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HTC DROID DNA vs Sony Xperia A

General Info

Manufacturer
HTC Sony
Announced
November 2012 May 2013
Status
Released - November 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors
Black Black, White, Pink, Mint
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
141 x 70.5 x 9.7 mm
(5.55 x 2.78 x 0.38 in)
131 x 67 x 10.5 mm
(5.16 x 2.64 x 0.41 in)
Weight
138 g (4.87 oz) 141 g (4.97 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
5.0 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.20% 66.57%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM615m/APQ8064 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 320 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB (11 GB user available) storage 32 GB
External Memory
No No

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Smile Shutter, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera
Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSPA, Rev.A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB (11 GB user available) storage, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-ion Battery
Capacity
2020 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by
Up to 353 h Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 390 h (LTE)
Talk Time
Up to 12 h 40 min Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
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