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Sony Ericsson Xperia mini vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Sony
Announced
May 2011 February 2012
Status
Available - August 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors
Black, White, Blue, Dark pink Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
88 x 52 x 16 mm
(3.46 x 2.05 x 0.63 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
99 g (3.49 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.0 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
320 x 480 pixels (192 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
58.74% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm QSD8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
N/A 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization, Smile And Face Detection, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
512 MB RAM, 320MB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1200 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 320 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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