Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia L vs HP Slate7 Extreme vs HTC Desire 616

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony HP HTC
Announced March 2013 December 2013 Expected Announcement - Q2 2014
Status Available - May 2013 Available - December 2013 Rumored - Q3 2014
Colors Black, White, Red Black/Silver Black, White, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128.7 x 65 x 9.7 mm
(5.07 x 2.56 x 0.38 in)
200 x 120 x 9.4 mm
(7.87 x 4.72 x 0.37 in)
142 x 71.9 x 9.1 mm
(5.59 x 2.83 x 0.36 in)
Weight 137 g (4.83 oz) 319.8 g (11.25.0.28 oz) 150 g (5.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8230 Snapdragon Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 Octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A7, Mediatek MT6592
GPU Adreno 305 ULP GeForce Mali-450MP4
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (5.8 GB user available) 16 GB ROM 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 7.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (228 ppi) 1280 x 800 pixels (216 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.81% 59.00% 67.37%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Face and Smile Detection, Auto Focus, Geo-tagging, HDR for Picture and Movie, Image Stabilizer, Self-timer, Image Sensor, Red-eye Reduction, Sweep Panorama, Touch Focus, Smile Shutter, White Balance, Metering, Image Editor Auto focus, Geo-tagging, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video stabilization, HDR Yes, 720p Yes
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 86 kbps No Yes
Edge Up to 237 kbps No Yes
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No HSDPA, HSUPA
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall N/A Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Practically unlimited N/A Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB (5.8 GB user available), 1 GB RAM 16 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Li-Ion battery
Capacity 1750 mAh 4100 mAh -
Stand by Up to 498 h (2G)
Up to 454 h (3G)
- -
Talk Time Up to 8 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 9 h (3G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (Multimedia) -