| Manufacturer | |
| Sony | Nokia | 
| Announced | |
| February 2012 | December 2012 | 
| Status | |
| Available - May 2012 | Available - January 2013 | 
| Colors | |
| Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye | Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black | 
| Form Factor | |
| Candybar | Candybar | 
| Dimension | |
| 112 x 54 x 12 mm (4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in) | 115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm (4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in) | 
| Weight | |
| 110 g (3.88 oz) | 127 g (4.48 oz) | 
| 2G Network | |
| GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | 
| 3G Network | |
| HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | 
| Messaging | |
| SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM | SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM | 
| OS | |
| Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 | Microsoft Windows Phone 8 | 
| Processor | |
| Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar] | Dual-core 1 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 [Similar] | 
| GPU | |
| Mali-400MP [Similar] | Adreno 305 [Similar] | 
| RAM | |
| 512 MB [Browse Similar] | 512 MB [Browse Similar] | 
| Internal Memory | |
| 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) | 8 GB storage | 
| External Memory | |
| No | microSD, up to 64 GB | 
| Rear Camera | |
| 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] | 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels [Similar] | 
| 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 | 
| Video | |
| Yes, 720p@30fps, video light | Yes, 720p@30fps | 
| Front Camera | |
| Yes, VGA [Similar] | Yes, VGA [Similar] | 
| 3.5mm Jack | |
|  |  | 
| Radio | |
| Stereo FM radio with RDS | No | 
| Games | |
| Yes + Downloadable | Yes + Downloadable | 
| Loud Speaker | |
|  |  | 
| GPRS | |
| Up to 107 kbps | Class B | 
| Edge | |
| Up to 296 kbps | Class B | 
| 3G | |
| HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | 
| Bluetooth | |
| Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR | 
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band | 
| USB | |
| Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support | Yes, microUSB v2.0 | 
| GPS | |
| Yes, with A-GPS support | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | 
| Browser | |
| HTML5, Adobe Flash | HTML5 | 
| Internal | |
| 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM | 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM | 
| Expandable Storage | |
| No | microSD, up to 64 GB | 
| USB OTG | |
| Supported | - | 
| Fingerprint | |
|  |  | 
| Proximity Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| Accelerometer Sensor | |
|  |  | 
| NFC | |
|  |  | 
| Type | |
| Standard battery, Li-Ion | Standard battery, Li-Ion | 
| Capacity | |
| 1320 mAh | 1300 mAh (BL-4J) | 
| Stand by | |
| Up to 260 h (2G) Up to 472 h (3G) | Up to 330 h | 
| Talk Time | |
| Up to 6 h 36 min (2G) Up to 5 h 36 min (3G) | Up to 14 h 40 min (2G) Up to 9 h 50 min (3G) |