Nokia N900 vs Sony Xperia S

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Nokia Sony
          Announced
          August 2009 January 2012
          Status
          Available - November 2009 Available - Q1 2012
          Colors
          Black Silver, Black
          Form Factor
          Side-Slider Candybar
          Dimension
          110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc
          (4.37 x 2.35 x 0.71 in, 4.45 cc)
          128 x 64 x 10.6 mm
          (5.04 x 2.52 x 0.42 in)
          Weight
          181 g (6.38 oz) 144 g (5.08 oz)
          2G Network
          GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
          3G Network
          HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100 - LT26i
          HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - LT26a
          Messaging
          SMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          Maemo 5 Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
          Processor
          600 MHz Cortex-A8 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
          GPU
          PowerVR SGX530 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
          RAM
          256 MB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          32 GB storage 16/32 GB
          External Memory
          microSD, up to 16GB No

          Display

          Type
          TFT resistive touchscreen LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          65K colors 16M colors
          Size
          3.5 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          800 x 480 pixels (267 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar]
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          52.40% 62.05%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          5 MP, 2576x1936 pixels [Similar] 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          Carl Zeiss optics LED flash
          Features
          Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
          Video
          Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
          Front Camera
          Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

          Multimedia

          3.5mm Jack
          3.5 mm jack yes 3.5 mm jack yes
          Radio
          Stereo FM radio (via third par Stereo FM radio with RDS
          Games
          Yes + downloadable Yes
          Loud Speaker
          loudspeaker yes loudspeaker yes

          Connectivity and Data Rate

          GPRS
          Class 32 Up to 86 kbps
          Edge
          Class 32 Up to 237 kbps
          3G
          HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
          USB
          Yes, v2.0 microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS, USB On-the-go support
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
          Browser
          xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5, Adobe Flash

          User Memory

          Internal
          32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          microSD, up to 16GB No
          USB OTG
          - Supported

          Sensors

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

          Battery

          Type
          Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
          Capacity
          1320 mAh (BL-5J) 1750 mAh
          Stand by
          Up to 278 h (2G)
          Up to 250 h (3G)
          Up to 450 h (2G)
          Up to 420 h (3G)
          Talk Time
          Up to 6 h 30 min (2G)
          Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)
          Up to 7 h 30 min (2G)
          Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)

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