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Samsung Galaxy Camera GC100 vs Sony Xperia ion LTE

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
August 2012 January 2012
Status
Available - November 2012 Available - June 2012
Colors
Black, White Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
128.7 x 70.8 x 19.1 mm
(5.07 x 2.79 x 0.75 in)
133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
(5.24 x 2.68 x 0.43 in)
Weight
305 g (10.76 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network
N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.8 inches [Similar] 4.55 inches [Similar]
Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (323 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
69.69% 63.02%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4412 Quad [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400MP [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM
1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
16 MP, autofocus [Similar] 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar]
Flash
21x optical zoom LED flash
Features
Wide-angle 23mm Lens, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Optical Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720x480@120fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Up to 86 kbps
Edge
No Up to 237 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE (optional) HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Phonebook
N/A Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
N/A Practically unlimited
Internal
8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1650 mAh 1900 mAh
Stand by
Up to 168 h Up to 400 h (2G)
Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min Up to 10 h (2G)
Up to 4 h (3G)
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