Phone Comparison - ZTE T98 vs Sony Xperia A

ZTE T98
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Sony Xperia A
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general General Info

Manufacturer ZTE Sony
Announced February 2012 May 2013
Status Available - Q4 2012 Coming Soon - May 2013
Colors Black Black, White, Pink, Mint
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 131 x 67 x 10.5 mm
(5.16 x 2.64 x 0.41 in)
Weight - 141 g (4.97 oz)
2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network TD-SCDMA 1880/1920, 2010/2025 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Nvidia Tegra 3 [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 32 GB
External Memory No No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, HD Reality Display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution 768 x 1280 pixels (213 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (319 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 66.57%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 13.1 MP, 4128x3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Sweep Panorama, Smile Shutter, Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor
Video Yes, 720p Yes, 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL)
GPS Yes Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Li-ion Battery
Capacity - 2300 mAh
Stand by - Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 420 h (3G)
Up to 390 h (LTE)
Talk Time - Up to 9 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)