life.

Storage: Lava Iris 406q offers higher internal storage with 4 GB, while Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers 16 GB, making Lava Iris 406q the better option for storage.

User Rating: Sony Xperia Ion LTE receives a higher user rating of 4.1, while Lava Iris 406q has a rating of 3.7.

Sony Xperia Ion LTE

₹21,549

(Discontinued)

Lava Iris 406q

₹5,299

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

24 Jun, 2012

N/A

Performance

Snapdragon S3	HiSilicon Kirin
(upto 1.5 GHz)	Quad Core (upto 1.2 GHz)
1 GB RAM	1 GB RAM

Display

4.6 inches (11.68 cm)	4.0 inches (10.16 cm)
LCD	TFT
720x1280 px (HD)	480x800 px

Rear Camera

12.1 MP

Primary Camera

5 MP

Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Battery

1900 mAh	1700 mAh
N/A	No Wireless Charging

Storage

16 GB

4 GB

User Ratings

4.1/5

(237 ratings)

3.7/5

(1,169 ratings)

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General

Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

HiSilicon Kirin MSM8610

Processor

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Quad core, 1.2 GHz, Cortex A7

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 220

Adreno 302

RAM

1 GB

Display

Display Type

LCD

TFT

Screen Size

4.6 inches (11.68 cm)

4.0 inches (10.16 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)

480x800 px

Pixel Density

319 ppi

233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

64.46 %

57.38 %

Design

Height

133 mm

124 mm

Width

68 mm

64 mm

Thickness

10.6 mm

10.3 mm

Weight

144 grams

N/A

Rear Camera

Resolution

12.1 MP
Primary Camera

5 MP
Primary Camera4x Digital Zoom

Autofocus

Yes

N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting

High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization

4 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
1280x720 fps

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization

N/A

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

N/A

Battery

Capacity

1900 mAh

1700 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4(3G) / Up to 10(2G)

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

4 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G Not Supported

SIM 1

4G Bands:

FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4)

N/A

4G Speed:

50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓ (LTE category Cat3)

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1

Yes v4.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

HDMI

Yes

N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A

3.5 mm

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

N/A

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Applications

ANT+ support Document Viewer

N/A