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Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 vs Sony Xperia U

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Sony
Announced
June 2010 February 2012
Status
Available - September 2010 Available - May 2012
Colors
White, Dark Blue/ White, Aqua Blue/ White, Pink/ White, Silver/ Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
99 x 54 x 15 mm
(3.9 x 2.13 x 0.59 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight
104 g (3.67 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
TFT 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
50.28% 55.77%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v1.6 (Donut), upgradable to v2.1 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor
600 MHz ARM 11, Qualcomm MSM7227 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 200 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
168 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
128 MB storage 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory
microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included No

Camera

Rear Camera
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, VGA@30fps 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 85.6 kbps Up to 107 kbps
Edge
Up to 236.8 kbps Up to 296 kbps
3G
HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps 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 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 HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal
128 MB storage, 168 MB RAM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included No
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1200 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by
Up to 446 h (2G)
Up to 476 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 4 h 45 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
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