Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone vs Sony Xperia SP vs Sony Xperia E1 Dual

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Sony Sony
Announced January 2007 Available - April 2013 January 2014
Status Discontinued Available - April 2013 Available - January 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Red Black, Purple, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115 x 61 x 11.6 mm
(4.53 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
(5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 in)
118 x 62.4 x 12 mm
(4.65 x 2.46 x 0.47 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz) 155 g (5.47 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - D2104/D2114
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - D2105
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging SMS SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 3.1.3 Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean)
Processor 412 MHz ARM 11 Dual-core 1.7 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8960Pro Snapdragon Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8210
GPU PowerVR MBX Adreno 320 Adreno 302
RAM N/A N/A 512 MB
Internal Memory 4/8/16 GB 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 4.6 inches 4.0 inches
Resolution 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 51.89% 66.67% 61.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR, Image Stabilization, Panorama
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization Yes, SVGA@30FPS
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 86 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 237 kbps
3G - HSPA+, LTE HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0, headset support only Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 4/8/16 GB 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable, Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 2370 mAh 1750 mAh
Stand by Up to 250 h Up to 635 h (2G)
Up to 734 h (3G)
Up to 366 h (2G)
Up to 441 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h 25 min (2G)
Up to 19 h (3G)
Up to 8 h 13 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 41 min (3G)