Sony Xperia Ion LTE vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance

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Comparing the Sony Xperia Ion LTE vs Samsung Galaxy S Advance 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 Samsung Galaxy S Advance runs at 1.0 GHz, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE the better performer.


Display: Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers a screen size of 4.6 inches, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 4 inches, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy S Advance features a Super AMOLED display compared to Sony Xperia Ion LTE's LCD, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers a higher rear camera resolution with 12.1 MP, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 5 MP, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers a higher front camera resolution with 1.3 MP, while Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers 0.3 MP, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance better for front camera photography.


Battery: Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers a higher battery capacity with 1900 mAh, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers 1500 mAh, making Sony Xperia Ion LTE better for longer battery life.


Storage: Samsung Galaxy S Advance offers higher internal storage with 2 GB, while Sony Xperia Ion LTE offers 16 GB, making Samsung Galaxy S Advance the better option for storage.


User Rating: Sony Xperia Ion LTE receives a higher user rating of 4.1, while Samsung Galaxy S Advance has a rating of 4.

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Sony Xperia Ion LTE
₹21,549
(Discontinued)
Samsung Galaxy S Advance
₹5,999
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

24 Jun, 2012
N/A

Performance

Snapdragon S3
ST-Ericsson NovaThor
(upto 1.5 GHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
1 GB RAM
768 MB RAM

Display

4.6 inches (11.68 cm)
4 inches (10.16 cm)
LCD
Super AMOLED
720x1280 px (HD)
480x800 px

Rear Camera

12.1 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP
1.3 MP

Battery

1900 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

16 GB
2 GB

User Ratings

4.1/5
(237 ratings)
4/5
(1,480 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Android v2.3.6 (Gingerbread)

Custom UI

N/A
TouchWiz UI

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260
ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Processor

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon
Dual core, 1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 220
Mali-400

RAM

1 GB
768 MB

Display

Display Type

LCD
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

4.6 inches  (11.68 cm)
4 inches  (10.16 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)
480x800 px

Pixel Density

319 ppi
233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

64.46 %
58.62 %

Design

Height

133 mm
123.2 mm

Width

68 mm
63 mm

Thickness

10.6 mm
9.7 mm

Weight

144 grams
120 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

12.1 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels
2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization
Digital Zoom
Smile detection

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
1.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus
Fixed Focus

Battery

Capacity

1900 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 4(3G) / Up to 10(2G)
Up to 7.33(3G) / Up to 15(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB
2 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 32 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single 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
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Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1
Yes v3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

HDMI

Yes
N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A
3.5 mm

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope
Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

ANT+ support Document Viewer
Document Editor (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF)