Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia C3 vs Xiaomi Mi 3 vs Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Xiaomi Microsoft
Announced July 2014 September 2013 November 2014
Status Available - August 2014 Available - December 2013 Available - November 2014
Price - - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Mint Various Orange, green, white, black, gray, blue
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 156.2 x 78.7 x 7.6 mm
(6.15 x 3.1 x 0.3 in)
144 x 73.6 x 8.1 mm
(5.67 x 2.9 x 0.32 in)
140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm
(5.52 x 2.85 x 0.35 in)
Weight 149.7 g (5.26.0.25 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz) 146 g (5.15 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) optimized with MIUI version 5 Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8274AB Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
GPU Adreno 305 Adreno 330 Adreno 302
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/64 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos Display, Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches 5.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (220 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 67.85% 64.90% 68.08%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
Flash LED flash dual-LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR Auto focus, 1/4' Sensor Size, Geo-tagging
Video 1080p, HDR 1080p@30fps, HDR 480p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 720p, LED flash [Similar] 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Up to 236 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

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 supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery (BL-L4A)
Capacity 2500 mAh 3050 mAh 1905 mAh
Stand by Up to 1040 h (2G)
Up to 1000 h (3G)
Up to 500 h Up to 336 h
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 25 h (3G)
Up to 4 h Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 13 h (3G)