Phone Comparison - Nokia N900 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

Nokia N900
nokia n900
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
sony xperia z3 compact
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general General Info

Manufacturer Nokia Sony
Announced August 2009 September 2014
Status Available - November 2009 Available - September 2014
Colors Black Black, White, Green, Orange
Form Factor Side-Slider Candybar
Dimension 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
(4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
127.3 x 64.9 x 8.6 mm
(5.01 x 2.56 x 0.34 in)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 129 g (4.55 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D5803
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - D5833
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - IP68 Certified - Dust Proof and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Maemo 5 Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor 600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 256 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT resistive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, X-Reality Engine
Colors 65K colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 52.40% 70.72%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio (via third par Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels [Similar] 20.7 MP, 5248 х 3936 pixels [Similar]
Flash Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, 1/2.3' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 32 Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 32 Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB
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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh (BL-5J) 2600 mAh
Stand by Up to 278 h (2G)
Up to 250 h (3G)
Up to 880 h (2G)
Up to 920 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 12 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)