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Samsung I9230 Galaxy Golden vs Sony Xperia SP

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Sony
Announced
August 2013 Available - April 2013
Status
Available - September 2013 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black and Gold Black, White, Red
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 59.5 x 15.8 mm
(4.65 x 2.34 x 0.62 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
Weight
179 g (6.31 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
3.5 inches (480 x 800 pixels) External Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors -

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (252 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.56% 66.67%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 [Similar] Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM
1.5 GB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
16 GB 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
External Memory
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera
Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML

User Memory

Internal
16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB (5.8 GB user available)
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1820 mAh 2370 mAh
Stand by
- Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Talk Time
- Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
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