Phone Comparison - HTC ChaCha vs Sony Xperia U

HTC ChaCha
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Sony Xperia U
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Sony
Announced February 2011 February 2012
Status Available - June 2011 Available - May 2012
Colors Black, Silver Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 114.4 x 64.6 x 10.7 mm
(4.5 x 2.54 x 0.42 in)
112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight 120 g (4.23 oz) 110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor 800 MHz [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU - Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 512 MB ROM 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 2 GB included No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 480 x 320 pixels (222 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 27.21% 55.77%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video Yes, D1 (720x480 pixels) @ 30 fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 384 Kbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 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

memory User Memory

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

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity 1250 mAh 1320 mAh
Stand by Up to 430 h (2G)
Up to 660 h (3G)
Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)