Difference between Sony Xperia S and Samsung Galaxy S2

Sony Xperia S

Samsung Galaxy S2

Launch Date

February 2012

April 2011

Company

Sony

Samsung Electronics

Size

128.0 x 64.0 x 10.6 mm

125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm

Display

4.3-inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen

4.3 inches Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen

Screen

1280 x 720 pixels (~342 ppi pixel density), 16 million colors

480 x 800 pixels (~217 ppi pixel density) 16M colors

Protection

Shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant glass

Corning Gorilla Glass,

oleophobic fingerprint-resistant coating.

Weight

144 grams

116 g

2G Network

GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network

UMTS HSPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

4G Network

N/A

Depends on market availability.

GUI

Timescape UI

TouchWiz UI v4.0

CPU speed

1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual-core processor

Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9

GPU

Adreno 220

Mali-400MP

OS

Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), planned upgrade to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon

Exynos

RAM

1 GB

1 GB

SIM Size

microSIM

miniSIM

Internal Memory

32 GB

16/32 GB

Expandable Memory

N/A

microSD up to 32 GB

Sensors

Accelerometer, Proximity sensor, Ambient light sensor, Magnetometer and Gyroscope.

Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Connectivity

GSM GPRS Up to 86 kbps;

GSM EDGE Up to 237 kbps; Wi-Fi hotspot; Wi-Fi, DLNA, NFC, USB.

Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, BT v3.0+HS, USB v2.0

Data

GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC, USB.

GPRS, EDGE, WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC and USB.

Speed

UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) Up to 5.8 Mbps; UMTS HSPA cat 10(download) Up to 14.4 Mbps

HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth

Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

Bluetooth v3.0+HS

USB

microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go

micro-USB 2.0; USB On-the-go.

Primary Camera

12.1 MP autofocus rear camera

8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Secondary Camera

1.3 MP, 720 pixels front camera

2 MP

Video

HD video recording (1080p)

[email protected]

Camera Features

16x digital zoom, LED flash, Touchfocus, Sony’s Exmor R for mobile CMOS sensor, f/2.4 Aperture, 3D Sweep Panorama, Face recognition and Smile Shutter

Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization

Sound Enhancement

xLOUD Experience

Clear stereo and clear bass

3D surround sound

Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic.

Audio supported formats

MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA, Ogg vorbis

MP3, OGG, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, AMR-NB

AMR-WB, WMA, WAV, MID, AC3, IMY, FLAC, XMF

Video supported formats

3GPP, MP4

MPEG4, H.264, H.263, WMV, DivX, VC-1

Recording & Playback [email protected]

Battery Capacity

Non-removable Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery

Li-Ion 1650 mAh battery

Talk time

2G: 7 hours 30 min

3G: 8 hours 30 min

2G: 18 hours 20 min

3G: 8 hours 40 min

Stand-by

2G: 450 hours

3G: 420 hours

2G: 710 hours

3G: 610 hours

Available Colors

Black, White

Black, White, Pink

Messaging

SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser

HTML5, Adobe Flash

HTML, Adobe Flash

Radio

Stereo FM radio with RDS

Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS

GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS

A-GPS support

Java

Java via Java MIDP emulator

Java MIDP emulator

Additional Features

• Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
• 3D and motion gaming
• Timescape with Twitter integrated
• PlayStationCertified
• TV launcher
• HDMI Support
• DLNA Certified
• Screenshot capturing
• Native USB tethering, NFC, ANT+
• Google Voice Search, Google Talk with video chat, Google Mail, Google Calendar, Google Gallery 3D, Google Maps with Street View and Latitude
• SNS integration
• Document viewer
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• Predictive text input

• TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
• SNS integration

• Organizer
• Image/video editor
• Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
• YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• Predictive text input (Swype)

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