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LG Optimus Q2 LU8800 vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
LG Sony
Announced
September 2011 February 2012
Status
Available - September 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, White Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
123 x 65 x 12.3 mm
(4.84 x 2.56 x 0.48 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
147 g (5.19 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
57.08% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 AP20H [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
ULP GeForce [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Up to 107 kbps
Edge
No Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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