Sony Xperia P vs Samsung Galaxy S Duos

Comparing the Sony Xperia P vs Samsung Galaxy S Duos across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both Sony Xperia P and Samsung Galaxy S Duos run at the same processing speed of 1.0 GHz.

Display: Both Sony Xperia P and Samsung Galaxy S Duos offer the same screen size of 4 inches, but Sony Xperia P features a LCD display compared to Samsung Galaxy S Duos's TFT, making Sony Xperia P the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Sony Xperia P offers a higher rear camera resolution with 8 MP, while Samsung Galaxy S Duos offers 5 MP, making Sony Xperia P better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both Sony Xperia P and Samsung Galaxy S Duos feature a 0.3 MP primary front camera.

Battery: Samsung Galaxy S Duos offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Sony Xperia P offers 1305 mAh, making Samsung Galaxy S Duos better for longer battery life.

Storage: Samsung Galaxy S Duos offers higher internal storage with 4 GB, while Sony Xperia P offers 16 GB, making Samsung Galaxy S Duos the better option for storage.

User Rating: Sony Xperia P receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Samsung Galaxy S Duos has a rating of 3.7.

Sony Xperia P

₹13,026

(Discontinued)

Samsung Galaxy S Duos

₹5,379

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Spec Score

N/A

52%

Release Date

18 May, 2012

16 Sep, 2012

Performance

N/A
ST-Ericsson NovaThor	Snapdragon S1
(upto 1 GHz)	(upto 1 GHz)
1 GB RAM	768 MB RAM

Display

N/A
4 inches (10.16 cm)	4 inches (10.16 cm)
LCD	TFT
540x960 px	480x800 px

Rear Camera

N/A
8 MP Primary Camera	5 MP Primary Camera

Front Camera

0.3 MP

Battery

N/A
1305 mAh	1500 mAh

Storage

16 GB

4 GB

User Ratings

4.3/5

(395 ratings)

3.7/5

(4,088 ratings)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)

Android v4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Poor

Chipset

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A

Processor

Dual core, 1 GHz, Cortex A9

Single core, 1 GHz, Cortex A5

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-400

Adreno 200

RAM

1 GB

768 MB

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Very Good

Display Type

LCD

TFT

Screen Size

4 inches (10.16 cm)

Resolution

540x960 px

480x800 px

Pixel Density

275 ppi

233 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

60.72 %

59.4 %

Screen Protection

Yes

N/A

Design

Height

122 mm

121.5 mm

Width

59.5 mm

63.1 mm

Thickness

10.5 mm

Weight

120 grams

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A

Below Avg

Resolution

8 MP
Primary Camera

5 MP
Primary CameraCMOS image sensor

Autofocus

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

3264 x 2448 Pixels

2592 x 1944 Pixels

Settings

N/A	ISO control

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Smile detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Smile detection

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

640x480 @ 30 fps

Front Camera

Resolution

0.3 MP
Primary Camera

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Very Good

Capacity

1305 mAh

1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 6(2G)

Up to 8.6 Hours(3G) / Up to 12.8 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

16 GB

4 GB

Expandable Storage

No	Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Micro

SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported

SAR Value

N/A	Head: 0.18 W/kg Body: 0.45 W/kg

Wi-Fi

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2.1

Yes v3.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS

NFC

Yes

N/A

HDMI

Yes

N/A

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

Sensors

Other Sensors

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass