Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4 vs Nokia Asha 230

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Nokia
Announced January 2013 March 2013 February 2014
Status Released - February 2013 Available - April 2013 Coming Soon - March 2014
Colors Black, White, Purple White Frost, Black Mist White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm
(5.47 x 2.8 x 0.31 in)
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
99.5 x 58.6 x 13.2 mm
(3.92 x 2.31 x 0.52 in)
Weight 146 g (5.15 oz) 130 g (4.59 oz) 89.3 g (3.14.0.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - C6602, C6603 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - C6603
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C6602
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - C6603 LTE (Dependent on Country) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2.0 Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MDM9215M / APQ8064 Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 -
GPU Adreno 320 PowerVR SGX 544MP3 -
RAM 2 GB 2 GB N/A
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32/64 GB storage -
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 256K colors
Size 5.0 inches 5.0 inches 2.8 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) 240 x 320 pixels (143 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.70% 72.15% 41.56%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP, 4128x3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 1.3 MP, 1280 x 960 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec. Yes
Front Camera Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Up to 42.8 kbps
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Up to 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE Yes, v3.0 with 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, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS A-GPS support only
Browser HTML5 HTML5, Adobe Flash WAP 2.0/xHTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM -
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD
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 Non-removable, Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 2330 mAh 2600 mAh 1020 mAh
Stand by Up to 550 h (2G)
Up to 530 h (3G)
Up to 350 h Up to 504 h
Talk Time Up to 11 h (2G)
Up to 14 h (3G)
Up to 17 h Up to 12 h