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Sony Xperia Sola vs Nokia Lumia 520

General Info

Manufacturer
Sony Nokia
Announced
March 2012 February 2013
Status
Available - Released May 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors
Black, White, Red Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
116 x 59 x 9.9 mm
(4.57 x 2.32 x 0.39 in)
119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
(4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight
107 g (3.77 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.7 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 854 pixels (265 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
55.03% 59.47%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz, NovaThor U8500 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8227 Snapdragon S4 [Similar]
GPU
Mali-400 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
8 GB (5 GB user accessible) 8 GB storage
External Memory
Yes, microSD microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera
No [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

User Memory

Internal
8 GB (5GB user accessible), 512 MB RAM 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
Yes, microSD microSD, up to 64 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1320 mAh 1430 mAh
Stand by
Up to 470 h (2G)
Up to 475 h (3G)
Up to 384 h (3G)
Up to 360 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 6 h (2G)
Up to 5 h (3G)
Up to 17 h 24 min (2G)
Up to 9 h 42 min (3G)
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