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Sony Ericsson Xperia ray vs HTC Desire 820

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson HTC
Announced
June 2011 September 2014
Status
Available - August 2011 Coming Soon - September 2014
Colors
Black, Gold, White, Pink Marble White, Tuxedo Grey, Santorini White, Milky-way Grey, Tang
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
111 x 53 x 9.4 mm
(4.37 x 2.09 x 0.37 in )
157.7 x 78.7 x 7.7 mm
(6.21 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
Weight
100 g (3.53 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST18i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST18a
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - EMEA version
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - Asia version
4G Network
- LTE 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - EMEA version
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

Display

Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.3 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (297 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
50.96% 67.20%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
1 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 205 [Similar] Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
1 GB (300 MB user available) 16 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection, Touch Focus, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p, video light 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] 8 MP, 1080p [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Up to 86 kbps Yes
Edge
Up to 237 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
1 GB (300 MB user available), 512 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB, 4GB included microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 440 h (3G)
Up to 424 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h 50 min (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 22 h 24 min (3G)
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