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Apple iPhone 4S vs Sony Xperia TL

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Sony
Announced
October 2011 October 2012
Status
Available - October 2011 Released - November 2012
Colors
Black, White Black, White, Silver
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
129.5 x 66 x 10.1 mm
(5.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 in)
Weight
140 g (4.94 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
capacitive touchscreen 16M colors
Size
3.5 inches [Similar] 4.55 inches [Similar]
Resolution
640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
53.92% 66.68%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 5 Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage N/A
External Memory
No microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 70.4 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.1 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Call Records
100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited
Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1432 mAh 1850 mAh
Stand by
Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Up to 450 h
Talk Time
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
Up to 7 h
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