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Sony Xperia Ion LTE vs Sony Xperia U

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Rs. 21,549
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Summary
Performance

Snapdragon S3

1 GB RAM

ST-Ericsson NovaThor

512 MB RAM

Display

4.6" (11.68 cm)

720x1280 px (HD)

3.5" (8.89 cm)

480x854 px

Rear Camera

12.1 MP

Single Camera

5 MP

Single Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Single Camera

0.3 MP

Single Camera

Battery

1900 mAh

4 talktime (3G)

1320 mAh

5.6 h talktime (3G)

Storage

16 GB

32 GB (Expandable)

8 GB

Non Expandable

Expert Rating
User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★★

4.1/5 based on 245 ratings

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4.2/5 based on 1,472 ratings

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General
Launch Date

May 7, 2012 (Official)

Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Performance
Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

CPU

Dual core, 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm Snapdragon

Dual core, 1 GHz, Cortex A9

Graphics

Adreno 220

Mali-400

RAM

1 GB

512 MB

Display
Display Type

LCD

Screen Size

4.6 " (11.68 cm)

Resolution

720x1280 px (HD)

Pixel Density

319 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

64.46 %

55.71 %

Touch Screen

, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch

Design
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Dimensions

Height: 133 mm
Width: 68 mm
Thickness: 10.6 mm

Height: 112 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 12 mm

Weight

144 grams

110 grams

Colours

Black

Black, White

Camera
Main Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

12.1 MP, Primary Camera

5 MP, Primary Camera

Autofocus

Flash

, LED Flash

, LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Smile detection
Digital image stabilization

Digital image stabilization
Touch to focus

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
1280x720 fps

1280x720 @ 30 fps

Video Recording Features

Optical Image stabilization

Front Camera
Camera Setup

Single

Single

Resolution

0.3 MP, Primary Camera

0.3 MP, Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Fixed Focus

Battery
Capacity

1900 mAh

1320 mAh

Type

Li-ion

Li-ion

TalkTime

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

Up to 5.6 Hours(3G) / Up to 6.6 Hours(2G)

Standby time

Up to 350(3G) / Up to 400(2G)

Up to 472 Hours(3G) / Up to 260 Hours(2G)

Storage
Internal Memory

16 GB

8 GB

Expandable Memory

, Up to 32 GB

No

User Available Storage

Up to 4 GB

USB OTG

Network & Connectivity
SIM Slot(s)

, GSM

Single SIM, GSM

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 4G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

5G Not Supported in India, 3G, 2G

SIM 1

4G Bands:
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4)
4G Speed:
50 Mbit/s ↑ 100 Mbit/s ↓
3G Speed:
HSPA , EV-DO category Rev.A
GPRS:
Available
EDGE:
Available

3G Bands:
UMTS 2100 / 900 MHz
2G Bands:
GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz
3G Speed:
HSDPA 14.4 Mbit/s ↓, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ↑
GPRS:
107 kbps
EDGE:
296 kbps

Wi-Fi

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

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

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot

Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

, v2.1

, v2.1

GPS

with A-GPS

with A-GPS

USB Connectivity

microUSB 2.0

USB 2.0, microUSB

HDMI

Multimedia
FM Radio

, RDS

, RDS

Loudspeaker

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors
Other Sensors

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope

Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Compass

Applications

ANT+ support, Document Viewer