Phone Comparison - Sony Ericsson Zylo vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Ericsson Samsung Sony
Announced April 2010 March 2013 June 2013
Status Available - July 2010 Available - April 2013 Available - July 2013
Colors Jazz Black, Chacha Silver, Swing Pink, Energetic Black, Meteorit White Frost, Black Mist Black, White, Purple
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 103 x 52 x 16 mm
(4.06 x 2.05 x 0.63 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm
(7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 in)
Weight 115 g (4.06 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - All Versions
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 2100
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - All Versions
4G Network - LTE (Dependent on Country) LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 900 - C6806
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP58 Certified - Dust and Water-proof
- Water Resistant up to 1 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274/MSM8974 Snapdragon 800
GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP3 Adreno 330
RAM N/A 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 260 MB 16/32/64 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 256K colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 2.6 inches 5.0 inches 6.44 inches
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels (154 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (342 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 39.01% 72.15% 69.15%
Multi-Touch no yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack no yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS No Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes, incl. motion-based + down Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, Videocalling Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama
Video Yes, VGA@24fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, USB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (NetFront), RSS reader HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook 2000 entries, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 260 MB 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 16GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2600 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by Up to 340 h (2G)
Up to 400 h (3G)
Up to 350 h Up to 790 h (2G)
Up to 820 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 4 h (2G)
Up to 3 h 30 min (3G)
Up to 17 h Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 16 h (3G)