Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia U vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G vs Xiaomi Redmi 3 Pro

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Xiaomi Xiaomi
Announced February 2012 August 2014 March 2016
Status Available - May 2012 Available - November 2014 Available - April 2016
Colors Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye Black/White Dark Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 112 x 54 x 12 mm
(4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
154 x 78.7 x 9.5 mm
(6.06 x 3.1 x 0.37 in)
139.3 x 69.6 x 8.5 mm
(5.48 x 2.74 x 0.33 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - TD-LTE 1900 / 2300 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - Fingerprint Sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm MSM8928 Snapdragon 400 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616
GPU Mali-400MP Adreno 305 Adreno 405
RAM 512 MB 2 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) 8 GB 32 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.5 inches 5.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 854 pixels (280 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (267 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 55.77% 68.82% 70.95%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, f/2.0, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps TD-SCDMA; LTE HSPA, LTE, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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 not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1320 mAh 3200 mAh 4100 mAh
Stand by Up to 260 h (2G)
Up to 472 h (3G)
Up to 775 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G)
Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Up to 38 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
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